Headlights Plastic's refurb
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The Raptor
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What did you use please? The Raptor passed the MOT today with an advisory that the headlight covers are foggy !. Mines a 2007 Fiat X250 so I need to do before next years MOT. Both need doing but near side is worse than offside. Cheers 
Wooie1958
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I used the Autoglym Headlight Restoration Complete Kit on my 2006 X244 headlights and it worked a treat.
Bit scary using wet & dry emery paper on plastic that comes in the kit, just make sure you wet the headlights as per the instructions, take your time and it fine .
4 years on and they are still as good as the day i did them.
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Bit scary using wet & dry emery paper on plastic that comes in the kit, just make sure you wet the headlights as per the instructions, take your time and it fine .
4 years on and they are still as good as the day i did them.
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i'm with trev ,https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iPMAAOSw3KtgNS9n/s-l1600.webp i used this on a drill mop head -few minutes work, like new
yeoblade
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If you got an advisory on them then they probably quite bad, so just a headlight restoration cream alone won't cut the mustard. I tried some last year with little effect.What did you use please? The Raptor passed the MOT today with an advisory that the headlight covers are foggy !. Mines a 2007 Fiat X250 so I need to do before next years MOT. Both need doing but near side is worse than offside. Cheers
I used 800 grit wet 'n dry followed by 1500 W-n-D then machined polished mop with Farcela G360 compound.
exwindsurfer
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I started off with 1200 wet an dry then 1500 and last 2000 then G3 now back to new .
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After receiving the same advisory 4 years ago, I polish my 2004 vehicle with Brasso twice a year and have never received one since. I add that I always do it a day before the test.
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I used fibreglass boat polish left over frim polishing my previous vehicle. Worked ok.The Fiat X250 headlights don't look their best after a few years of sun so a polish up to restore them today
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yeoblade
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I think looking the comments here, the different manufacturers plastics varies how much aggressive polishing or not is required to restore them. Mine certainly didn't improve much without good wet n dry sanding before the polishing. Having already tried only that.
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What you should have done was spray with a fine coat of 2 pack laq, my tail lights are for this soon.
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Yes, on ebay for as low as £7.49, which appear to use the same process with similar components to the Autoglym one.used the Autoglym Headlight Restoration Complete Kit on my 2006 X244 headlights and it worked a treat.
Bit scary using wet & dry emery paper on plastic that comes in the kit, just make sure you wet the headlights as per the instructions, take your time and it fine .
4 years on and they are still as good as the day i did them.
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Other brands are available.Autoglym Headlight Restoration Complete Kit | Halfords UK
Shop the latest The Autoglym Headlight Restoration Complete Kit allows you to restore clarity to headlights at Halfords UK
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