Meguiar's One Step Headlight Restoration Kit VS bug jdm lamps?
Meguiar's One Step Headlight Restoration Kit
Thinking about buying the above to sort the below https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/88819404/media1.jpg Anyone used this product? |
Try the toothpaste method first m8. Rub toothpaste in circular motions on the lenses for 5 -10 minutes with a cloth then rinse off with water. Did my bug sti ones recently and made a huge difference as mine were all dull. I used arm and hammer with baking soda lol. They also smell minty fresh afterwards :lol1:
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pmsl :)
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Originally Posted by yabbadoo4
(Post 11352317)
Try the toothpaste method first m8. Rub toothpaste in circular motions on the lenses for 5 -10 minutes with a cloth then rinse off with water. Did my bug sti ones recently and made a huge difference as mine were all dull. I used arm and hammer with baking soda lol. They also smell minty fresh afterwards :lol1:
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Wet sand then bring back with machine polish. Much cheaper than the Meguiars kit
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Bring it to me and I'll do it for ya ;)
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Originally Posted by B0DSKI
(Post 11352821)
Bring it to me and I'll do it for ya ;)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/14/pa4e7uza.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/14/mudyru3a.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/14/qu2ybavy.jpg Quite bad eh? |
Seen worse mate. They'll come up fine
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Riiidaa
How about I bring my Meguires DA polisher to work and give it to Eric? some light rubbing compound will bring it up a treat, god some G3 if you want that too. you'll get it done in less than an hour. Did my hawk lights last weekend:thumb::thumb::thumb: Paul |
Bit a compound polish then wax job done, I do mine every month :)
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Get some jif sorry cif on it works just as good.:cool:
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If you do polish them, look into some uv protection afterwards. It'll avoid the yellowing for a while.
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Originally Posted by Cpt Jack Sparrow
(Post 11353630)
Riiidaa
How about I bring my Meguires DA polisher to work and give it to Eric? some light rubbing compound will bring it up a treat, god some G3 if you want that too. you'll get it done in less than an hour. Did my hawk lights last weekend:thumb::thumb::thumb: Paul |
Originally Posted by wrx scooby wrx
(Post 11353639)
Bit a compound polish then wax job done, I do mine every month :)
Originally Posted by Willowsdad
(Post 11353693)
If you do polish them, look into some uv protection afterwards. It'll avoid the yellowing for a while.
I did also see this a while ago, maybe it would preserve them by way of sealing? Also quite tempted to fit flyeyekit film to protect them, I bought some to improve the look of the standard bug wrx lamps that I have. |
Did you do your headlights in the end? I've recently detango'd my blobeye headlights and they are very mucky and need a good clean! Just wondering if it actually worked?
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I used autoglym paint renovator on my Bug STi lights. They were just as bad as riiidaa's lights. Look like new now!!
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Brilliant, thanks! I'll get on to this at the weekend!
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hi,
another member offered to tackle mine with his 3M version of the Megiuars stuff, but as yet we have not gotten round to it. As it happens my Dad bought the kit himself on Sunday from the Megiuars stall at VOLKS WORLD, he wants to try it on some perspex windows on his boat. I had opted not to buy it from there as it was same price as i can get it in HALFORDS which didn't sit right with me lol Might sponge ago with Dad's, well have him try it as I'd be useless. |
Mine, before and after.
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...psd7e570e9.jpg Literally 2 mins - Autoglym paint renovator on a micro fibre cloth done by hand!! Not the best pic but the lenses were almost brown in areas. I didn't think it would work but was astounded by the results!! |
I usually spray some silicon on a cloth and rub it onto the headlamp, on my blob. This may help slow the plastic ageing and also looks nice and shiny afterwards. At the moment the plastic is in good condition
Phil |
Finally got round to it yesterday
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...eg1080wide.png Pretty pleased we didn't need to use the sanding and finishing pads, just be sure to towel off the residue straight away! Before and after https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...8%2010crop.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...%2010close.png |
mine were pretty faded when I got the car, researched all the above methods and seemed that colour sanding was the best option.
in the mean time I had some megs scratch x 2.0 laying around, decided to give it a whirl. couple of goes with an applicator pad and came back wonders! I have read that the fog can reappear quite quickly unless colour sanding. but have coming up to 4 weeks and so far so good. |
I just used a mixed pack of wet n dry and some Meg Scratch X to do mine...
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Chemical Guys Jetseal 109 sealant is what you need to stop them going wanky again
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Spend an hour on one headlight last weekend with the Meguiars kit as well as using the toothpaste trick and it made no difference at all. Still very yellow dull headlight. Shame as it worked a treat on another car.
Any suggestions? |
Wouldn't T-cut work?
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Originally Posted by Miller-SoT
(Post 11440026)
Wouldn't T-cut work?
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Originally Posted by Linus27
(Post 11440016)
Spend an hour on one headlight last weekend with the Meguiars kit as well as using the toothpaste trick and it made no difference at all. Still very yellow dull headlight. Shame as it worked a treat on another car.
Any suggestions? |
Originally Posted by riiidaa
(Post 11440154)
Must be in a pretty far gone state, mine were sorted in under 10min of buffing
Looks like they are beyond fixing :( |
Used some T-cut on mine today and worked quite well, even though I didn't put too much elbow grease in to it.
Might be a stupid thing to say but are you sure it's on the outside? Maybe the seals have gone. Just thinking out loud. |
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