rlmccarty2000
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I picked up one of 3Ms Headlight Restoration Kits on my last order from AG. I don’t usually buy their kits but I needed to reach the free shipping mark and I just thought I should try it. I usually just buy some sandpaper discs from eBay. Truthfully I’m not sure why I bought it, senility must be setting in.
Anyway my son’s truck’s headlights were looking pretty sad so I decided to do the fatherly thing so he wouldn’t hit something at night and polish his headlights.
The kit
Before
All taped up
The first sanding step with P500
Second sanding step with P800
The third sanding step with P3000 Trizact Foam Disc (wet)
Fourth step compounding with foam cutting pad and CG V32
Fifth step polishing with CG V38
Final step 2 coats of Meguires Headlight Coating
Thoughts. The kit comes with a drill adapter that I didn’t want to use since my drill is an older nicad one and I figured it would die before I finished the job. I used my Rupes mini to do the job. The foam cutting pad (3 in) that came with the kit worked great. It also came with some compound and I’m sure it would work fine, but I’m trying to rid myself of the CG polishes. The tape was included in the kit which was nice. The kit, as you can see, did a nice job of cleaning the headlights which looked worse in person than in the photos. At a price of $22.99 I won’t be buying it again. It is much cheaper to buy sandpaper discs elsewhere, although I will be buying some of the Trizact discs as I really liked the feel of the cushioned pad.
The Megs Headlight Coating was an old purchase that I’ve been meaning to try out. It’s an aerosol and worked well. The box says “1 year durability “ but I will probably apply more often due to its ease of use. The coating can also be used on new headlights to keep them looking new and I plan on trying that out. The can was pretty full and I would expect it to coat 10-15 sets of headlights.
Total time for the job was less than1 hour including water breaks.
I hope this was somewhat informational. I apologize for the out of focus picture. I guess my iPhone X doesn’t take I focus pictures all the time.
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Anyway my son’s truck’s headlights were looking pretty sad so I decided to do the fatherly thing so he wouldn’t hit something at night and polish his headlights.
The kit
Before
All taped up
The first sanding step with P500
Second sanding step with P800
The third sanding step with P3000 Trizact Foam Disc (wet)
Fourth step compounding with foam cutting pad and CG V32
Fifth step polishing with CG V38
Final step 2 coats of Meguires Headlight Coating
Thoughts. The kit comes with a drill adapter that I didn’t want to use since my drill is an older nicad one and I figured it would die before I finished the job. I used my Rupes mini to do the job. The foam cutting pad (3 in) that came with the kit worked great. It also came with some compound and I’m sure it would work fine, but I’m trying to rid myself of the CG polishes. The tape was included in the kit which was nice. The kit, as you can see, did a nice job of cleaning the headlights which looked worse in person than in the photos. At a price of $22.99 I won’t be buying it again. It is much cheaper to buy sandpaper discs elsewhere, although I will be buying some of the Trizact discs as I really liked the feel of the cushioned pad.
The Megs Headlight Coating was an old purchase that I’ve been meaning to try out. It’s an aerosol and worked well. The box says “1 year durability “ but I will probably apply more often due to its ease of use. The coating can also be used on new headlights to keep them looking new and I plan on trying that out. The can was pretty full and I would expect it to coat 10-15 sets of headlights.
Total time for the job was less than1 hour including water breaks.
I hope this was somewhat informational. I apologize for the out of focus picture. I guess my iPhone X doesn’t take I focus pictures all the time.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
