Pittman's ALR headlight restorer

[wannafbody]

I had good results from the $20 Clear View kit from WalMart.

[bcwang]

grandcherokee,

Have you thoroughly washed your headlights after the treatment to see if they remain clear? Just seeing if it really is just some oily coating making it look clear or if the oxidation is really removed.

[Clausenlt]

This stuff is transmission fluid, otherwise know as hydraulic fluid. He sells on eBay and one of his customers left him negative feedback. I contacted the buyer who left the feedback and he is an airline mechanic...he told me it is hydraulic fluid which is the same thing as transmission fluid...that,s why the stuff is red in color! ...Total scam!

[icspots]

I'm one of the people from the Mazda forum who's used and posted about this product. I've so far used it on four cars and had great results with each one. Two of these cars have deteriorated UV coats and were rather cloudy (2001 Sentra, 2002 Elantra). The other two's coatings were intact (2005 Mazda 3, and 2004 Miata).

On both cars with deteriorated UV coats the ALR near-instantly removed all of the cloudiness, and though the housing was still left with the deteriorated coating (which was then more noticeable minus the oxidation) the light output was ridiculously increased. I have some before after pics of the Elantra (the results aren't as obvious as they were in person), but I don't have any for the Sentra. Sadly the the Sentra was so bad you couldn't even see the reflector bowl prior to using the ALR.

On both Mazdas the headlights didn't look all that bad before hand, but looked much better afterwards. On both cars I'd cleaned the headlights and had previously tried plastic polish. I also used this on the tail lights of all four cars and they regained substantial sparkle.

HERE's a link to my thread on mazda3forums with a couple of pictures. Again they really don't do justice to the results I had.

On to the comments of the ALR being transmission fluid because it's red. I don't know about what the other guy (who's an engineer) got, but mine is clear. Also my results have so far endured for months and I've used maybe 1-2cc's of the stuff.

[bcwang]

icspots,

Have you tried the liquid recently again? One of the members here says it worked great the first time, but it seems to have lost it's potency or something after he tried using it later.

Have you washed your headlights with soap many times since the fix while still maintaining the same non-oxidized look? This can help disprove any rumors that it's just hydraulic fluid making things more clear and shiny.

I still think it's quite interesting a product and there is not enough people experienced with it here to come up with any firm conclusion about it yet.

[icspots]

Originally Posted by bcwang

icspots,

Have you tried the liquid recently again? One of the members here says it worked great the first time, but it seems to have lost it's potency or something after he tried using it later.

Have you washed your headlights with soap many times since the fix while still maintaining the same non-oxidized look? This can help disprove any rumors that it's just hydraulic fluid making things more clear and shiny.

I still think it's quite interesting a product and there is not enough people experienced with it here to come up with any firm conclusion about it yet.

Sorry for the long delay in responding. I have washed the car multiple times and didn't really seem to get an increase in cloudiness after washes. As far as I can tell it's not just an oily finish that gets washed out.

well after about five months the headlights on the Elantra were looking super cloudy.... actually cloudier than they had initially. I don't think this is due to the ALR "wearing off", but rather that the coating is damaged so badly that they're just more prone to oxidation. The headlights on my Mazda showed no increase in cloudiness so that's what makes me think that. Since the coating on those lights was damaged (worn away, scratched, pitted, etc.) I'd always intended to go back and wetsand the lights at some point to get rid of the shreds left on the light housing. I was doing some maintenance the other day and figured I'd give the ALR another go at the car.

Again with roughly one drop per headlight I was able to get the light housings back to a near-completely clear finish. I didn't take any before/after pictures, but I did take a picture mid-cleaning. Sadly the picture isn't terribly large but you can easily see the difference by looking at the center reflector.

I'd say after five months of storage there was no decrease in the effectiveness of the ALR formula. I did have it stored inside the house, though I'm not sure what the seller recommends for storage temperatures.