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I used a Meguiars kit with a rotary buffer drill attachment, on my 2000 Legacy. Turned out really good actually. Curious to know what a shop would charge for this service and what they would do different.
If they need to truly be restored, I'm guessing they're old enough that you could just find a better set of used headlights, whatever the vehicle might be. I have a rare car from Japan and a simple search on Yahoo auctions will yield some pretty nice and affordable headlights to replace mine on my car, as I'm tempted to do so.
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I know it's a PITA, but if you can removing the headlights it will make the job much easier. A solid multi step approach to polishing them should give great results. Spend a day and DIY!
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1000 grit wet, 2500 grit wet, hand polish, you will have great success.. I would only removed headlights if I couldn't easily mask surrounding painted area.
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If all you do is use the one step resto kit your results will not comapre.. wet sanding out all the fine scratches will work waaaaaayyy better and lat much longer.
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