MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: homesqueeze on September 05, 2014, 07:13:24 pm
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Going to get one of these and just wondered if anyone knew any good deals or places to buy it. About £18 is the cheapest I've seen anywhere. Cheers.
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http://www.halfords.com/motoring/cleaning-products/detailing-products/meguiars-one-step-headlight-restoration-kit
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0078IHJ1K/?tag=ho01f-21
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http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=headlight+restoration&osCsid=ibnb10g19b0svqhd07kkt9jnt5&x=-82&y=-362
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£16.75 here with free postage.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-Headlight-Lens-Restoration-Kit-Restores-Cloudy-Dull-Hazy-Faded-Scratched-/111207179283?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item19e476e413
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I have one I am not going to use
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Cheers guys. I've tried the meguiars one and it barely does anything, hence why I'm going to give the 3M a go.
I have one I am not going to use
If yours is the 3M one skard how much would you want for it?
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I've used the Meg's one and got good results - i did have to wet sand my headlights though, which was something originally that i wasn't happy about having to do but it was the only way to restore them.
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I've used the Meg's one and got good results - i did have to wet sand my headlights though, which was something originally that i wasn't happy about having to do but it was the only way to restore them.
I have wet sanded mine before and it was great, but the haze has come back again over a couple of years. It took so long to do it though I can't take the hassle of doing it again. I have got myself a 3M kit from Skard now anyway, hopefully this will be a bit easier.
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I've used the Meg's one and got good results - i did have to wet sand my headlights though, which was something originally that i wasn't happy about having to do but it was the only way to restore them.
I have wet sanded mine before and it was great, but the haze has come back again over a couple of years. It took so long to do it though I can't take the hassle of doing it again. I have got myself a 3M kit from Skard now anyway, hopefully this will be a bit easier.
I can completely understand this, took me hours to do mine.
Did you regularly seal your headlights after restoring them with sealant and/or wax? Not good to hear the hazing has come back but if you didn't protect your headlights then the return of the haze isn't to be unexpected.
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I've used the Meg's one and got good results - i did have to wet sand my headlights though, which was something originally that i wasn't happy about having to do but it was the only way to restore them.
I have wet sanded mine before and it was great, but the haze has come back again over a couple of years. It took so long to do it though I can't take the hassle of doing it again. I have got myself a 3M kit from Skard now anyway, hopefully this will be a bit easier.
I can completely understand this, took me hours to do mine.
Did you regularly seal your headlights after restoring them with sealant and/or wax? Not good to hear the hazing has come back but if you didn't protect your headlights then the return of the haze isn't to be unexpected.
Yeah I did seal them regularly with collinite to try and protect them, but it still came back. I think it might be because I didn't quite manage to remove all the corrosion right at the edges when I sanded them, and it has spread back from these points.
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Hopefully it won't require as much graft, second time around.