In case anyone is looking for feedback on how this works, I just did this to my E55 and the headlights look immaculate. I swapped the ceramic coating for 3m clear coat, and used both meguiars polishing compounds. I bought the sanding kit from amazon, and did 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, and 10,000. Then I used the MG ultra cut compound, followed it with the MG ultra finishing polish and wiped with alcohol before applying the clear coat. Whole thing cost me $58, and I can re use all the stuff a bunch of times. Only went through like a quarter of a bottle of each compound. Highly recommend.

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I'm a detailer myself and this is a great diy. Really well done. I just purchased a D3 A8 and it had this problem. One thing worth mentioning is that if the sealant/coating wears, the plastic yellows faster because the uv coating on the plastic from the factory has been sanded off. Also, I recommend adding a polishing step with a fine polish before sealing. Heavy compounds like that are still not fully clear.

@albussnow

Жыл бұрын

he did use the meguiars fine polish...

@charlesaferg

Жыл бұрын

@@albussnow you're right, I missed that.

@legioner9

Жыл бұрын

Is ceramic coating the headlights better than clearcoating them?

@charlesaferg

Жыл бұрын

@@legioner9 nope, ceramic coating won't protect from uv long enough to make a difference. Highly recommend clear coating them and then ceramic coating them periodically afterwards. It's a pain but less so and looks better than repolishing all the time.

@legioner9

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesaferg Thank you for the answer. I just hope that the clearcoat will not crack in 2 - 3 years.

You made it so clear that it looked like there's no glass cover on the headlight at all. Great job! So amazed with the result.

@johnnyangel57

3 жыл бұрын

DAYUM!! Right!!! Think this is the best finished product out of all the videos I seen!!! I gotta get this ceramic coating stuff.

You are so amazing!!! It’s the best being taught by a Mercedes Technician!!! Keep up the amazing videos❤️

I've done this a couple of times all by hand and yes it is a pain. Highly recommend the mop to do all the rubbing down. It's wel worth it mind you for the look afterwards.

I like your enthusiasm and obsession of perfection, in a few words - The Best or nothing!

I'll follow your way because I know you know what your doing. I never trusted any other people's method of headlight restore. Sweet.

great video for beginners like me! Thank you for taking all that time to explain and show options.

How long would you say the headlights will stay nice and clear for after using ceramic coating?

Great video, Alex. Thanks for your tips. You always have some great ideas. I've begun using FCP Euro due to your recommendation. And, I'm now using Liqui Moly oil (I've used Akebono pads in the past). I've used a few mfgrs approaches for headlight lenses cleaning, and liked the 3M approach before on headlight lenses as it worked the best, but the old W210 headlights still looked a bit cloudy. Our current cars (98 SLK230 & '13 C300 4Matic sedan) have lenses in great shape so I won't need to use the sanding exercise. Your approach and products to use will work better. I've seen the Griot and Meguiars products on the shelves before, but never thought to use them to clean the headlight lenses. There are a few very minor scratches on the C300 lenses, so I'll see if the buffing removes them as I'd rather not use sand paper on them unless that's the only approach. As for the Avalon King ceramic coating product... I am very interested in that process. The SLK will be a no brainer and very easy as it has almost zero dings or scratches. The C300 is close, but the front bumper is so low to the ground that it has been scraped a few times and the paint is chipped. I'll do all of the car but the front bumper for now. I was going to sand it down and repair it myself (the lower lip) as I found some factory Alpine White spray paint online and use a clear SEM product to offer some chip resistance, but I may just drop by a buddies' shop to see how much he'll charge me to respray the whole bumper.

You do great work! Thank you for all the details in your vids!

Great video Alex! After watching, I did my a209 with the kit from 3M. I ordered my ceramic coating from Avalon King last week. Thanks for the coupon code.

Very Nice Product! Thanks for the Product Support! Awesome job!

Thanks for your time making this video and educating in the process, you are so well spoken and actually one of the best presenters of any products. That would include on TV as well. Greetings from Riverside California, this is Alan.

