Product Review - Mother's Headlight Restoration Kit
$26.99 at AutoZone
The yellow, foggy tint had been slowly invading my cars headlights for some time. A stain of pollen that stayed after washing and waxing, telling me and others "this car is not new anymore." The strained LED light no longer caused those I passed at night to flash their brights at me as they once had; passing motorists thinking I had accidentally left my high beams on. The milky, lifeless eyes of my Mazda CX-7 like that of a "walker", one of the zombies from The Walking Dead, aimlessly feeling their way through the night, blurred by an infection of owner-neglect, hungry for the flesh of a tree it can no longer illuminate.
The choice was Mother's Headlight Restoration, I guess they don't just make cookies anymore. The decision was made on laziness and frugalness, as it was the cheapest product that came with an attachment for my cordless drill. The less arm-burning circular motions I have to make in life the better. I taped off the area around the headlights with painters tape and went to work with my Black and Decker per the instructions. The results were immediate and satisfying. The yellow tint vanishing as the blue buffer attachment spun off years of cumulated exhaust, dirt and pollen. The milky eyes were given the antidote to bring them back to life, no longer thirsty for obstructions hidden in the night. I spent about five minutes on each headlight and my arm muscles thanked the power tool in my hand.
Later, while driving a two lane backroad, the motorist I passed gave his or her own endorsement for Mother's Headlight Restoration as they flashed their high-beams in my direction, annoyed. The CX-7 has awoken from the dead.
