MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Alfalfa91 on April 13, 2015, 09:41:43 am
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Yesterday I used the 3M headlight restore kit I bought from eBay for £16 odd and what a result I got.
People say that it takes about 2 hours to do but because I started on the finest pads it took me about an hour to do.
Very easy to use and was a lot quicker then I expected.
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This is the kit i bought and it comes with 3-4 different grades of sandpaper pads but i just went straight the finest one and started.
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You get 2 pads per headlight so after the 2 pads where used you move onto the rubbing paste and the buffing pad you get with the kit, after a while your headlight will look like this.
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I would recommend to do it with your bonnet shut or to remove your headlights and also don't ware good jeans! haha
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But when you are happy with it I went over it one last time with some Autoglym polish just got the final finish and it turned out great!
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I would highly recomend this kit and all you need is a drill and something to spray water on the headlights as you go and you should be sorted! :happy2:
If anyone has any questions about this just give me a shout.
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Lol, um wow.
Nice transformation but what a mess you've made! We do quite a few headlights, especially on Mk5's - we do them with the bonnet up as it's just another edge you're not going to accidentally damage - and never make that amount of mess, haha!
Hope you have put some decent wax on the headlights as well - they will soon return to being yellowed and faded if not, as you've removed the remaining protective UV layer by sanding/polishing!
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Lol, um wow.
Nice transformation but what a mess you've made! We do quite a few headlights, especially on Mk5's - we do them with the bonnet up as it's just another edge you're not going to accidentally damage - and never make that amount of mess, haha!
Hope you have put some decent wax on the headlights as well - they will soon return to being yellowed and faded if not, as you've removed the remaining protective UV layer by sanding/polishing!
Yeah I went a bit canny with the paste haha but was a good excuse to give the engine bay a clean up lol
Yeah I used some expensive Autoglym wax but will was planning on giving them a going over whenever wax the car just to give it that nice finish.
I think it came out not to bad for the first time doing something like that.
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Fantastic, that's convinced me to get the same kit. My headlights look identical to yours making the whole front end of the car look old and worn!
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Nice work!
Did you use a battery operated drill or corded?
Also @xjay1337 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=7542) which wax would you recommend?
Cheers
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Nice work!
Did you use a battery operated drill or corded?
Also @xjay1337 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=7542) which wax would you recommend?
Cheers
I used a battery for one side then it died as I started the other then used the mains drill. Wish I started with it cause I was done a lot faster
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Nice work!
Did you use a battery operated drill or corded?
Also @xjay1337 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=7542) which wax would you recommend?
Cheers
We always use Carpro DLUX.
Anything with high UV protection qualities would be good.
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I've got the same kit waiting for the weekend, hope I don't make as much mess under the bonnet as you :signLOL:
Think I need to sort a corded drill though
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I've got the same kit waiting for the weekend, hope I don't make as much mess under the bonnet as you :signLOL:
Think I need to sort a corded drill though
Nice one, should work a treat and yeah hopefully! Haha