Been doing this for myself and friends for years as far as cleaning them. But the ceramic coating I've never heard about before thank you what's a fantastic way to preserve them for sure. ☆☆☆☆☆

Just wanted to let you know I really enjoy watching your videos. I live in LA near LAX but grew up in northwest IL and grew up working at a BMW/Mazda/VW place. I learned how to drive stick on an 88 BMW M5 and drove (aftermarket) 60's Shelby Cobra and 67 Corvette Stingray convertible so my passion for cars is strong. I like learning to work on my 2014 VW GLI with stage 1 Unitronic tune and building up my Tekton tool kits. I've saved tons of money learning to change my own engine/transmission motor mounts, brakes and heater core. I enjoy scouring the internet for tips and tricks on detailing and maintenance of my car. I appreciate your contribution to the car aficionado passion and helping people. When I moved to LA my first sales job, one of my customers was Carol Shelby and had private access to about 30 plus cars of his. It was really cool to be in that private warehouse and check out those cars. I love cars.

This is the way to do it no cutting corners, great vid!

You really did a great job its fantastic!.i have a pressure washing business in the philippines i do concrete cleaning & restoration. This coming february i am going to open a car-truck washing and detailing also and your videos really helps me a lot!.👌🏼

Love your Trans Am!!! It's a beauty. As for the planes, you could just pause and edit out the time you wait for them to leave.

Hey man I’m gonna try this ceramic coat in my car because you recommended it. I’ve been looking into ceramic for the last year but I wasn’t sure on what stuff to get. Thanks for this review 👍🏼

@noahno

5 жыл бұрын

mujjuman howd it go?

Great discount 👍I just ordered the ceramic coating. Thanks, that’s a great price, for an awesome product!

I really appreciate your expertise. I also provide this service to customers. The only difference is the coating that I am using can last 3 - 5 years but I also use your ceramic coating in the video, and it works great.

@predragjovic1981

Жыл бұрын

Good day, if I may ask, which ceramic coating do you use? I am polishing headlights, tried few coatings, but none last more than a year and half. Thank you kindly.

Another great video. You are helping me get my old E500 into great shape again. I love the car but it lives outside, in the California Sun and, it has taken a beating.

i love Chicago hahah i lived there for the last 6 years but now im moving back to New York. I will miss it

Once again great vid! Can't wait to see those new shoes on the C55!

I did a polish job on my W203 and used some UV stuff but the yellow came back. Ended up doing a lens job like your E55. Good vid.

@sertancoban

5 жыл бұрын

Did the yellow come back with this method? Im planning to use SEM Solaray UV coating for headlights and then after waiting a week i will clean the headlight again and apply this ceramic coating

Thanks Alex, looks amazing. Came back to this video to do my headlights. Does this work the same on tailights? Thanks

Thanks buddy! I really appreciate you letting us know how to do it 🤙

Thanks Alex! It’s nice to know a car dealership insider for car detailing! Pete

New subscriber here. Excellent video! Great content, presented in an interesting, and easy to understand fashion. Outstanding camera work, editing, and audio, in spite of the air traffic, lol. You're smart enough to use a wireless lavalier mic, which makes a tremendous difference and provides the best possible rendition and clarity of spoken audio. I tried a Maguire's headlight restoration kit on my Lincoln MKX's headlights, but it didn't go that well. I tried the process about four times with a battery oprated drill, but still not much improvement. Your process has several more steps involved and probably would have worked on my MKX. Keep up the fantastic work!

As a Mercedes owner this channel is such a treasure so much great information and great editing! Keep it up Alex!

@CIA.U.S.A

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

Excellent video... Thx.. Question.. can you do multiple ceramic coatings? Considering that the thicker the protective coating, the more it would last.

I love your Vid's, the headlight restore was amazing. Greetings from Hungary

Have you thought about moving the airport to a different location? I'm gonna get some of that ceramic stuff and apply it to both of my Trans Ams in a few months. Great job with the headlight, btw.

@sexycosy1060

6 жыл бұрын

"Have you thought about moving the AIRPORT to a different location?" LOL... LMAO... Best joke of the week.

@bobss3704

5 жыл бұрын

Wanker

You gave me a great idea, thinking about doing a maaco paint job on a daily driver 05 Tahoe I have. I'm planning on sanding and prepping the car myself but still afraid of wasting my money on cheap paint that won't last. I'm now thinking I could ceramic coat it for extra protection. Let me know if you have thoughts on this. Thanks!

@drrb4ever

5 жыл бұрын

jacob powell How’d it go man

Thanks for the link, I hand sanded lights on a 2003 BMW, lots of work, it would have been nice to use one of my DA's. Thanks again!

