Nasty foggy Headlights
 

Oh my awesome stuff for nasty headlights...check out mine...
http://i17.tinypic.com/6z8hq11.jpg
Notice the haze, such that the lights were smoking for 8 years...
Pretty narly
ANyways, its okay...the haze doesn't mean the plastic headlight is bad...
ALL you need is restoration power...plus some tape and garage

before
http://i18.tinypic.com/6joj8t1.jpg

after

http://i18.tinypic.com/8ek7o5s.jpg

This is a 3 step process where sandpaper is used to grind off the oxidizing components...it reminds me of soap scum.
Look at the comparisons

Anyways, thought I would share
the left headlight hasnt been done yet, the right one has

http://i5.tinypic.com/6k0cobb.jpg

RE: Nasty foggy Headlights
 

good job, but i personally would have taken the headlights out and the rubber piece off

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where did you get this stuff? mine arent that bad on my 97 lx but if i can get them to shine like that i wont have to get new lights!

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Do you live by the ocean or something?

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You don't have to live by the ocean to have that happen. It happens over time from weather and especially in my area, from road salts and such materials. It usually happens to headlights, it seems the new ones are better about not getting foggy though.

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Very nice work, they look great.

Side note, this can be done using rubbing compound and a buffer too. You can do it by hand with rubbing compoud, but its pretty tedious.

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looks great, im looking to do the same thing, mine arent bad by any means, but i always like to keep things shiny!

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Looks good.
My headlights were the same way.
I used this stuff. About 15 minuts of rubbing and they look brand new.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMij7L3...-ENevrDull.jpg

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Mother's Mag & Wheel Polish, and about 10 minutes per headlight does the same thing.

The only bad thing is that it'll come back after time - no matter what you do. The plastic is the problem.

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just a good reason to upgrade headlights if ya ask me ;)

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seee i dont get this.. before i had the tail lights i had now i had the stock ones and they were foggy as hell!!!! my car is a 98 and my dad has a 93 accord and his lights look brand new no fog at all.... how come is hasnt got foggy yet and mine got foggy?

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nice .. were do u get that stuff ... my headlights look just like that ... ive been looking for a
way to clean them ...

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I used plasticX to good effect and minimal effort for just minor touch ups on mine, say when you ae waxing and cleaning your car top to bottom/inside and out.

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nice .


what series of refined sandpaper did you use for grinding??

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don't waist ur time w/ products... simply get a rag + water + baking soda and taadaa the same exact affect, i know, cuz i did it and it looks as good as new now

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I believe those generation of accords still used glass for their headlights instead of the polycarbonate, like your headlights.

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Meguairs Plastx -- About every 6 months to keep them clear.

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I have the same problem, and I looked into several ways of taking care of it. I saw several diy videos on youtube, then researched the commercial products. Apparantly the commercial products say you can't do it yourself because it will haze again without their special sealer or something.I dunno if that's the pastx stuff silver's talking about or not. Anyway, I'm gonna give this technique a shot but if anyone knows what that sealer is it'd be great

on a side note

I remember the commercial sites I went to generally blamed this problem on the sun, kind of a sun-plastic burn thing, and that's why you need their stuff to protect it from UV lights. I saw some tints for lights that apply like well.. tints to make it look like your lights are fogged.. anyone think these would help keep the sun off too??

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It's meguiars Plastic-X and it can be found at Walmarts. It's good for mild hazing, but i prefer just using it as a polish. wet sanding the headlights with 400 grit or above sand paper gives the best results. If you want to retain that look your gonna need to apply the polish like you would with wax on the paint of your car. It losesalot of the UV coating that prevents the polycarbonate lens from damage. This is why it hazes in the beginning. You could probably put a coat of clear on the lens to lengthen the effect.

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blah.. I bought plastic-x and realized it wasn't really for a full blown restoration job. So I went to autozone and picked up a lil product they had for it - it came in a sealed bag, simple instructions. It came with 4 sand paper pads of 2 different grits. some polishing compound they called CV1, and a final compound they called CV2. CV2 was very watery and hardened rapidly, said to use 2 coats.. not sure what it was but it seems it was some kind of product that hardens ontop of the lens to protect it from UV. Anyway, they came out looking pretty brand new, which was a huge step because I couldn't even see the bulb through the haze. Took me about 30 minutes total. and the product cost me 20 bucks. not bad considering tire kingdom here charges like 90 bucks for the service. Plus it has a lifetime warranty (if you keep the original receipt). Kind of makes me wanna start a service offering this. Posting ads at walmarts and laundrymats offering to do it for 40 or something.. nice easy money providing a service that would cost them twice as much elsewhere.

steve

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The foggyness is caused by the Uv rays of the sun, mine were like that so i did some research on google and I found a cheap solution and that's baking soda, get a brush, a tooth brush for instance and put some on the headlights and brush it off and then rinse it off and dry it. Once you dry it, you should see a significant difference and you can see if there are any more foggy parts, in which you can just repeat the process.

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brasso works alright too