I looked at the Heavy duty kit because my lights are nasty looking. I was under the impression that the heavy duty kit was a Meguiars kit. My bad. So the Heavy duty kit from ADS will work fine?

 

Yep. Did you see the pictures on page 1 of this thread? Same kit, well, sorta. It's actually a slightly better kit now because instead of M85 Diamond Cut, you'll get M105 Ultra Cut.

 

Yeah I saw the pics but then saw a post that said they didn't have that kit anymore or something like that. But that sounds great. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!! Ill get the kit when I am home for spring break and post pictures.

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Actually, I think they got rid of kit #1 and just dropped the #2 on the other kit. Everything looks like it's still there.

 

The old site had a #1 and a #2 kit, both put together by Rick. My review was for the old #2 kit. When he updated the site, both kits were gone, replaced by a single kit from Meguiars, which is a lot like the old #1 light duty kit. Now he has taken the old #2 kit and replaced the M85 with M105 and put it back on the site - thank you very much!

For this use, I don't see where you would see any difference between M85 and M105. The kit makes it very easy to get everything you need, all you have to provide is a drill, bucket of soapy water, masking tape, and rags (MF, terry, old towels, T-shirts, whatever) to wipe things down.

 

I agree you probably won't see much of a difference on the headlights between 85 and 105, however, you should be left with a lot of 105 for the paint, which is why it's a better. That's what I was implying.

 

I dont know if the OP ever got a new light for the van but what i found effective was to remove the lens and put in the oven. I did this on my bros lightning tail light. Just set the oven on warm and it will do the trick without getting too hot.

 

Nope, still the same light. It's not great but it has dried out some. A new light is just not a priority.

 

i couldnt see from your photos, but was there fine scratches in the lens? my milan has one new headlight and its noticeably different than the one only 3 years older, the original has a slight haze, which actually looks like very fine scuffs.

 

The kit does an excellent job of clearing the lenses up, but nothing can remove deep crazing.

Stay tuned - another resto job coming up soon, son in law just bought a 98 F-150 and the lights are a mess.

 

would plast-x help with very light fogging, scuffing from typical washing? i never noticed the haze until i got the drivers lamp replaced lol. i'll wait to see more pics.

 

If it's just lightly fogged and scuffed, you should be able to do it with just PlastX. It will be a lot easier on a foam pad on a drill than by hand. Just like any detailing - least aggressive first, if it doesn't work, break out the heavy ammo. If you use the heavy ammo - wetsanding and 85 or 105, that's going to remove the UV coating and you will have to PlastX them frequently - by hand is fine just to clean them up and apply UV protection.

 

I was at Wal Mart the other day getting a bulb for my tail light and saw a kit so I went ahead and got it. Figured it couldnt hurt anything. It's a cheaper kit so I wasn't expecting a whole lot but at $16 it really did quite a good job. Came with good directions and everything needed. Here are some pics.


Kit:





Before pics:






After pics:

 

What materials came with that kit, and how is it used?

It looks to me like PlastX on a foam pad in a drill probably would have taken care of those lights - it doesn't look like they were THAT bad.

 

Well to be honest I did absolute zero looking into what to use. It was just a whim kind of thing. But the pictures don't do the bad that much justice. They were yellow and hazy. I know you cant tell but that's more than likely because it was a very overcast day with no sun shining. I just happened to see the kit so I picked it up. Materials wise I couldn't tell you on chemicals. Came with sand papers and some microfibers for the chemicals.