I'm sorry I can get pictures of this up right now; it's 1:55 in the morning so taking a picture would get me nothing.

I noticed that with my headlight housings that it's really quite nasty looking. It's very gunky, not smooth, and overall just looks dirty. Everytime it gets wet though it looks much cleaner and looks the way it should. I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue. I'm sure it has something to do with the housings being around for 9 years and 166,000 miles. But I'd like to know if there's anything I can do to clean 'em up. Will post pictures once the sun rises.

 

if its the exterior then get some mothers plastic polish compound.

if its the inside of the headlight then take off your headlights. stick them in the oven and take them apart. simple green followed by some Eagle one window cleaner or something to clean it up then put some sealant around the lights and your good to go.

 

If they are plastic, you can clean them by wetsanding them and polishing them and they will look good for awhile. But they will look bad again in a few months. I would just buy new headlights. I have experience with this on my 96 hatch.

 

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Buying new headlights doesn't really seem like a viable option to me. There are PLENTY of products out there that are meant for this purpose. I would just get some Mothers cleaner and go from there.

 

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Buying new headlights doesn't really seem like a viable option to me. There are PLENTY of products out there that are meant for this purpose. I would just get some Mothers cleaner and go from there.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

it could also be on the inside as well. don't just clean the outside. my friend used to have that problem. he took the headlight apart and cleaned outside and inside. to put them back together, just use some epoxy or heavy duty silicone. but, for the cleaning, i agree, use mothers. good stuff

 

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Buying new headlights doesn't really seem like a viable option to me. There are PLENTY of products out there that are meant for this purpose. I would just get some Mothers cleaner and go from there.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok. Just be prepared to do it every few months because the results don't last. At least they don't on 96 Civic lenses anyway.

 

Yes, I happen to have a '96 Civic CX...guess I'm not the only one with this issue. Thanks for the incredibly help guys. I just woke up so I couldn't get pictures of the lenses in question. I'll try to get them cleaned up ASAP and get pics of before and after.

 

im in wiscons not to far from u im looking at time and money to have retro fit 92 eg