Monday, October 12, 2009

Harbor Freight Headlight Lens Repair Reviewed


My old truck had headlights that where yellow, hazy and scratched. Harbor Freight sells a Headlight Lens Repair kit for $14.95. You don't get much in the kit: drill attachment, 2 resurfacing pads, 1 polishing pad and a 1/2 oz. bottle of polishing gel. This is a 4 step process:

Step #1: Wash surface. I just used a glass cleaning wipe.
Step #2: Insert Drill attachment
Step #3: Resurface 3 min. each lens with damp resufacing pad
Step #4: Add small amount of the polishing gel to face of polishing pad and polish for 3 min.

With clean up and before after pictures it took about 25 minutes. I like the results and my lights should be brighter now.
Before...

After...

2 comments:

John N said...

Paul,
This is a great review. I'm really proud of your ingenuity. Will this process work on a Honda?
Love,
DAD

Stratomatic said...

The kit says it works on plastic and glass. Should work on the Honda. I'll bring a kit at Thanksgiving. Great to see you and Mom this weekend. Pete and Mickey miss you. Thanks - Love, Paul

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