97NIGHTCRAWLER

Hi there,
I'm new to this site I was referred by a friend. I recently bought my 97 CL 2.2 and I've slowly been trying to restore it. I was wondering if anyone new how to restore the stock headlights from sun damage? I can't afford new headlights at this time.

saiko_cl_duck

what kind of damage are we talking here? Fading, cracking, hazing?

97NIGHTCRAWLER

They kinda look yellowish. No cracking, I guess fading and hassing.

$peed])emon

try using a glass polisher paste. go find a mothers product and get a buffing wheel if you dont want your arm to fall off and just slowly start buffing the glass...it mite help to wetsand the headlights first but i dont know the actual condition of your headlights....

wakeboardfusion

walmart has a kit for 20 bux, i havent tried it yet, but i heard it works

97BlackAckCL

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https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-video-electronics-navigation-22/custom-build-174502/


Wet sand and plastic polish or this

97NIGHTCRAWLER

Thanks I will try asap!

stretchjob

use Brasso. put some on a towel and buff, buff, buff. then polish. repeat. it works.

Dez97CandyCL

tOOthpAstE!!!!<

vernieman21

yea toothpaste will do the trick

Iagent

I bought my daughter this well used CL 3.0, and the lights were fogged. The car was kept outside and had etched dingy yellowish light lenses. I used metal polish on the plastic to bring them back to a briliant clear. I knew this because I have also done the same procedure on other cars. Here is a pic taken during the process.
Left finished, and right still untouched.


here is more of the car.

Dez97CandyCL

i'll put my TOOTHPASTE pics up....

shnee

i tried 3 different kinds of metal polish and 2 different toothpastes, but i can't get my driver side headlight clear.
up close, it looks and feels like somebody waxed it.
the passenger side headlight is a little cloudy, but not really.
assuming this is wax on the headlight, any ideas how to get it off besides metal polish and toothpaste?
I don't know what wetsanding is, but I hear that's an alternative.

saiko_cl_duck

if you have polish and a dremel with a soft buffer pad...........

CLpwner

I want two CL's

Iagent

Well, I just want to drop the red one. Wheel gap puts a hurt on my eyes when the rest of the car is so sleek.

WineRed2.2CL

GO to Pep Boys AUtoZone or Discount and ask for their headlight kit. It cost 20 dollars.

WOrks so good man. I live in Miami where the sun always beats down on em. They look like new.

hornedfrog2000

You have white wheels?

ZeroCL

Hmm, my headlights look like somone put clear coat overspray on them. Although I dont think the car was ever repainted because it needs repainted like mad. haha but im going to have to try that thing at pepboys.

RedX

ill have to try this, mine are all foggy and yellow :-(