How to restore your CX-7 (or any car's) headlights with Meguiar's Restore kit

[Raider]

Our CX-7 is going on 5 years old, and has been outside 99% of the time. They was some hazing started on the lights, do I bought the $30 Heavy Duty kit at Advanced Auto.

Tape off around the headlight with painter's tape to protect the headlight.


Then wet sand the headlight by hand with the 1000 grit that attaches to the awesome gripper pad. this will remove the haze pretty quickly. Wipe with microfiber towel to make sure it is sanded uniformly.


Switch paper to the 3000 grit, and wet sand headlight some more. Wipe with microfiber towel to make sure it is sanded uniformly.


Then use the buffing wheel with the polish and a cordless drill to polish the headlight to a shine. I used plenty of polish, and still had lots left after both. I used my drill at the highest speed, too.
Once you can wipe the polish off and it is looking awesome, then apply the protectant with the microfiber towel and done. They look like new again, but there are some internal cracks/crystallization that cannot be removed. Still 1000 times better.

[Superstretch18]

Originally Posted by Raider Our CX-5...

Good post though...

LOL at the deconstruction of the mazda 3 in the progression too...

[Raider]

Fixed. LOL, too early. And yeah, we took out the headlights to install halos.

[BillsFan]

Hard to tell how bad they were to start with from the pics - but glad you saw improvement. Our MPV is in dire need of this.

[Raider]

Yeah. I thought I got a great "before pic" but it was blurry. If you can imagine the tops being hazy, and the fronts, dull as hell. They are slippery and clear now. I was leery about sanding them. Just lots of water, and on the buffing, I held it flat, used a ton of the polish (did not want to burn the plastic) and just did a lot of overlapping even passes, like if I Was buffing out paint.

[jstcruzin]

Originally Posted by Superstretch18 Good post though... LOL at the deconstruction of the mazda 3 in the progression too...

Holy Shit that's A LOT of tape on that bumper!!!! LMAO

[Raider]

he drove 2 hours to get to my house. Was coated in bugs.

[BillsFan]

Bought this kit for our '01 MPV - will see how it goes this weekend.

[Raider]

Cool! Ours is still shiny. Florida Summer test coming up...

[thatsmrgimp2u]

I might have to give this a shot tomorrow... Got xtreme goo gone on my headlights :/

[BillsFan]

Finally did this two weeks ago on our van - wow. This shit really works.

[Raider]

After almost a year, some hazing is back. Will be doing this one last time next month before trading in.

[Marculese]

Just joined the forums and saw your post yesterday after purchasing our CX-7 recently. It had the same issues with the headlights so I went and got this McGuires kit. It really is super legit! And like you said, it comes with plenty of solution to do several cars. We did our cx-7 and the ole civic and they both look new! Thanks Raider.

[Raider]

Glad it helped, and welcome!

[Fingerlicker]

Originally Posted by Marculese Just joined the forums and saw your post yesterday after purchasing our CX-7 recently. It had the same issues with the headlights so I went and got this McGuires kit. It really is super legit! And like you said, it comes with plenty of solution to do several cars. We did our cx-7 and the ole civic and they both look new! Thanks Raider.

The knowledge that @Raider; has is unheard of. He's a wise ol' bastard!!!

Any plans for your CX7?

[Marculese]

Originally Posted by Fingerlicker The knowledge that @Raider; has is unheard of. He's a wise ol' bastard!!! Any plans for your CX7?

Just want to keep her healthy and clean. Maybe when shes paid off I'll take it up a notch. How obvious is the rattle when the vvt starts to go? I want to make sure to keep an ear out for it.

[Fingerlicker]

Originally Posted by Marculese Just want to keep her healthy and clean. Maybe when shes paid off I'll take it up a notch. How obvious is the rattle when the vvt starts to go? I want to make sure to keep an ear out for it.

Mine hasn't gone out..yet. But from what I've read and been told, it's very loud and noticeable. I plan on servicing mune prior to this. Its about 4-500 in parts and about 5-600 in labor if you have it done by a mechanic.