Dude, great info and video! About the plane sounds, when you were shooting outside, you either had a lav mic on or the in camera mic was so close to your mouth, the auto gain adjusted to your voice level and just about muted the plane sound. But when you were in the garage, it sound like you were using the on camera mic when you were standing at a distant which caused the auto gain to be jacked up, bringing in all kinds of ambient sounds, most noticeably, the plane. Just use a lav mic and if you can manually adjust sound level on the camera or app, adjust for your voice to reduce background sound.

Great job man! I'll to proceed with this process.

Apex Detailing is a good channel for stuff like this, he's a very detail oriented guy and reviewer.

Hi Alex. Don't sweat the plane noise. Keep up the good work.

I really enjoy your videos man, I’m also from the chi, I now reside in So-Cal and recently bought my first Benz, I just subscribed and liked all of your videos.

You are the second person to recommend this product I think I'm going to get it now thanks!

@LegitStreetCars

6 жыл бұрын

James Alexander Its so cool. I can't wait to do it on the other cars

Just used this on my parent’s 2015 CX-5. Great technique!

I think Im gonna try this on my 03 Ram . Because the truck looks great except for those foggy headlights. Thanks!

The headlight looks brand new 👏👏👏

Hmmm, I'll have to try this. My lenses need love. Thanks!

Just did mine. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

@Victor-xm

3 жыл бұрын

How's it holding up?

Thanks for sharing your process, I'm definitely going to try this method on my E39. How far are you from Park Ridge?

You guys have everything at hand in the USA, i'm so jealous. Here in spain i went to my local hardware store and asked for 800, 1500, 2000 grit sandpaper, they just looked at me with blank stares like i asked them for plutonium or something. Then one pipes up and says '' 600 is the lowest you can get''. So i explained i needed super fine paper for my headlights. ''ahh'', he says, ''use toothpaste''. At this point i just walked out. The internet i hear you say, well, nobody knows the correct name of the street (including the local post office). Everything is such a frikin ball ache......i only want to restore my headlights...snif snif. haha.

@sagut0

5 жыл бұрын

"See a need, fill a need". 10 years later, The Bee Guru's Apprentice is the biggest provider of all kinds of sandpaper in the entire EU.

@juangabriel4987

5 жыл бұрын

@@sagut0 not a bad idea! count me in as an Angel Investor! haha

@sagut0

5 жыл бұрын

@@juangabriel4987 I'm not the OP. I was just giving the idea, but maybe I should move to Spain, and start the business myself! 😆😄😄

@christschool

5 жыл бұрын

Go to a wood worker store in Spain. You can get sand paper up to 20,000 grit.

@8MWm3e4b

5 жыл бұрын

In my country we don't have water and soap, .. and we have our lights on a head

Oh yeah, looks great! Can't wait to see that bumper repair!

How long before you need to reapply the coating? Plan on keeping my car for a while, so wanna keep them from yellowing again

Awesome video man!!

Hi Alex, you have some great videos keep up the good work. I wanted to ask if I can put that ceramic coat over the top of a clear bra. I own an 08 e63 and it has clear bra on 1/4 front of the hood and complete front bumper. Thanks for any info you can provide.

I must say in a regrettable fashion before I could spend any amount of money on plastic headlight refinishing I would look for a new light replacement online from a reputable seller. Oem repair your video is spot on yet as you pointed out one headlight will always look better because it is new and although you have repaired the old one the chrome is still faded. Classy video.

@LegitStreetCars

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Replacing the lens is kind of a big project for most. You have to remove it, gut it, bake it in an oven, remove the lens, deal with glue or silicon for the new lens. My process is around $20 if you already have a drill and/or dual action sander. The amount of ceramic coating you use is next to nothing as well. The other headlight was brand new but most people won't have one new headlight on their car. I replaced the lens on my E55 because it made sense since I was painting the inside so ever scenario is different but for the vast majority, a process like this can save a lot of time and money.

You have a great channel going here. You have definitely inspired me to get a Benz. I hope you get to the point that you don't have to go to work anymore so you can make more epic content. I AM A FAN. Keep up the good work.

Looking brand new!

Just ordered, thanks!

Yes, I agree the Samcrac video was a disaster watching yet enlightening to know he had to after he could not find the replacement headlights and the ones he found were over a thousand dollars. As I stated I have replaced several associates headlights that were utterly destroyed with brand new part with new bulbs already in them for about $48 dollars. Yes your kit experience and time shown for under $25 dollars is a Classy video.

