i've been noticing every once in awhile i'll see an 88-91 civic/crx with stock headlights that are more clear than most. here are some examples. the first one is what i'm used to seeing, which is kinda foggy (like my car...) and the second pic is an example where the headlights look nice and clean/new. is the inside dirty? or were there just different versions of them made?






[Modified by keebler65, 3:31 PM 2/27/2003]


[Modified by keebler65, 10:19 PM 2/27/2003]

 

uhh ur pics dont work....mine are prett clear compared to most they are 91 EF9 lights most arent clear cause of road salt and **** i gotta clean mine up now with plastic polish damn snow

 

take them carfully apart
pry them open.... clean them
and seal them
worked for me and they look at hell lot better

 

sorry the pics dont work...the did for a little while. i cant get them back though. anyways, i hear about all of the newer headlights where you have to put them in the oven to separate them. is that necessary for ours? can you explain how you did this in detail?

thanks

 

ef headlights are sealed with glue just like eg+, so baking would work to seperate them. careful when prying and make sure you seal them back up with some extra silicone caulking.

 

What's the best way to seperate them?? I've tired before with the screw driver and broke the glass. Do you heat it first??

 

whats a good polishing compound that you can use to make the glass crystal clear? i've seen it done here and there. thanks

 

You should heat them up first, to get the glue soft, then it will seperate with out breaking.

 

They're more clear because they're newer. If you got new head lights they would be a lot more clear

 

yeah i kinda figured that....what this topic is about is how to restore them back to new without buying new ones.

 

no
the oven heats up the rear section of the headlamp also and can cause some deformation if u are not careful and doont pay too much attention.. the best way its to get a heat gun, or a hair blow dryer..... i used a hair blowdryer..... worked fine, i took my time and pry lil by litle.... worked like a charm..... and no deformations or cracks or overheating .. since i can hold the part and it will not be all hot like it would be like in the oven....

 

a freind of mine got the yellow off of his ford contour headlights by using some toothpaste, seems like a hokie idea but works very well, good luck

 

wet sand them, body shops do it all the time. my friend chris had to do it to his DA's one piece head lights, they looked new when he was done.

 

yep, toothpaste has an abrasive in it and works like a polish.

 

meguiars(sp?) makes a very good plastic cleaner/polisher that works very good. I used it on mine and made quite a difference. Auto-zone was selling little tubes for $0.99. Maybe that helps.

 

Are you guys talking about polishing them from the outside or inside?

 

there is no way polish is gonna make the headlights from the second pic look like the ones from the first pic. those are two different sets of headlights. the glass has like a thicker front section while the second is crystal clear like most of the new hondas. the internals are both the same. i know this because my boy has the crystal clear ones.