Videos: #headlight-polishing

A Saab 9-3 restoration over several weeks -- wheels refurbished, leather replaced and recoloured by Alan, headlights restored by Tom, dents removed by the dent man, four-stage polish by James, windscreen chip repaired, new plates and badge. Matrix Blue ceramic coating on paintwork, wheels and headlights. The owner is putting it up for TV work.

Factory UV coating peeling off Mercedes headlights -- Gary explains why DIY kits won't cut it here, walks through the sanding and ceramic coating process, and shows the finished result.

Ford campervan with both headlights completely misted -- MOT fail and dangerous at night. One side had additional Dremel damage from a DIY attempt. Done by hand. Six-stage cut and polish, Matrix Blue 3-year ceramic applied.

A Maserati brought in to tidy up for sale -- a friend of Paul, one of Gary's long-term customers. Rear bumper damage to Kraftwork, new rear light Gary fitted himself, two nearside wheels refurbished on-site, headlights mismatched (one replaced previously), six-stage on the bad one and three-stage on the good one to match. Four-buff, 18-month coating. The owner wasn't sure he wanted to sell it by the end.

Ford Focus headlight restoration. Headlight replacement is hundreds of pounds -- polishing and resealing with ceramic is faster and far cheaper. UV coating degraded, plastic oxidised and yellowed: sanded back, polished, ceramic applied.

The Ford Ranger had yellowed, clouded headlights -- past hazy and into MOT risk territory. Six-stage polish restored clarity and takes years off the truck.

Six-stage headlight restoration on a Nissan with heavily degraded lenses -- barely visible bulbs before, fully clear after. The process runs from coarse wet sanding through progressively finer grades to compound and polish, finishing with a ceramic coating to slow future oxidisation.

Six-stage headlight restoration on a Chrysler Crossfire with heavily oxidised lenses -- described as among the worst the workshop had seen. The cloudy plastic was sanded back and polished through six stages until the top of the light, the most degraded area, was fully clear again.