Mothers NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit (07251)

This 2007 Honda Pilot, LX model had a problem which needed a permanent solution. The headlight beam wasn’t too visible due to heavy-oxidation and couldn't see the road anymore at night. The solution was that it was time for an HID kit. After deciding that I wanted HID’s I ran into the real problem. The headache of researching it all. I spent hours looking for something like I’m about to write specifically for Honda Pilots’ and the goal of this multi-product review is get the most bang for my buck. Ideally, if this review can help you make a decision rather quickly, and to demonstrate and show you what happens when you combine all three to achieve freaking fantastic results- then I’ve done my job. After hours and hours of researching I realized what the best possibilities were for my situation: 1. Purchasing new headlights 2. Restoring the headlights 3. Purchasing new headlights with expensive projectors on them with an HID kit 4. Installing LED lights Once, I decided It was clear to me that I needed to do, and it was to Create my own kit. I got lucky since the vehicle had stock projectors and immediately gave me a jump-start which made things easy for me- so it should be easy for you. Here’s the checklist of what was needed. My budget was $100 to see this through. 5. Restore the headlights (needed a kit) 6. Install the new Ballast (needed a kit) 7. Change out the old bulbs to new bulbs (needed new pair) Headlight Restoration I used the Mother NuLens kit- and am glad that I used this kit. Excellent product, and for the price, and review it had it was the best choice that I could decide on, and a few other competitors offered similar results, but the reviews left consumers knowing that there was a better product to what they used, so I kept searching. I think I found it honestly. I used an old-hand drill and the attachment that the product comes with and was able to get really good results. Follow the instructions, and if you restore your lights- do this while the car is cool, and in shade if possible. Total paid $9.35, and the lights look brand new. I already did another pair of truck lights, and they look good. It’s a 1999 Ford F150 that’s seen a lot of construction sites, and a ton of oxidation. This product did a fantastic job restoring those as well. Cleaning takes ~15 mins per light if you want to do it right- if you follow the instructions as I did. Selecting Non-Flickering Ballast Next, it was time to select new Ballast. Luckily, my truck was equipped with stock projectors, so check if you have projectors. After reviewing what it seems almost 30-40 products, I ran across the HYB Canbus premium 55W ballast. Based on product reviews, and other YouTube tutorials and before and after’s HID kits I saw-poorly mislabeled all over YouTube; The Canbus ballast were the best choice. Other products seem to flicker after a lot of usage, and I didn’t want to change something in a year or two. The reviews were pretty amazing. The other alternative was to use LED bulb’s which don’t use ballast- but those had negative reviews too and customers weren’t too thrilled. The other alternative was to purchase a complete kit- but there I couldn’t pick out or choose what I wanted, and everything looked cheaply made and reviews were also troubling. So I created this kit instead. I wanted maximum bright white lights, excellent satisfaction, a moderate budget, and something that I could do on my own. I paid a total of $39.99 for the premium ballast. If you see my vid- I included zip ties to the installation- I figured with the vibration of daily usage- based on the place where I could easily get to the ballast, I didn’t want to strain the adhesives, so I backed the adhesives up with a few zip ties to take the weight of the harness/connections. They don’t need to be there, I added those for protection. The Ballast work great- no flicker, and the light output seems to be brighter and brighter. Installation took 5-7 minutes per side, another 3 minutes for zip tying both sides. Choosing new Bulbs The Honda Pilot has regular halogen lights- they worked but due to the oxidation there was a lot of haze and it was filtrating a lot of my light output and the lights were illuminating the street poorly. I chose the Xtreme Vision HID Xenon bulbs. 5000K- which is a pure bright- white color. I didn’t want the blue as they loose Kelvin, so I selected these because it was one of the few companies that offered a 5000K pair of bright-white lights. The other bulb providers had worse to terrible reviews so I selected this company for my lights. The price was decent and there’s a ton of regarding the company products, performance and their overall usage life. Took around 5 minutes per side. Smaller hands have an advantage in changing out the old lights. Final Product Total spent $64.33, the light output seems to be stronger and stronger with more nighttime use. I know that the Kelvin output dropped by selecting the 5000K HID bulbs and I’m not receiving a full 5000K- because I’m running 55W ballast- but I’m okay with that because eventually I will receive a product that I expect, not blueish- but bright white. The light output is great now, the light throw is great, and it’s getting brighter with each night time use. Since I installed, I added around ~5 hours of night time driving and the light out put is at least 15% brighter. Who knows how long it will take for maximum results, but I can’t wait. The final product is short of amazing considering what I originally had and considering that I spent $68 bucks, well then what a great final product? Now, - I’m finding excuses just to drive the car out at night. The combination of all three products worked extremely well for my use. For those heavy DIY guy’s and gal’s, anyone of you can do this, male or female- it’s truly plug and play. If you’re a woman, you’ll probably complete this project faster because getting to headlights can require a smaller hand and there alone you have an advantage over a male. For HONDA PILOT owners, you can access the headlights without taking out the bumpers for this year/generation. Overall, the final product I’d give it 10/10 stars. Here’s the best part- I was actually $32.67 under budget- Heck Yeah!!! as Napoleon Dynamite would say; and the budget part was a little extra for you finance/accounting nerds- you know who you are. Thanks for reading, I hope this helps you with your decision. If you have great products, and would like me to do a thorough review please email me at [email protected] Product Title & Product Links: Xtremevision HID Xenon Replacement Bulbs - H11 5000K - Bright White (1 Pair) - 2 Year Warranty https://amzn.to/3cnuB4T HYB Canbus Slim Digital HID Ballast 55W Error Free Warning Cancel for HID Kit H11 H7 H8 H9 H4 H1 9005 9006 Universal Fit(Pack of 2) https://amzn.to/2wmeB2v Mothers 07251 NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit https://amzn.to/39cMmlE

