Reddit reviews Mothers 07251 NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit
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Designed to quickly and safely restore, maintain and protect all types of smooth, shiny plastic and acrylic headlights to crystal clarityIt easily cleans away yellowing and stains, and even buffs out unsightly hairline scratches, smudges, and flaws in a single stepThe included PowerPlastic 4Lights polish restores crystal clarity, leaving a tough protective, oxidation-inhibiting polymer layer to guard against future degradation from the elementsIncludes: 3-inch Backing Plate, PowerBall 4Lights Polishing Tool, Restoration Discs, 8 oz. Polish
I used the Mothers NuLens kit which has everything you need except for the drill. Comes with the drill chuck attachment, 800/1500/3000 grit sandpaper attachments as well as the polishing ball and the plastic polish. I took my time, and it took about an hour per light. Well worth the $20 and 2 hours of my time, imo!
Headlight Polish I have a 2001 E320 and the difference is night and day.
I bought the Mother’s kit and use it once a year. Someone in here said polishing only lasts about 6 months and they are basically right so I do it in late spring generally and it’s good until the end of summer.
The Mothers kit is nice, it has a pad for polishing with a bottle of polish liquid, also some various sanding pads if it’s really bad. I tried doing the sanding one year but honestly just the pad did just as good a job.
Mothers 37251 37251 NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit
Make sure you cover everything around the area because even if you are careful polish will fly off and leave little drips here and there
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Refinish the headlights.
I have tried a bunch of different solutions, the best one is to sand the headlights, from 800 grit > 1600 grit > 2000 grit > 3000 grit, something along those lines. Finish up with a plastic headlight polish like PlastX, then mask the surrounding paint with a cut plastic bag + tape (use painters tape around the headlights during sanding, or even better take them off to sand and paint them), and finish it up by spraying Meguairs Headlight Coat on it, wait 5 minutes, and give it a second coat. Should come out close to perfect, and will last at least a year. Using just PlastX polish will last for maybe a few weeks before fogging again. I tried mixing spar urethane with mineral spirits, 50/50 and that only lasted a few months before fogging up, it dried yellowish as well.
I used this kit for the sanding pads, you can use the powerplastic polish instead of the plastx stuff.
I would heavily recommend a cordless drill for the sanding and polishing
This is the headlight spray
I used a headlight restoration kit from the auto parts store and had pretty good results. It was this one here which had a buffing and wet sanding drill attachments and polishing compound. My headlights weren't bad so i only needed the buffing pad. If you get a kit, make sure it has drill attachments and that the sanding pads are wet sanding (not dry).
I used Mothers NuLens to restore and remove oxidation and then finished with Meguiars Headlight Coating to prevent more oxidation. Only time will tell how well the coating worked but the headlight restore process was no big deal if I have to do it again in a year or so.
The crap ones are crap. This one is legit and kicks ass, as long as you have a power drill to run it
I personally use NuLens Restoration Kit. However, it requires a drill to use.
Link: Mothers 07251 NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GZLMEPM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ZsnlDbZK9TT5F
I bought this at my local O'Reilly's, however the price on the link is currently cheaper than when I bought it in store