One of the great things about my truck is that Ford/Mazda made many of them so finding parts is easy but can be pricey at times. My Mazda B3000 is a 2000 model and the headlights were hazy, very weathered and dull. I thought about getting new headlights but they were pricey. The truck is showing signs of rust in a few spots, it’s not serious. I think of my vehicle as a tool and tend not to worry about the body work too much, rust is a fact of life around here.

Where was I?

Yes, the headlights. The headlights are not glass, it’s a polycarbonate lens and they have gotten scratched and weathered over the years and no longer don the light as they once did and I need to see at night. Someone tells me that there is a place that buffs out these polycarb lenses so that they look new again but these people were charging something ridiculous to buff out the lenses. So I peruse the internet and come across a few things and one of them was the 3M headlight restoration kit the other was a skin site about midgets, don’t ask. I was a tad skeptical but decided to research a bit more and happened upon the 3M headlight kit and the youtube video. This video was the deciding factor because it was done by the dudes at Two Guys Garage. Not only did they have the same color and model truck as mine but they also had the same work stool, it was a sign. I watched the video and the results were great. I got to see what my faded headlights could potentially look like.
I went to my local auto parts store and bought the 3M kit and did the headlights. I couldn’t believe my eyes, it worked! I did have a moment of skepticism but that faded once I finished one side. This product is a bit pricey but it depends on how you look at it or how you look at it, get it? Let me explain.
I bought it on sale @ 24.99$cdn, regular was 29.99$cdn, so it would be ~12$ per headlight, not too shabby. Even at 29.99$cdn I still would have purchased it. The place that restores the headlights charges 25$-50$ per headlight, minimum 2 headlights, so 50$-100$. The way I look at it, I still win @ 24.99$. The only way I would have wasted that 24.99$ is if I had screwed up the process but that didn’t happen.
I didn’t have my camera with me so I did not take any photos or videos but take a gander at how Two Guys Garage did it, it was a sign from the wrench gods and I don’t regret it.

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