E-TECH Restored Headlight Clear Coat - 200ml

Although you can get headlight restoration kits containing cleaner and protective wipes, this was the only product I found at a reasonable price which was just the protective coat on its own, without the cleaner (I already had a bottle of Turtle Wax headlamp cleaner). It is easy to apply, you obviously have to clean and prepare the headlamp beforehand and mask off the rest of the car so you don’t overspray onto the body work. You get an included IPA wipe to give it a final clean before applying but I used my own IPA spray. After that it is just 2 applications. The results look good, my headlamps are clear and hopefully this will at least prolong the periods in between restorations. I fully recommend this - there is no point removing the yellowing from headlamps without applying a protector afterwards. I expect this can to last several applications but the only negative is that only 1 IPA wipe is provided so you’ll need to get some more for subsequent applications.

I did lots of prep on the affected car headlights, which were very bad, using one sheet of wet and dry at 400, 800 and 1200 on each headlight, so a total of six sheets using the entire sheet each time. I also used it wet, not dry. It did not look like it was going to work as each time I washed the headlights with clean water they still looked obscured. However, as soon as I sprayed the lacquer on it transformed them and they now look almost like new, a massive improvement. The only thing I have noticed is that when it rains it leaves marks on the lenses where the water droplets have sat but they wipe off and it still looks good. Do not be impatient with how much you spray on, its not worth it. Take the extra time, keep the coats thin and let them dry before applying more. I was borderline with lacquer build up but just got away with it. I spent a lot of time doing the prep and should have been just as patient applying the lacquer.

I applied this after spending a lot of time buffing and polishing a UV light damaged polycarb headlamp cover, so good to find a UV protective, polycarb compatible glaze. I'm no stranger to using aerosol paint sprays, but the polished cover looked slightly better prior to using this than afterwards, perhaps owing to some overspray which I'll tackle at a later date. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, but there is scope to make a mess of it if unused to spray painting.

I restored the headlamps and they still looked hazy and milky.After applying the product, the headlamps looked like new almost.Not sure how long it will last, but the coating seems to be quite tough.Follow the instructions. As it does say allow a good 24 hours before driving thee car amd exposing the treated areas to water.The product seems to have dried hard after about 1 hour. And I will use the car tomorrow.Also worked well on the rear high level brake light which had turned pink and hazy. Now looks like new.

Very good value, and as long as you prepare the headlight , by sanding different sizes of paper starting off with 80 and work down to 300 , about 10 mins each sanding, you will get a good result, if I could I would give it 10 out of 10,

Cover was looking great but all tins splattered before finishing rending the job useless.Would be better if they sold the lacquer in normal container to use with a proper spray gun.Don’t know if I’ve got a bad batch but of four tins bought each one produced splatter, I’ve just reminded myself not to take the short cut of using aerosoles but to fire up the compressor and do the job right.

Before slagging this product I just want to let you know my headlights were pretty bad. Bought this product for my 2nd vehicle whose headlights where in a bad state. They seemed to have tiny yellowy wrinkles or something like small lightning strike shapes covering most of headlight. I was hopping that the damage was just on surface layer and a DIY project might save a few quid if all goes well as compared to getting new headlights. Yeah so after some heavy sanding with grit paper from like 320 grit to 2000, cleaning dirt off with isopropyl alcohol wipes and finally using this product as final touch. I ended up with slightly fewer whiter lightning strikes but now somewhat foggy headlights. Perhaps I made a mistake somewhere in the process as this was my first time attempting this or the product is a bit underwhelming. I suggest you try on a small corner portion first to see if it works for you!

easy to use only took me about 20 min 10 each light, good quality, light look bran new again. done it all by hand 1000 grit then 1500 and finish with 2500 grit wet sanding