Best channel on KZread IMO👍

Your car looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing, Alex.

@LegitStreetCars

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mitchell, have a great New Year. Alex

@mitchellbarnow1709

5 жыл бұрын

@@LegitStreetCars You are very welcome. Great channel here, too.

Hi, I like your videos and noticed that you brought up Avalon king ceramic in several videos. Is there a reason that you do not use cquartz 3.0 for example vs Avalon king?

I brought some new headlights for my Toyota Soarer, this is definitely the first thing i will be doing to them before they go in the car

finally a headlight tutorial that I feel good about following!

Hi Alex. That was really satisfying to watch. But what's the best way to polish a car paint? Is it the same way you did these headlights? starting from the buffing steps?

I'm addicted to this series

For how long they stay shiny,? Thanks and good info

Great procedure... I have a few car to practice with..

Hey Alex, Excellent and informative video. I realize there are numerous things that affect their longevity, but will they last as long as new lenses based upon the ones you did for the Merc customers? I bought a restoration kit from Walmart a few years ago to do my daughter's car and it was a total waste of time and money. I seriously think you could have your own show at this point. Maybe pitch it to Autoweek. Keep up the great work! You sold me on this coating and going to buy it now.

How long does this stand up to the weather exactly? I'd like to see that same headlamp assembly after year or so in the elements..

Bloody brilliant mate. :)

I vote for Alex getting his own velocity channel show that shows him working on old AMGs

Good video where can you buy suede applicator rags, and also after opening the bottle of product is there a problem with air inside curing or drying.(Using product multiple times).

Great channel and videos, thanks so much!

Dude luv ur work , dnt worry about the planes its all good , i have a W211 2009 avenguard , what tint should i go with dont want to lose the bluish colour

Like your videos so much! Keep going

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT TRANS AM OF YOURS!!!!!

Great content! A million subscribers before Christmas is my bet! Btw, fire chicken t-shirt is 🔥🔥🔥!

Hey big fan here love the videos!!!!! Im replacing the lens on my w211 and wondering how you got the inside such a perfect neat black thanks????!!!!

Omg sick work man

Can i ask you will the ceramic coating wirk better then tinting for protecting against scratches or chips and how often do i add ceramic

What’s better for headlights on long term: ceramic coating of wrapping?

that's some cool ceramic stuff. i was doing the sanding process and after the 1500 grit paper, I'd have automotive clear coat sprayed on them. they never yellow, you can wax them and they look great. i wanna try that ceramic coat tho.

@scr3wblu313

3 жыл бұрын

How did you apply the spray

@PANTYEATR1

3 жыл бұрын

@@scr3wblu313 with a HVLP automotive spray gun

What a good informative video, subbed!

Dude, I live by midway same issue. Great video, my lenses are a mess

Thanks for sharing :) nice information

Dude I feel you on the plane thing. I live around the corner from O’Hare too and there is always a plane when I’m outside. Awesome video I can’t wait to try this once it gets warmer around here. Also send me a message I have some follow up questions for you.

How do you get the inside of headlights clean? Over time like dust & etc get inside some how. I have heard to put them in dishwasher without the bulbs in them of course. Is this true & works?

Nice fleet. I need to do that with my paint.

I had 2004 impala did the wet sanded 200grt up 800grt saw that all the stuff was inside of the light assembly so going to get new assemblies.

Hey man. Should I use sealer, wax or ceramic coating on my car? Or maybe some or all of them and if so in what order?

Love the humor with the plane noise! Hehe

Can I apply ceramic coating over Meguair's Keep Clear Headlight Coating which is a polymer-baser sealant?

Very good you answered my questions 👍

Dude, that Trans Am is absolutely frigging gorgeous!!

Hello In my country we dont have the griots medium compound Is there an alternativ Im from holland thanx Found this myself i dont know if it has same effect ANGELWAX REGENERATE COMPOUND

Hey Alex, I am from Chicago area too, I have the headlight problem with my car, what it with be more economical, buy the kit and do it my self or pay you to do it. Regards Rafael Gomez

I understand you with the planes, though. I have the same problem recording my videos and audio...

Your Trans Am is a gem!

I am curious how long this process lasts. Does the fog come back in a year? 6 months? 2 years? Ever? Thank you for all your awesome videos!