Well, as the title says, it was time to restore the headlights on my 2005 Base with 134,000 miles on it. They started getting cloudy a couple of years ago and just kept getting worse. I had tried a few of those liquids (Detail Doctor) that you rub on and then rub it back off. They were work decent, but only last for about a month or two before you gotta do it again. But that is just to much freaking work. I want something that is going to last for a while....6 months to a year would be nice.
So, I decided to try out Meguiar's G3000 Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit. It has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon. So I figured, what the hell.....lets give it a shot. Got it the other day and worked on it today......it worked AWESOME! My headlights are once again nice and clear like it was they day I bought it.
Here are a bunch of pictures.
Meguiar's G3000 Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration Kit (purchased from Amazon):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HCOE72
3M 03435 48 mm x 32 m Automotive Performance Masking Tape (purchased from Amazon):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MEBBWG
Invisible Glass Cleaner (purchased from Dollar General):
http://www.invisibleglass.com/Products/ ... sibleglass - Best Glass Cleaner ever made....it truely does leave no streaks behind, unlike most other products out there.
Getting ready to start, just taped everything off. The headlights are untouched at this point, except for using Invisible Glass to clean them off.
The before shot of the drivers side headlight, really cloudy on the top and in the middle.
I didn't get any pics after I had sanded it, so this picture is after buffing out half of the drivers side headlight. As you can see, the left side of the headlight is nice and clear after buffing it, and the right side is still cloudy from sanding it.
The finished product, after sanding, buffing, and applying the protectant, its nice and crystal clear again.
The before image of the passenger side, just like the drivers side, the top and middle of the lens are super cloudy.
After sanding the the passenger side.
That after shot, again just like the drivers side, nice and clear again.
The finished results. Its kinda hard to tell how clear they really are, because of the glare. But, if you look at the very first picture, there was no glare, due to how cloudy they were.