How to Restore your headlights - It works!!
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This video demonstrates restoring your headlamps using the 3M headlight restoration kit. This is not a cheesy "wipe on, wipe off" product. Its is sanding and buffing method that works very well! Don't rebuy, repair!! Before and after photo at the end of the video.
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I really like your intro. No overbearing music. Thanks for these tips.
NP! I am glad you like it. I appreciate branding but I like to be a little more subtle.
You are doing great job. There is so little info available on Nissan Xterra so your videos are my go to place. I got 2015 Xterra.
somehow while watching another video, like this, i started yours in another window. And i actually ended up closing the other video and watching yours. The sound was playing at the same time as the other video i was watching. You win.
Love it, Thanks for watching!
Great video Ry, thanks for sharing that and for all the extra tips. The kit worked very well in my 2005 XTerra, you are right, it's like night and day.
7 years later, and here I'm... doing the same thing on my X.
Thanks for the video!
Glad I could help!
Excellent, did it over 2 days and it came out fantastic, thanks, now would love to see your video of changing out drivers side window motor/lift thingy.
Wish I could help you with that but I have crank windows. Can you believe that!?! Glad the headlights worked out!
Great video man!!..I just finished my 2008 Xterra and it turned out awesome..Thanks so much for your help!!
Sweet! No problem, Glad it looks good.
I HAVE A 2005 XTERRA SO ALL OF YOUR DEMOS ARE GREAT.
Hell yea, Hope you find them helpful.
Now that i know it works time to do it myself! Thanks man!
Any time dude!
Ray the Car Guy, can you make a video on how to adjust the headlights on a Nissan Xterra? There are no videos on how to. I Would really appreciate it . Love your videos. Really helpful. Keep the videos coming!
Yea, I should be able to knock that out for you
Thanks for showing your results. Now. I will get some. I know it works now. I was thinking that I need a crear coat to fix but this video show me to just get this kit
Good luck!
Beautiful!!! Great video!!! Looks like glass!!!
Flitz polish works a treat :-)
Great job & good tutorial, 👍
Cool vid, great job! Will have to restore mine now..
Hope it goes well!
It worked for me. Like a diamond!
Sweet! Doesn't it make the truck look a lot newer!?!
Ry, ever thought of installing fog lights? I'd kind of like to add some to my frontier....
I have thought about it. May do it at some point.
Ordered the kit and going to do mine tomorrow. 🤞🤞🤞
Awesome! It's funny because I just ordered another one of those kits and I am going to knock out that job on my Titan. The lenses are in horrible shape.
By the way great videos. Truly appreciate it.
Looks great man! Keep up the hard work and great videos!
Thank man, you know it!
You finally did it!
Its funny, I had the parts ordered and they showed up only a few days later. They ended up sitting around here for more than 2 months! I got a new job recently and its taking up all my time. Wish I could spend all say in the garage but I gotta pay for all this stuff lol.
Yet another awesome video 👍
Thanks man! 👍🏻
Great video very helpful
Great well informing video once again
Thanks Mahmud! I appreciate you watching.
If comfortable with sand paper use Rubbing compound at $6 or so a tub. Heavy first then use a light rubbing compound. sponge pads each time make 2 or so passes over each hard-not smashing pressure. After clean heck out of it. when clean use rubbing alcohol to remove remaining dirt/oils. Last step is 2 coats of Plastx yeah that $10 stuff- should be good for several years. Or can just hit with plastx for a year plus. Either way you go about it is going to get messy. 3in sponge pads amazon about $6 ok so is more than "kit" but have plenty as in 30 plus cars.
I've always wanted to try that stuff. I'll pick some up.
recommend cordless drill 2 speed if u have one they are easier to balance and u will have more control with out pulling on cord,2 speed makes easier learn it first then perfect it as u go.
When I did mine, after watching your video. I removed the lens and worked on the bench.
Nice, were they a pain to take off?
Not bad. Pop the grill off. Remove the three obvious 10mm bolts retaining the headlight and then remove three screws on the inner fender to get the fourth and final headlight screw.
Oh nice. Glad it worked out.
Conflicting suggestions from others and curious if you've attempted replacing the halogens for LEDs. They do make them but from everyone I've talked too, they short or need to be replaced months down the road.
I did an HID kit for a while. It worked great for as long as I had it. Probably about a year or so. I was not a huge fan of the mess of wires in the engine bay and the color of the lights so I ended going back. Here is the install video if you are interested: czcams.com/video/t16IrTuCKtA/video.html
Thanks 👍
Welcome 👍🏻
Which drill machine did you use? Thanks
Thanks
I have an 06' Offroad Xterra, getting ready to add a separate trans cooler (and hopefully avert potential catastrophic transmission failure). Did you do this for your Xterra? Recommendations?
Sorry for being late to the party, but he has a manual transmission, so no need to worry about that. Another reason to get one with a manual. I just did and videos will be coming soon on my channel.
Can u pls do fuel injectors on a 2010 nissan xterra
Can you please tell me how to replace the fog light bulb with l e d on a Nissan navara 2011
Kelly 2017🌙 Davis in Macon GA
Класно сделал!!!
Дякую!
Are those plastic covers on your fog lights?
Josh Jensen no, I don't have fog lights so they are just plastics discs in place of lights. It would be cool if I did though!
Ok, I got the pro 4 x model so it came with fog lights, so I hadn't seen an X without em.
Did you end up spraying a uv clear coat paint on the lenses?
I did not. I hate masking stuff off. I know its a bit lazy but I wanted to do new lenses someday anyway.
@@Rythecarguy you had everything masked for sanding, just wipe the lens to make sure it's clean and then tape some trash bags. Spray with a good UV clear coat otherwise you'll be sanding every 2 years instead of every 10.
How are the lights looking now? (2 years later).
They faded back out a bit. But I decided to make a video on replacing the head lamps so I just did that a few weeks ago.
You can see how they looked in some of my latest videos.
My dealership wanted 200 to clean the headlights on my 2005 Xterra.
500/800 grit creating work. Why not just go to 3000 grit and polishing compound?
Because I wanted you to write this comment.
Just like glass!!!
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I think you need to put a clear coat on the lens.
Some kits call for it. If you headlight had one of those really strong coatings that you have to sand through then you might want to clear coat it. This headlight is the same plastic throughout.
Save yourself some money. You can do the same thing with toothpaste with baking soda, a damp rag and some elbow grease.
+John “Doe” Patriot I respectfully disagree. I had to sand off layers and layers of plastic to get to a clear plastic. Toothpaste and baking soda are not going strip off multiple millimeter of plastic. If it does then you should never use toothpaste on your teeth.
How to restore your Head lights, just replace them with aftermarket ones 🙂🙂🙂
Yea ended up doing that a month or so ago.
be careful tho, some aftermarket headlight beam patterns are total crap!!!