Help My Headlights

Help My Headlights is a company located in CA and having local technicians in various parts of the country. Their gig is to make your vehicle’s headlight covers, made foggy and translucent over time, clear again. I found a half-​off coupon on LivingSocial and bought it. On the appointed day (the tech was a little late, and he had the courtesy to call me and let me know — nice!), a very friendly technician named Osman showed up with his kit and proceeded to spend the next 45 minutes or so hand-​sanding my headlight covers with various grits of sandpaper ’til there was no more yellowed plastic left. He then explained that there was a coating that he could apply (extra cost) that would extend the length of time that it would take for my headlight covers to get cloudy again. Osman also explained that since I had a half-​off coupon from LivingSocial for the sanding service, I could also get half-​off the coating treatment. Since Seattle is a very dark place for a large portion of the year due to its northern latitude, I opted for the treatment, which dramatically added more clarity to the headlight covers. The only downside to this entire experience was that the coating needed 6 to 8 hours to cure (it’s a two-​part coating, like clear epoxy), so I had to adjust my plans for the rest of the day. Fortunately, I had the use of another vehicle, so I wasn’t adversely impacted, but it would have been good to know about the curing time ahead of time. In general, this was a good experience both from the standpoint of the finished product and from the interaction with an intelligent, friendly, and hard-​working technician. I can highly recommend Help My Headlights as a place to contact to restore your headlights to their original brilliance.

the tech who did the work –Osman– was very polite. He called ahead to let me know he might be a little bit late, which I appreciated. He did a very good job on my headlights, they look brand new again… I have no problem recomending this service. The one small drawback is all the scheduling is done via email, so it could take a little while to actually set up and confirm an appointment.

The tech arrived very late for my appointment. He had trouble with the traffic and one-​way streets in downtown Seattle. He came into my building’s parking garage to do the work. When he was done the headlights looked amazing, but after I drove home and saw them the next morning they had cloudy smears. They were still better than before, but not crystal clear like they were the previous night. I opted to pay for the extra clear coat and warranty, which I might need to use to remove these marks.

These guys were awesome! They arrived at my home on time with a courtesy call and got right to work assessing my headlights. Although it turns out my headlights were in better shape than I thought and didn’t need the detailing service, they did help me install a couple of new headlight bulbs I purchased and they made sure they worked too. Super friendly, and I would love to use their mobile service team again.