03 CL Headlights in need of special cleaning
#1
03 CL Headlights in need of special cleaning
My left headlight in my 03' CL is in need of MAJOR cleaning. I've already tried rubbing VERY thoroughly with no luck, and I started to think it might be a problem inside the headlight (fogging maybe?), but when I took it to the Acura dealership, they said it's on the outside and just due to weather (but why only the left one?), and that they can fix it with some polish, but for $50....which seems like a ripoff.
I did search, btw, with no luck...https://acurazine.com/forums/search.php?searchid=180420
So, for all you CL people...any suggestions on how to clean this up? And what is this special "polish" the acura guys use to get rid of this?
Heres the pic of the right headlight (for comparison):
Here are some pictures of the weird buildup:
Sorry about the quality...all I had to take pics was a camera phone.
I'll try to get daytime pics tomorrow if needed.
I did search, btw, with no luck...https://acurazine.com/forums/search.php?searchid=180420
So, for all you CL people...any suggestions on how to clean this up? And what is this special "polish" the acura guys use to get rid of this?
Heres the pic of the right headlight (for comparison):
Here are some pictures of the weird buildup:
Sorry about the quality...all I had to take pics was a camera phone.
I'll try to get daytime pics tomorrow if needed.
#3
Uses turn signals in my
Originally Posted by phipark
Get some Meguiar's PlastX and start scrubbing. It's on the outside.
#4
Alrite, I bought some of that Meguiar's PlastX stuff, and WOW that worked REALLY well (you can still see the foggy white junk on the headlight when you go up really close, but oh well...i'm assuming its bc I did it by hand instead of buffer).
Heres some before and after pics (sorry...still crappy cameraphone quality and still massive lol):
Heres some before and after pics (sorry...still crappy cameraphone quality and still massive lol):
Before
After
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#8
Originally Posted by gaping46and2
Looks real good. Was there a lot of elbow grease needed? I have somewhat the same problem with my driver's side headlight too, but plastx didn't seem to do much for me. It looks like a layer of the plastic has started to peel off.
edit: oh yeah, i think a layer of plastic was peeling on mine too (not sure though), but when i slid my finger across where that white buildup stuff was, it felt kinda rough
#10
Uses turn signals in my
Originally Posted by gaping46and2
You just use a terry cloth when applying? I used a block of foam like the instructions said, but didn't seem to do much of anything but move the compound around.
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