1.Determine the amount of damage. This will determine the extent of repair work required for headlight repair.
2.Mask around the headlight. Protect your car's finish with blue painter's tape.
3.Clean the headlight lens.
鈼ut gloves on.
鈼oak the sandpaper in a bucket of soapy water.
鈼pray the headlight with a commercial plastic lens cleaner or just soap and water. Wash the lens with a clean rag or a shop towel.
4.Remove oxidation.
鈼ip one finger into a commercial plastic polish or a compound designed for plastic. With the lens still wet, apply the polish evenly over the entire headlight.
鈼rab a sanding sponge or a soft hand pad and take out the starting sandpaper which you decided earlier, in most cases, the 600-grit sandpaper.
鈼old the sandpaper in three around the Soft Hand Pad Or Sanding Sponge.
鈼ip the sponge and the sandpaper into the soapy water.
鈼and, using a side to side motion, applying even pressure, periodically wetting the sponge and the sandpaper in the soapy water. (Avoid contacting paint and other surrounding surfaces.)
5.Sand while keeping the surface wet.
鈼ontinue the sanding process with the finer 1200 grit, then even finer 2000 grit and finally 2500 grit sandpapers to remove scratches left by the previous grit.
鈼pply the commercial plastic polish/ compound after sanding with the 2500-grit sandpaper. This time, let it haze, then buff/wipe off with a shop towel.
鈼lean the lens with a plastic lens cleaner or soap and water. This is to remove any polish residue.
6.Apply UV inhibitor coating (protectant) to the headlight lens.
鈼ote, this is a preview of the finished lens, if you are not satisfied up to this point you must repeat Steps 1-5 until the lens is clear.
鈼eal the lens with UV inhibitor coating/protectant.
鈼wirl and rotate the UV inhibitor coating/protectant. Do this slowly to mix it, but do not shake it.
鈼old a shop towel into four and squeeze a quarter-sized amount of UV inhibitor coating/protectant onto it and let it soak in for a few seconds.
鈼pply to the lens using a single stroke going from left to right gradually working your way down the entire lens.
7.Check for clean headlights. The headlight repair is complete and you should now have clean headlights that look as good as new and restored optical clarity for safe night driving.How do i clean my headlights? Theyre not as clear as they use to be and nothing seems to work.?
j1234 was on the right track, but your better off to do what Mike P said. I had a fox body Mustang and they were notorious for the headlamp clouding up. To clean it I used a product called ';autosol.'; It is a metal polish similar to what Mike used. Some other guy posted to used wet sand paper but even the fine stuff will be to harsh, and once the damage is done, it's done! Autosol, and metal polishes are basically cream abrasives but aren't abrasive enough to damage your lens. I even use it to get exhaust gases off of my 2004 R1 motorcycle and it works great!
I used other products such as plastic polishes and speacial stuff but for me autosol or any other metal polish worked the best. Just apply in a circular motion and wipe off as if your waxing a car and your done! Nice shiny lamps!!!
A friend of mine purchased what is called The Mother's Ball from autozone. It's made by the manufacturers of Mother's polish. It includes a foam polishing ball that attaches to a cordless drill and polish. He used that on his headlights and it worked great.
***Nice smart ellic attitude you have there Mike P.!!! I bet I know what the P beside your name stands for!!! ****
go to autozone and show them, they will show you what to use.
most of the time to get them glass like clear, you'll have to sand it a little before applying a cleaner which will give it that nice shine.
If they're plastic, you can spend a ton of money on stuff that really doesn't work that well, or you can get new headlights. I tried for years with two different cars and one truck.
you can take out the glass piece as if you were changing the bulb.
and clean the glass piece.
Hmm well one day I spilled oil on my headlights and I wiped it off and my headlights were as clear as when I first bought the car.
I used some aluminum mag polish, a rag, and some buffing. It seemed to work just fine, and didn't have to buy some magical kit.
Get new ones...
Change the light bulbs they may be dimming
take the old ones out.. and get a cleaner...
get plastX.
I have a bottle [haven't used it yet ] and they claim to get rid of cloudiness.
oh my... the wise man above me has it figured out down to a science...
I say buy a new one.... not worth fooling with
REPLACE THEM!
check the auto store they have some **** that works alright
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