i had a conversation today about plastic headlights turning yellow, or cloudy.
i had a kia sephia where this situation happened. i've seen some ek's with this situation as well. i currently own a eg w/JDM headlights (which are plastic).

can this still happened to me. if so how do i prevent it, or how can i clear it up when it does.

if this has happened to you give me some advise.

thanks

 

few of my friends had this happen to their headlights. Its bc moisture leaked through, only way to fix this is to take apart the headlights, and reseal them

 

how come this doesnt happen to the usdm (glass headlights)?

 

because its glass, lol. glass cant fade, glass cant change color. if the "jdm HL" turns yellow it might be the clear coat fading, just wet sand it and buff it

 

i kno this may sound weird but cant i use some type wax to protect it.

 

probably after u sand and buff it out

 

800, 1500, and 2000 grit wet sand paper and plastic polish will take it off...start with 800 and step by step go to 2000 keep it nice and wet though...

 

anyone with a 96-98 civic knows about this...most just buy ctr headlights...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicEX96 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone with a 96-98 civic knows about this...most just buy ctr headlights...</TD></TR></TABLE> not really, doesnt just happen with the 96-98 civics..... maybe you buy ctr headlights but i dont think most

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mydc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">800, 1500, and 2000 grit wet sand paper and plastic polish will take it off...start with 800 and step by step go to 2000 keep it nice and wet though...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I did this and it made my headlights about 100x worse!

 

Halo, please explain what happened? i was actually thinking about this option to get rid of some of the haze on my headlights, but after your post i may reconsider...

 

Well I actually started backwards with 2000 grit (only grit I used)...I basically put the entire headlight in a 5 gallon bucket of luke warm water and VERY LIGHTLY wet sanded the surface, again very light strokes with 2K grit..Then I applied several coats of Meguires PlastiX..anyway it came out HORRIBLE! Swirls and scratches everywhere..I don't suggest doing this on plastic

 

i did this with my oem 96-98 headlamps, 1500 grit wetsand, 2000 grit wetsand, rinse, meguars (sp) plasitc polish in the white bottle, and it came out blingin. maybe the 800 is too much for the plastic. just use the 1500 then the 2000 and you'll be fine

ninja edit : dont scrub in a circle like ur washing dishes, go straight along the lines of the headlamp

 

warm water isnt a good idea because it will warm up the plastic enough to make the sanding go a lil deeper than it should, if you have real bad sanding marks best bet is to just start all over and sand thoes lines out...sand with the vertical lines already on the headlights...did it to my lights about a week ago and came out awesome

 

I can tell you right now that I BARELY sanded the surface very very gentle and it's not like 2k grit was rough..so I have no idea why mine came out so wack

 

is there any how to's on here on it cuz i need to do this to my lights? i searched but nothing seems to come out

 

Click here there is a kit you can buy

 

what is the original site that the kit is on, i cant seem to get to the main page.

 

http://www.yearone.com

when you clicked the link all you had to do is look at the URL, but here you go, good luck