3M Automotive Headlight 🚗 Lens Restoration Kit, Model 39008 Review

It was so much fun and the results were amazing. I'm so happy I made this purchase! Attention: When applying the layers in the last step, make sure there are no drips! The coating actually dries to a clear protective film, and if you have drops of the chemical on it, it dries. It's not mentioned at all in the instructions, which would be helpful. I did see a few drips after my first coat but left them alone, didn't notice it drying into a really solid protection. Still, it's a great product and

Easy enough to follow instructions, looks decent compared to its predecessor. The only real complaint is that after completing the last step "polishing the headlights" you'll find that they look fine for about a day or two until the coating you put on the headlights so they don't completely get scratched, starts to disappear. Great, now your clear coat is peeling off and your headlights are scratching again! Do I want to go back to when my headlights were completely scratched or at least get…

I love the results of this product! It took me 4 hours total but the result was worth it. These 13 year old stock headlights have never been treated and are heavily oxidized. The car is still in great condition and has been touched up a few times with paint but that muddy headlight was just a pain on the eyes! I read the reviews before buying and I was sure I could handle it. I followed the directions carefully, alternating back and forth between 800 grit and wet Trizact 3000 sand before…

So I have a Toyota Rav4 and a Lexus Is300. Rav4 was the first. and was very poor with a peeling clear coat. So I started first with 500 grit sandpaper on a drill press and sanded until the powder to be removed was white compared to the old yellow paint. After that I switched to 800 grit which smoothed out the scratches with 500 grit. I then switched to a Trizact disc and used a 409 bottle filled mostly with water and some dish soap. This is where the magic happens. One day clarity returned. I…

This kit did a great job of getting my granddaughter's headlight clean and not dull again and the only downside I found was that I had to wrap it in tape as I had a drill with used her essays to grind when she deviated . The lens has slightly cut the masking tape and scratched the paint around the headlight lens. I used Meguiar's G3000 two-stage headlight recovery system for grinding and polishing, which has a manual grinding head and uses water for wet grinding, and although it required more…

Okay, I cheated! I have restored 3 cars with this one kit and have more material left over to make more. So I've polished plexiglass before, mainly airplanes, and I've polished plexiglass by hand for several hundred hours, so I had a slight advantage. Here's how I use these sets. First, an aggressive drive? I treat it with 220 grit DMT to knock down all the coarse sand and make it smooth. I then use a spray bottle of warm but not hot water with 2 drops of liquid dish soap, Dawn works very well.

After receiving two different car headlight restoration products I decided to do a direct comparison. These two products are a 3M Headlight Restoration System. (Part #39008) and Meguiar's Perfect Clarity Two-Step Headlight Restoration Kit (hereafter referred to as Meguiar's Headlight Restoration Kit). My car's headlights began to show the obvious haze that is characteristic of sunlight and oxidation. I started with a more complex system from 3M - the process is to use a series of discs to sand…