Wassup fellas

My Headlights are looking kinda yellow and i want to get them sparkling clean again. I heard of cleaning it out but is it easy to do? Any special tools other than a wrench and phillips? INstructions would be Fantastic.....

Wassup help a bro out

Peace

 

you want to clean the inside of your head lights? i don't kno much, but i do know you have to be carefull on resealing them so it won't fog up later.

 

You would have to heat them up and seperate the lens from the housing. When you are done, you would have to heat them up and seal them again.

I wouldn't recomend it.

 

why not? to much of a hassale of i have a greater risk to get them foggy again?

holla

 

if they look like shit now then you have nothing to loose. Clean em. we did my boyz and they are actually holding up better then before (foggin wise). Just make sure you heat them back up when putting them back together.

 

i had problems with fogging when i resealed mine after painting them, but i resealed them.

be forewarned...you MUST take the bumper off to get the lights out

 

i agree with turbotk but make sure when u reseal them to some some kind of liquid silicone sealant(u can get it at pep boys, discount auto, etc) i done it a few times on my civic RIP

 

yes you do need to take the bumper off. God i hate that shit.

 

yea get a friend to help with the bumper, and dont lose any clips

 

thanks guys


sounds like a real bitch, plus my lens are yellow so i gots to try.

what do i clean it with? Whats the best?

 

maybe a degreaser of some sort.

degreasers ussuallly clean anything...LOLOL

 

This sounds really weird but i read somewhere to clean your lens with toothpaste. I cleaned the outside of mine with it and they actually look better. Are you sure its the inside of the lens thats dirty, how would it get dirty

 

pat, mine got dirty when i was painting the housings, plus fogging might leave some haze on the lens.

the toothpaste thing makes sense, cause it's an extremely mild abrasive...just use the normal stuff, not super hyper whitening or whatever

 

dont do it is sounds like they are a little too much hassle and why anyways you are not entering a car show, you just dont like the way they look, i have mine a little fogged but not too bad but i dont car no one can tell from far away.

 

I used a little bleach and water mixture on my pickup lense. Worked great. Might give that a try if the toothpaste doesnt remove all of it.

 

why not just order new headlights from
www.acuraautomotiveparts.net?


i know it costs a bit... but wouldn't it be worth it?

 

hmmm lettme check that site out.....price wise

 

or try http://www.car-part.com/ and search for the light.

those are used parts but are cheaper

 

Hey man, I got your solution. My car was the same way, my passenger side was amber and my driver was crystal clear (had to buy new due to small accident). The unevenness of the headlights was driving me crazy and I even thought about buying a new one from the dealer, $200.00 each. Anyways I figured I might as well try something radical before I shelled out some money. So I bought some 3M 2000 grit sand paper and sanded until my arm was numb. I worked it from left to right making sure that I kept the strokes parallel to the bumper. While sanding the lens use a bucket of diluted car wash liquid (for lubrication). The sandpaper will take out the junk that is stuck on the surface, if you pass your hand over it you will feel bumps (that is were water left some dirt deposits). Sand until you can no longer feel any bumps, to do this wet your hand and the headlight with the car wash solution and check to see were the sanding is needed. While doing this I found out that they looked great while wet, but when they dried they looked a bit scratched. To fix this I used tooth paste, Yes!! Toothpaste. The reason is because it contains micro polishers that clean your teeth, if you get toothpaste and feel it with your fingers you can feel them in it. So you put the toothpaste in the headlight and let it dry, then buff with a cloth. You can add a little bit of the car wash solution to get lubrication. I did it for about 30 minutes, repeating after the toothpaste got too wet, the dryer the better. If you do this you will get rid of the amber and the small scratches from the 2000 grit sandpaper. Let me know how it works out for you, it did wonders for me.

 

i had the same problem...my whole headlight was piss yellow and i bought new one's prolly the best mod soo far

 

sounds like u got guns for arms after that freakin job:dunno

LoL

 

piss yellow...!!!!! ROFL!!!!
I don't know why that just made me laugh my ass off.

 

nandowong: how well did this work for you?, IM gettin the
same yellow and its not cool, and $400 for new
front lights aint sounden too good, but you say
this works I will try it, you have pics of this at all
and how much does this take it back to lookin
like new??

 

I works wonders sorry but i dont have a digi. It took me about 3 hours (between working and letting my arms rest). just make sure you use 2000 gritt or finer other wise it will be worse and work it parallel to the floor. Oh yeah, use colgate extra whitening toothpaste! Just kidding. Try it and let me know how it works for you.

 

Ill igve it a try, but if it doesnt wotk, Im comin after you, j/k