Clean Headlights.

yakob · Postby **yakob** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:24 am

always looking at my headlights they look quite foggy..

i was wondering if theres a way to polish them from the inside so they come up as new.,
and idiots guide would be nice.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:00 am

You can polish them with car polish and this works very well but do not over do it with a heavy cut. The polycarbonate lenses are coated at time of manufacture but they tend to deteriorate with time and weathering.

philz · Postby **philz** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:22 am

mothers plastic polish

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:29 am

philz wrote:mothers plastic polish

+1

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:48 am

Inside?

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:12 pm

on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:46 pm

You clean the lense from the outside. The lense is hot melt glued to the housing.

GP · Postby GP » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:49 pm

Brasso works a treat

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:01 pm

going to give mine a go with micro fibre this weekend.

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:43 pm

Jeo wrote:
philz wrote:mothers plastic polish

+1

+2

on the outside

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:01 pm

Just make sure you don't jump straight to the most abrasive compound you have... I've read that it's best to work your way up to consecutively rougher compounds if you find the finer ones don't work... coz then you'd just spend the rest of the day polishing back the swirls

yakob · Postby **yakob** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:15 am

sliq wrote:on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.

is there a tutorial anywhere? coz im sure most of the grime is on the inside. but i cnt get to that anyway can i.

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:00 am

yakob wrote:
sliq wrote:on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.

is there a tutorial anywhere? coz im sure most of the grime is on the inside. but i cnt get to that anyway can i.

from big forum

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:26 pm

Gents trust me- this is just a case of applying a light polish to a cloth rub on and rub off- apply again if not satisfied- but do not rip it into it- you do not want to completely remove the unseen hard coating on the lenses which provide long term life. I recently did this on badly weathered headlamp lenses on a Festy and the job was done in 5 minutes. It is the same process as polishing your paintwork. As an aside I have often seen taillight lenses buffed to remove marks in OE manufacture and it recovers otherwise reject parts. Too easy they say.

yakob · Postby **yakob** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:11 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:Gents trust me- this is just a case of applying a light polish to a cloth rub on and rub off- apply again if not satisfied- but do not rip it into it- you do not want to completely remove the unseen hard coating on the lenses which provide long term life. I recently did this on badly weathered headlamp lenses on a Festy and the job was done in 5 minutes. It is the same process as polishing your paintwork. As an aside I have often seen taillight lenses buffed to remove marks in OE manufacture and it recovers otherwise reject parts. Too easy they say.

i always just wash the headlights as i wash the rest of the car, soap and rinse. but i noticed that they seemed dull on the inside. can be fixed?