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Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« on: September 05, 2014, 07:13:24 pm »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2014, 02:31:00 pm »
I have one I am not going to use
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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2014, 07:23:12 pm »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2014, 11:49:04 am »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2014, 08:38:10 pm »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2014, 09:57:43 pm »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2014, 10:35:09 pm »
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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Re: Best place for 3M headlight restoration kit
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2014, 10:56:42 pm »
Hopefully it won't require as much graft, second time around.