Rain-X Headlight Restoration

[Herman4x4]

Gday,
My headlights were looking a bit milky, so I bought a Rain-X headlight restoration kit, Supercheap had it on sale for $30.00.
From when I went to do it to completion took just under 1.5 hours. Got to say, very impressed so far. The passenger side is not as good as the drivers side, so i might do that again as there is enough of the kit left.
Cheers,
Andrew.

[amr75wcr]

Looks good Andrew
Mine were the same and after talking to the paint touch up guy last week he said to use Brasso bargin for $9 at woollies took about the same time

Wayne

[Herman4x4]

Brasso! Will keep that in mind for if I have to do these again.Cheers,
Andrew.

[maasau]

I did the same but using "Mothers® PowerBall 4Lights Headlight". It took ~15 minutes per light. Two months later lights are blurry again not as bad as used to be but far from perfect. Manual says re-apply protection every month by hand.

[Herman4x4]

Bugger. Hope I dont have to do that.
Cheers,
Andrew

[wrexy]

Has been said that you have to re coat a UV coating to the lens' otherwise they will deteriorate again rapidly.

[NFT5]

Polycarbonate is very susceptible to UV damage. Can happen real quick if you do a restoration on the lens and don't give it some protection.

Acrylic headlight covers will stop most of the damage to the lenses, as will an automotive two pack clearcoat. Opti-coat also has had some very good reviews.

[Herman4x4]

The Rain-X does come with a clear coat protectant, so hopefully it is enough to keep them looking good.

[littleriver]

I seen on the extreme 4wd show the other day
the guy used toothpast to clean the head light
seemed to work for him

[olesp]

Glassylite is another brand of Headlight Restoration Kit available from most auto parts stores.
The Nano sealant that is in the kit is brilliant did my wife's car 2 years ago still looks the same.
Check it out at http://www.glassylite.com.au/

[rotare]

I think I've used just plain old car polish one time, then another time I used the lambswool buffing wheel when giving the car a polish. Both ways the lights came up like new, and with both ways the lights after a few months went back looking faded again

[Belli]

I just did my lights with this same kit on Sunday as one light had been replaced after a curious roo decided to take a closer look at it @ 100km and left the old one looking a little sad. I bought the kit basically for the protectant pray to keep it looking nice. I will also get a set of headlight covers to shield them from further uv light. In short great kit, cheap just requires elbow grease.