It's a nice kit. It comes with everything you would need for yellowed headlights. I had to use the sanding discs and couldn't just polish on the first step. For anyone who is a beginner, make sure to use the smaller number sanding discs and move up for each additional step. One big thing when sanding is to use a spray bottle of water and use copious amounts to prevent swirl burn on headlights. The last step is using the blue polisher/buffer pad. They give enough sandpaper pads to do about 4 headlights. I had to do each headlight 2 full times to get rid of yellowing (see pics). I kind of made a mess with some of the product flinging off buffer, so apply with no drill speed and let dry then come back to buff. I would recommend this kit to a friend.

This made a big improvement for my old Cloudy headlights. Found that it was very difficult to control with my drill. I think that's why I didn't get the perfect results. Gave the RPMs. I think the mistake I made was that I should have been in low mode on my drill for the sanding and then high mode for the polishing. The value of the product was right and it was easy to do. I'll probably give it another try in the future. I'm still giving this a good rating since probably it was my fault. I didn't get the perfect results.

Really good stuff!! Worked great! Be careful with drill.

Either I done it wrong or it’s trash

Works as advertised.

I’ve tried other kits before, but they didn’t work as well as I had hoped. This kit made my old, yellowed headlights look like new again. I’m very happy with the results.

This is a very nice set that includes pretty solid-feeling drill tools and a restoring paste that seems very good. You get enough sanding discs to probably do four lights and enough of the paste to do touch up buffing with the round sponge for years. The drill tools makes this whole process very easy compared to hand-sanding everything. It worked really well to clear up my VERY hazy, yellow headlights; they don't look "brand new" but they ARE completely clear and you'd have to look close to see most of the flaws. It only loses a star because the circular pads mean it's tough / impossible to thoroughly reach the corners. Functionally, it doesn't matter but if you look you can definitely tell the corners of the lights are still a bit cloudy. Including a couple square sanding sponges or smaller discs would help make this a complete restoration kit.

Sorry, didn't work for me.

Highly recommend. Result was far better than expected.

I have tried several lens refurb kits in the past, all with little success. I tried this today and I can say the lights are like new. It was easy to follow the instructions and took about 30 mins per light.

Lo he probado en un Audi A4 del 2001 y decepcionante, el folleto habla de tres tipos de lija pero solo vienen dos. Sinceramente el faro ha quedado peor que como estaba, no se aprecia nada, es tirar el dinero... Al final he decidido comprar dos foco nuevos por poco dinero mas!

Good Product