Never used any of those, I used the 3M Headlight Polishing Kit reviewed in the thread linked below, check out the detailing section for what other people have used.
3M Headlight Kit
3M Headlight Kit
Headlight restoration
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Yesterday, with the weather going down to high 70's, I did the headlight restoration again after 5 years or so. Last time I did the same 3M kit but I wasn't really through with the procedure and never applied additional care afterwards. After about three years it yellowed again, not as extreme as it had been but it was definitely coming back.
It was about the time that one of my HIDs quit working, so I thought I would replace the HIDs and re-do the restoration at once. First I removed the wiring harness+relay that I made for HIDs - it became a mess after adding fog lights. Due to this I no longer have working fog lights, but I will make the wiring again for the fog lights, cleaner and simpler this time. It turned out that the left ballast had died and was blowing fuses.
After installing new HID kits, I started the restoration work.
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Here it is mid-restoration. Made a slight mistake and the drill went too far down to the paint -- but it's ok.
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After all work + waxing.
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The left assembly was less yellowed to begin with - and it gave me better results.
I ordered the 4500k bulbs which were the same as the ones I had. But these seem to have a very slight tint of blue unlike the ones I had previously. I would've ordered 4300k if I knew this would be the case.
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It was about the time that one of my HIDs quit working, so I thought I would replace the HIDs and re-do the restoration at once. First I removed the wiring harness+relay that I made for HIDs - it became a mess after adding fog lights. Due to this I no longer have working fog lights, but I will make the wiring again for the fog lights, cleaner and simpler this time. It turned out that the left ballast had died and was blowing fuses.
After installing new HID kits, I started the restoration work.
Here it is mid-restoration. Made a slight mistake and the drill went too far down to the paint -- but it's ok.
After all work + waxing.
The left assembly was less yellowed to begin with - and it gave me better results.
I ordered the 4500k bulbs which were the same as the ones I had. But these seem to have a very slight tint of blue unlike the ones I had previously. I would've ordered 4300k if I knew this would be the case.
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Coat it with this when you are done. It is UV resistant and bonds to plastic. Should prevent or at least delay the yellowing.
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