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283 viewsBefore - Low beams and fogs, facing vehicle.
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283 viewsAfter - Standing next to the B-pillar and looking forward.
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282 viewsAfter - Low beams.
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280 views...and after!
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277 viewsPut tape around the headlamp to protect the paint. I initially used a battery-powered drill (pictured) but the battery was low on charge so I switched to my 6-amp drill. Locked the trigger on and started polishing. Very easy to do and I overlapped per the instructions, moving roughly a half-inch, back-n-forth across the headlamp then some lesser work on the turn signal area (it wasn't as badly pitted).
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275 viewsThis is it. Comes with pad holder and six polishing pads. It was $9 less than the 3M product and worked great. The headlights were badly pitted but not quite yellowed. I think glass covers would've been a better idea but... I used one pad per headlamp/turn signal (the whole headlight cover) then used another pad that I shared between the headlamps so for my application it was 1.5 pads per headlamp. If your covers aren't as bad then one should be fine.
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273 viewsRight headlight before...
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273 views...after.
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271 viewsBefore...
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269 viewsTa-da! Big improvement. Neither one looked brand-new but they sure looked a LOT better after I was done. At least now you can see reflections in the plastic cover. You couldn't see them before.
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267 viewsBefore...
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266 viewsLeft headlamp before. Lot's of abuse hitting that plastic!
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256 views...after first pad...
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252 views...after second pad.
   
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