Meguiar's Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit, Car Headlight Cleaner and Restorer

Last year I restored my headlights with a Sylvania kit and I have to say this Maguire's kit is quite a bit better in my opinion. At least the job went much better and easier but time will tell how well it lasts. The longevity of the job done with the Sylvania kit didn't impress me so I'm hoping this Maguire's kit will show it up. What's most notibly better with Maguire's kit is the last two steps: the polishing and the sealant. Maguire's PlastX polishing compound works good and allows you to see how nice the light will look (and it should look great) before finishing it off with the sealant. The sealant assures it will stay looking good, hopefully for a long time. The other kit relies solely on the sealant to create the transparent shine (no polishing) but by that time it's too late to fix any flaws you may have. Also the Maguire's sealant is thinner so it's easier to apply and it dries slower so you can check for and remove any junk that may have gotten in it before it dries. Another plus is that I still have plenty of product left after doing my Ram so now I can restore my daughter's headlights with it too. Overall I'm pretty impressed with the Maguire's headlight restoration kit.

After finishing the project, I finally had the urge to make an Amazon Review for the first time ever in life.For the price, this kit is definitely worth effort for those who are looking to spice up the life of your Herby, Hot-Rod or my silver-colored Steele (like mine).My only complaint is the yellow wool-pad provided. It was a nuisance to deal with all of the extra wool residue that was left on the lights through the polishing process. I had to clean, clean and clean while trying to manage the power drill and the excess polish all over the headlights and hood.It took me around 2 hours to complete this project simply because I’m a perfectionist and I decided to do my fog lights after finishing my headlights. Unfortunately for me, I wanted to take the whole bumper off to properly take care of the fog lights. I was also listening to music and enjoying my day off – so sue me!The process that I went through for my headlights/fog lights was as followed:1) Cleaned headlights with glass cleaner (I used Gyeon Glass for my windows, so I used that) microfiber cloth. I used around 4 microfiber cloths (2 for each side of the car) due to the excess of wool fibers and “white residue” from the lights.2) Got a spray bottle with tap water and sprayed down the headlight & 1000 grit sandpaper.3) Wet-sanded away for around 15 min in horizontal strokes (not exact time). I continuously sprayed with water and made sure that all of the white gunk was washing off the headlight after each pass. (you’ll see what I’m talking about)4) I cleaned the headlight again with the glass cleaner before I repeated the same thing with 3000 grit sand paper.5) I then cleaned the headlight once more with glass cleaner, and then started with the polishing.6) I followed the directions to polish with the flat surface of the wool pad; however, the pad seemed to lose more of the yellow “wool” on to the headlight as it sprayed the polish all over the place. It took me a good while to finally get the wool pad “flat” and “soaked” with the polish to be able to polish appropriately. I did 4-5 passes to get every spot.7) I then cleaned the headlight once more with glass cleaner before applying the Headlight Coating with applicator pad.For the fog lights, the process took 5 minutes for both since they’re small and I didn’t care much for them.I applied 2 coats of the Headlight Coating. It went well for one headlight; however, the other one ended up getting some wool strands dried prior to applying the second coat. I had to re-sand with 3000 grit over that area since it was hard to get off and then re-polish. Also, if you apply the coating in overlapping layers, be careful to not go over it again with a dried-up applicator pad or else it’ll create streaks. The coating starts to dry and get sticky after applying the first layer – please refrain from going over it again just for the heck of it (like a perfectionist would). You’re better off waiting for it to fully dry and then applying another coat.All-in-all, now I know how to learn from my mistakes. I’ll see if I can find a good polishing pad next time and apply the headlight coating evenly with caution to not get anything stuck on it.I may make a an update every 3 months, so stay tuned! Or not.

I tried this, and it worked perfectly on my moderately clouded headlight lenses. It's a four step process: hand sand twice using two different sandpaper discs, polish lens, and then apply a clear anti-oxidation coating. You also have to do a beginning and in-the-middle cleaning of the headlight using glass cleaner. From start to finish, my first time took just 30 minutes, plus 15 minutes waiting for the anti-oxidation coating to dry. The lens was crystal clear after I finished.Pros:- High quality, well made kit parts- Nicely designed, comfortable sandpaper holder- Enough consumables to do this multiple times- Easy to follow instructions, and the steps are not hard to do- Power assist using a drill to do the most difficult part, the lens polishing (step #3)Cons:- My biggest complaint is that the instructions direct you to use a "micro-fiber cloth" for a couple steps, yet they didn't include one. I didn't have one and didn't want to drive to a store to buy one, so I just used Bounty paper towers, and they worked fine. Maybe they could include the micro-fiber cloth, if it is so important?- Excess packaging: the box is 1/3 space.--So I would give them five stars for pure effectiveness. I am going to ding the manufacturer one star for the micro-fiber cloth deficiency.One tip: use a variable speed drill for the polishing, as the polish head is easier to control when you start it slow. I never went beyond low-medium speed.

We had a Camry that the headlights got frosted over. I bought aftermarket replacement light assemblies. It took 20 minutes to replace the first one and 5 minutes to replace the second one. When the same thing happened to our Honda Accord after 10 years of Arizona sun I got on You Tube to see how to change the lights. You have to disassemble half the front of the car to replace them. So, I bought this Mequiar's kit not expecting much. After 20 minutes of light work the headlights on that Accord look like new. I am totally amazed. There is no way on Earth I would even think about replacing the light assemblies.