very clouded headlight lenses

The headlight lenses on my Town & Country mini van are so clouded that you
can hardly tell that the lights are on, even with the brights on. It looks
like I have to replace the whole assembly on each side because you cant get
to the inside of the lenses to clean them. Any ideas ? Looks like I can get
replacement parts for aprox $100 each on the internet. Are they a pain to
replace? Thanks.

 

Try using the plastic lens polish first. I bought some at Auto Zone and it
works well. It cleared the headlight lens considerably, almost to a new
condition. This was several years ago, and I find that I have to re-polish
the lens' once a year or so.

 

They are relatively painless to replace. The wife is very happy. I
took my old cloudy ones and got them cleaned up enough to sell on eBay
using 1500 wet sanding and lots of polishing. The new ones ended up
costing under 100 for the pair that way.

 

They are relatively painless to replace. The wife is very happy. I
took my old cloudy ones and got them cleaned up enough to sell on eBay
using 1500 wet sanding and lots of polishing. The new ones ended up
costing under 100 for the pair that way.

 

In addition to the sanding and plastic polishing that others have
mentioned, you can subsequently spray them with clear coat to restore
them to new clarity without having to repeat the polishing step every
few weeks. When new, they had a clear coat on them - same stuff as on
your paint.

To maintain the new appearance (whether you clear coat your old ones or
replace with new), you might consider these:
http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=332&cid=105

Bill Putney
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Try lemon pledge instead of polish. Seriously it works.

 

And they'll have a nice lemony smell!

Bill Putney
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