Son tryed the cleaner kit on the plastic headlight covers. They are too pitted to clean.
Where can he buy replacement covers for a 2006 Mazda 3 ???
Thanks
Jim H.
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Son tryed the cleaner kit on the plastic headlight covers. They are too pitted to clean.
Where can he buy replacement covers for a 2006 Mazda 3 ???
Thanks
Jim H.
I'd think Mazdacomp is the best bet, or LKQonline.com
I've gotten parts for my 3 at Rosenthals/Arlington Mazda.
There are a few different quality levels of headlight restoration kits. Which one did you use? Was there any actual sanding?
+1 on some kits being better than others. I tried a few before getting the 3M kit that uses a drill-mounted sanding pad. Worked very well and was actually easier than the hand-rubbing kits. Lights still look like-new 2 years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davidss
^Can this one be picked up at vatozone? The headlights on our murano look to have been very poorly restored by the PO, they have a very thick and uneven epoxyish clearcoat so I need a good kit if I have any hope of getting all that crap off of them.
Yep, and OReilleys and HF, and Wally World...
If you get the 3M foam polishing pad, you can also do touch-ups with Meguiar's plastic window cleaner and polish. I had some on the shelf from my NA days and found it works great on headlights too.
The last time I polished badly pitted headlights, I just started with white rubbing compound (the pasty stuff in the little plastic tub) and an electric buffer. Then I went to a finer polishing compound to clean it up. I have some of that Meguiar's headlight polish stuff, but I've only used it to clean up a pair of sunglasses - it's too fine to do any real work.
The plastic covers are not available by themselves, you have to buy the whole headlight assembly. Best price I could find was $376 each. NO way.
Bought the 3M kit instead of the Turtle Wax kit. And sanding was involved. Son sanded and followed the 3M instructions. Worked like a kit should work and he can now see where he's going at night.
Thanks for the help guys !!!
Jim H.