Foggy Plastic Headlight Lens

Has anyone found a good method of restoring the clarity of plastic
headlight lens? At $300 a pop, I'd rather not have to replace them.

thanks,
Don

Try buffing them using a mild polishing compound.
"D. Gerhart" > wrote in message
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> Has anyone found a good method of restoring the clarity of plastic
> headlight lens? At $300 a pop, I'd rather not have to replace them.
>
> thanks,
> Don
>



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"Shep" > wrote in message
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> Try buffing them using a mild polishing compound.
> "D. Gerhart" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Has anyone found a good method of restoring the clarity of plastic
> > headlight lens? At $300 a pop, I'd rather not have to replace them.
> >


And once you do that you will need to restore the UV resistant coating or
they
will rapidly break down.

Something like "Gloss Plastic Shield UV"
http://www.tricoat.com/danacolors.htm#Clear%20Coat

should do it, this is a clearcoat designed for use on plastic signs to keep
them
from being disintegrated by UV. I haven't tried this myself, and I think
that
the idea of re-applying the UV coating on plastic headlight lenses hasn't
yet made it
to the automotive aftermarket, although it's been done for years with
commercial
signs. So you will need to experiment, preferably on some old lenses from a
wrecker.

Ted

D. Gerhart ) writes:
> Has anyone found a good method of restoring the clarity of plastic
> headlight lens? At $300 a pop, I'd rather not have to replace them.
>
> thanks,
> Don

There are a number of commercial products out there. Search on
'headlight polishing kit' and you will find a number of them.
You can try plastics shops or detailing in the yellow pages for a
local source.
Dan

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