Autoglym Headlight Restoration Complete Kit

Before I start this review, I have assigned this product 5 starts for what Amazon references as Sheerness. I have interpreted 'Sheerness' as the ability of the product to do what it claims. My reference for this is the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th Edition. This product was purchased to undertake a repair to the headlights on my wife's vehicle that were starting to show early signs of 'lens bloom', external clouding on the top of the perspex main lights. I selected Auto Glym based on product reputation and 40+years of using Auto Glym products on all of our vehicles. I felt that £30.00 was an acceptable risk before purchasing 2 x new lights if this did not work. I need have had no such fears. Clear simple instructions, a supporting Auto Glym video, watched 2-3 times prior to undertaking the task were excellent training tools and gave me confidence to effectively destroy the surface of each headlight. I was able to easily remove the lights on our Volvo XC-60 and was able to perform this repairs off the vehicle. This helped me considerably and I felt gave me a better quality finish. It took me around 30-40 minutes per headlight working on a bench next to the car and providing you follow the instructions to the letter in terms of drill speed, use of water and the various grades of discs the end results were outstanding and much better than I anticipated. Overall a very professional crystal clear finish was obtained on each headlight. The headlights have been on the vehicle around 4 weeks and no signs of any bloom returning. Following the task I found I was able to recover the very fine grit discs and have reused them undertaking a headlight repair on a Mercedes due to a stone chip. I was able to remove the scratch completely that was in the middle of the headlight lens. It took around 20 minutes to complete while the headlight was left on the car. I don't have any before photos but in the attached images, on the white car the bloom extended from the top of the headlight lens over its complete length and down to 20% of the lens surface. On the grey car the chip and scratch damage was in the centre of the lens. As you can see, more than 4 weeks on the finish on both sets of lights has been exceptional. A great saving over a set of replacement lights. What a great product that even the least able DIYer will be able to obtain first class results. I have been looking for replacement fine grit discs but have managed to clean, wash and reuse the original sets of discs. The instructions from Auto Glym and clear simple and work but I recommend you also look at the video if you have never done this previously. Very highly recommended, an excellent product.

More than happy with the result. Did it myself, spending 1 and 1/2 hours at a leisurely pace. Gleaming results. Better result than the garage .

Just used kit to clean headlamps on 24 year old Rover 75. Easy instructions and great results

Handy way to get all the items needed in 1 kit. Bit over priced and drill attachment is fragile.

Fantastic product. Took about 15 mins per headlight from grim to showroom condition

Not the cheapest out there, but I've used Autoglym products before and found them to be of excellent quality and this did influence my decision to buy. The headlights on my late 2008 Honda FRV were becoming increasingly clouded and had been commented upon as "advisorys", on the last couple of MOTs, therefore action needed to be taken before the vehicle was failed. Taking what amounts to a sanding disc to the headlight lenses, I did so with a good deal of trepidation. However before purchasing and having read some of the reviews, I took heart from the other comments that had been left. I would echo these wholeheartedly - have the courage of your convictions, read the instructions and familiarise yourself with the contents of the box, BEFORE you start using the product, then follow the instructions TO THE LETTER. I did so and could not be any happier - the headlights have come up like new, seriously !!. I can't rate the product highly enough and should my headlights begin to fade again, I have the confidence to repeat the process, as there are sufficient abrasive pads to do so. A couple of tips which might be helpful - a) when attaching the pads to the drill bit backing plate, centralise them as much as possible, b) when removing the pads from the backing plate, do so with care so as not to rip off the velcro layer from the backing plate and c) as part of the process involves using water, you will inevitably get some small amount of splashes / splatting on the bodywork. This is easily removed but should you want to avoid it altogether, I'd recommend draping clean sheets over the adjacent bodywork. Probably one of the best £26.49's that I've ever spent !!!!!!

Worked really well until the drill attachment/pad thingy disintegrated. Just as well I had a spare from another product I had used last year.

Bought this kit for my 21 year old Mercedes I was a bit nervous about sanding my headlights but if you follow the instructions you will be amazed by the results,My lights look brand new just wish I’d took a photo of them before I had started

Solid. Watch the youtube video.

The instructions tell you to use a high-speed drill, my lights have a plastic type surface so I opted to use arm power as wet and dry paper can remove a fair amount of surface material, the procedure with out the drill took about an hour per lens, using water different grades of wet and dry in circular motion and the fine paste. The kit did remove most of the light scratches and did bring back some clarity , but not perfect by any means even when using the fine paste and hard surface rubbing still looked a bit dull, it should be noted there is no clarifier final coat sealer with this kit , it’s basically keep sanding and polishing until it gets to the point that its acceptable , but I wasn’t keen on the drill idea so used a clarifier sealer from another product that supplied 2 sealer packs , this did the job for me and would pass an MOT or NCT. I have restored several head lights on several vehicles and it would appear to me if you don’t use a clarifying liquid for the final coat it could take quite a bit of rubbing and polishing to get a good result, admittedly you may have to do the restoration as a yearly or 2 yearly thing but its reasonably easy to do

Det är värt varje krona. Vilken skillnad. Jag är helt imponerat.. Väldigt lätt använda också.. Rekommenderas varmt.. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Funciona genial siguiendo todos los pasos. En casos de grandes daños abra que lijar con un grado menor al que incluye el kit.

Wow, de koplamen van een wat oudere Honda Civic zijn weer helemaal als nieuw geworden. Echt als nieuw!! Het eindresultaat gaf echt een wow gevoel. Zorg wel voor een goed opgeladen accu voor de schroefboormachine. Ik heb twee volle accu's gebruikt voor al het schuurwerk. Maar je resultaat wordt rijkelijk beloond!