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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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I tried a product from Advanced Auto on the headlights of my Toyota Matrix today. The car is a 2003 with about 110,000 miles on it. I have seen plenty of cars down here with lights that looked as bad or worse so I thought I would share the results. Kit cost $20; Process took about a half an hour.

Lights started looking like this.



and finished looking like new

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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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very nice

what was the product and what was the process??
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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Product Name was Crystal View Headlight Restorer

The process was
wet sand 3 min
wipe clean
wet sand (finer paper) 1 min
wipe clean
buff with solution a
wait 5 min
wipe on solution b
wait 5 min
wipe on solution b
wait 24 hrs before washing car.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Sweet J nice work I will have to check out that product.
I am restoring Raven's headlights this week and have already finished the lens polishing. I have painted the insides Berlina black and blacked out most of the amber corner lens leaving only two vertical slits amber.

Check out the new PuddyMod differential going in your old car. A polished out Richmond 4.56 with Cusco 1.5 LSD all cryoed out by Jeff at Sub Zero cryogenics
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 05:21 AM
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I was going to say, bring your head lights to Puddydad.

Nice diff puddy.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 05:51 AM
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Are you saying Puddy has a nice rear end?

Thanks for the info on the head lights, i need to do this to my Daughters car.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 08:52 AM
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Yes, I have been looking for a good product for a while. This is the 3rd time I have tried out a product like this. I can definitely say this is the only one that has left the headlights looking as good as new.
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