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Select Advance Auto Parts Stores: 3M Headlight Lens Restoration System
$5.95
$30
80% off
+ Free Store Pickup Onlyat Advance Auto Parts
+ Free Store Pickup Onlyat Advance Auto PartsDeal Details
Select Advance Auto Parts Stores have 3M Headlight Lens Restoration System (39008) for $5.95. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Note: Availability for pickup varies by location.
Thanks to Community Member USFishin for finding this deal.
Product Description:
Note: Availability for pickup varies by location.
Thanks to Community Member USFishin for finding this deal.
Product Description:
- For use on headlights, taillights, fog, and directional lights
- Kit contains sanding discs and polishing pad with compound
- For use with a drill
- Saves $100s versus purchasing a new headlight
- Improves the appearance of a car - with "like new" headlights
- Simple, four, step process
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- Our research indicates that this deal is $14.04 less (70.2% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $19.99 at the time of this posting.
- Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Select Advance Auto Parts Stores have 3M Headlight Lens Restoration System (39008) for $5.95. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
Note: Availability for pickup varies by location.
Thanks to Community Member USFishin for finding this deal.
Product Description:
Note: Availability for pickup varies by location.
Thanks to Community Member USFishin for finding this deal.
Product Description:
- For use on headlights, taillights, fog, and directional lights
- Kit contains sanding discs and polishing pad with compound
- For use with a drill
- Saves $100s versus purchasing a new headlight
- Improves the appearance of a car - with "like new" headlights
- Simple, four, step process
Editor's Notes
Written by slickdewmaster | Staff- About this Deal:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $14.04 less (70.2% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $19.99 at the time of this posting.
- Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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This 3M headlight restoration kit is a strong low cost way to clear oxidized lenses and has a solid track record for restoring cloudy headlights. The kit is described as working well, easier than hand polishing, and effective enough to try on older vehicles or repeat on multiple cars. The main catch is durability, since the restored lens needs a separate coating, sealant, or UV protector to keep haze from returning. A few also point to the lack of a finishing wipe in this version, so it works best if you already have protection on hand.
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This kit does not appear to include a finishing sealant or UV protectorant. A separate coating, sealant, or 2K clear is needed to keep the haze from returning, since restored lenses can fog again within months or a few years without protection.
A separate protective finish is recommended, such as a headlight sealant, UV protectorant, carnauba wax with UV protection, or a 2K clear coat. The goal is to block UV and slow re-fogging after the sanding and polishing step.
At $5.95, it is considered a very good price for a kit that has worked well for multiple people. It is also seen as easier and better than hand-polishing, especially for older or oxidized headlights.
The lenses can look crystal clear right after use, but without a protective top coat the haze may return within weeks, months, or a few years. Adding a sealant, UV protectorant, or 2K clear coat is what extends the result.
It can work well on older, yellowed headlights, but it takes time and care, and the drill should be kept moving to avoid hot spots. For light to medium oxidation, it has been reported to work fine; for long-term durability, a stronger coating afterward matters.
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I think unless the product explicitly says it prevents re-fogging of the headlights after use, you still need to add an additional UV protectorant or sealer, which this product doesn't appear to come with.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVCEbf
This is still a good kit but as mentioned previously by other posters still need to buy a headlight sealant like this
https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-H...F0aWM&th=1
Or the spray on version
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4RV...tle_4
For newer cars or just more recently yellowing lights even the kits without the sanding work too, I have tried a few different ones and all work to some degree. The ones that just come with wipes only is what I am referring to. They can be a lot more forgiving if you feel uncomfortable taking a power tool to your headlights.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079THK...in_ti
Used the one above but older version like 3 years ago and worked fine on headlights that had light to medium level of oxidization, but it did take some elbow grease.
And wear dust mask at the least. You just sanding down polycarbonate with very high grit sand paper and compound, which probably isn't great to inhale.
Everything you need to know and which brand is the best all right here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVCEbf
This is still a good kit but as mentioned previously by other posters still need to buy a headlight sealant like this
https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-H...F0aWM&th=1
Or the spray on version
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4RV...tle_4
For newer cars or just more recently yellowing lights even the kits without the sanding work too, I have tried a few different ones and all work to some degree. The ones that just come with wipes only is what I am referring to. They can be a lot more forgiving if you feel uncomfortable taking a power tool to your headlights.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079THK...in_ti
Used the one above but older version like 3 years ago and worked fine on headlights that had light to medium level of oxidization, but it did take some elbow grease.
Everything you need to know and which brand is the best all right here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyVCEbf
This is still a good kit but as mentioned previously by other posters still need to buy a headlight sealant like this
https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-H...F0aWM&th=1
Or the spray on version
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4RV...tle_4
For newer cars or just more recently yellowing lights even the kits without the sanding work too, I have tried a few different ones and all work to some degree. The ones that just come with wipes only is what I am referring to. They can be a lot more forgiving if you feel uncomfortable taking a power tool to your headlights.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079THK...in_ti
Used the one above but older version like 3 years ago and worked fine on headlights that had light to medium level of oxidization, but it did take some elbow grease.
What are people planning to use for protection after?
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