Hey guys,

My headlights liek i'm sure a lot of yours are gettng pitted, and their not even that old. Their not like fogged up like the headlight restore kits fix. I used this kit on my g/f's honda..

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/wcs...1_pri_larg.jpg

it worked GREAT, but again her's were fogged not like pitted.

Do you think that kit would work for our cars or possibly another of the many brands the store I work at sells(Advance Auto) haha

any info in much appreciated!

-Patrick

 

The amount of "elbow grease" required makes it more desirable to just buy new housings.

I replaced mine for $90 via Blue Oval Industries and eBay in early 2007 just after I got the car, I'll be buying a new set shortly as they have a few chips and the coating has peeled on the right side lens.

At $100 or so a set I view then as maintenance items...

 

Thats malarkey^. Get some wet sandpaper in 1000 and 2000 grit and some plastic polish.. will look good as new in an hour or so.

 

Perhaps I should have said "The amount of "elbow grease" required makes it more desirable [to me] to just buy new housings."

 

yeah, i used some restorer from murray's (o'reillys now) and it didnt work near as well as i hoped and i didnt want to put in more effort. it worked great on cars i used it on with newer, less worn lights, though. dont remember the brand... i'm just going to be getting a new set this winter.

 

If you have a variable speed buffer, and a second set of hands to hold the housings while you're doing it, just hit them with some rubbing compound, followed by polish; takes maybe 10 minutes per side and restores them quite well.

 

I found it so much easier and looked nicer to just buy new ones. They are not expensive and look better than restored ones I had done.

 

yeah im with the other guys...I bought some restorer awhile back at O-Reilly...didnt really work worth a damn. perhaps I didn't have the patience for it or wasn't doing it correctly, but I said screw it and ordered some new smoked ones off ebay...$89 I think. They look fantastic, other than the fact that they came with some ricer blue bulbs, but I quickly removed those.

 

Mine are fogged looking big time. I got my car tinted yesterday and I asked the guy what he offered as a solution aside from replacing the headlights. He said he had like essentially headlight film(different from window film, this stuff is vinyl he said)that he could put on and it clears that right up. He put a sample square on one of my headlights and it does actually work great, my only complaint is that its somewhat smoked and makes the headlights look darker. I left the film on there I'll take a pic at lunch and post it. Hes wanting $30 a headlight to put this film on.

On a side note, he had Chris Wilcox's Bentley there for a tint job and clearcoat. This guy said Wilcox just had about $3000 worth of work done between all his cars LOL.

 

Just buy new ones. Mine turned out crappy and I had a professional body shop buff them out(got it done for free as its the body shop that is part of the auto group I worked for during the summer).