Videos: #headlight-restoration

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.

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.

Porsche Boxter return visit: Matrix Recharge top-up, cabriolet roof clean and reproof (parks under a tree), and headlight polishing. Three services in one visit.

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.