Use a micro fiber cloth, dawn dish, soap, warm water. Then use non jell tooth paste. Rub on the lenses. Repeat on both lenses . You can buy a kit with similar products.
A good hack with WD40 is to use it to clean windshield wipes blades when they start streaking. It removes the grime from the blades and they work good again.
You want to fix them for good? Take 1000 grit sandpaper and sand the lenses down while using running water like from a hose. The water must be running constant so there is no buildup of particles. Then take Rubbing compound and buff out the lenses. You can do this either by hand or by a high speed buffer. Then take a lighter compound and finish up to a buffed out semi-shine. Now the final step, use pure carnauba wax and rub this into the lens until it's completely gone. You'll have brand new looking headlights. Please note: Only works (Obviously) on the outside of the lenses. A lot of what causes this oxidation is the heat from the bulbs themselves plus the environment depending on where you live in the world.
It's a lot easier if you start with 400 grit to get rid of the remaining clear coat. 1000 grit won't do it very quickly. Go up 200 grit at a time until you hit 2000, then do 2500 & 3000. Polish with a buffer & buffing compound. Then seal with urethane if you so desire. I've been using ceramic buffing compound. Lasts about a year. Just buff it again.
Klarlack mit UV Beständigkeit wurde bei mir vor 6 Jahren an einem Toyota Yaris gemacht. Der musste alle Monate poliert werden. Jetzt muss ich schon seit 6 Jahren nix mehr machen. Nur waschen. Erfolg.
I saw video which this guy used off with deed in it and I had the same problem with the headlights on my truck and I sprayed it on and boy they came clean instantly I was very surprised Good tip
You can do the same with faded plastic bumpers, grills and fender trims using any type of oil but they'll stay looking better longer than those headlights will. Lights have a painted on clear coat that fades over time, you have to use super fine grit sandpaper to removed it, then either resptay them with a clearcoat paint or keep them waxed so they dont oxidize again.
Best way to clean head light's is bug spray, like mosquito spray is the best, my head light's were really bad and the bug spray left them pretty much like new , and it lasted for almost a year.
Here's how you actually clean headlights: Step 1) Cover the edges around the headlight (painted part of car) with masking tape. Step 2) use 600 grit sandpaper in up and down then side to side motions. Then use higher grit until about 2000 grit. (600, 1200, 1600, 2000). The lower the grit, the rougher the sandpaper. Also try to avoid sanding the same spot too long and try to keep your fingers as flat as possible. Press lightly. It's like brushing your teeth, not digging a hole. Step 3) Use wax and a microfiber rag (or a buffer) to coat the headlight to prevent it from being damaged from UV Rays. (do step 3 2-3 times a year minimum, or once a month if you own something like a corvette and don't want to replace those expensive ass headlights).
I met the guy who invented WD 40 back in the 80's He had 2 daughters Their names started with the initials W & D And he was 40 years old at the time He invented it WD-40
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It's oil effectively. The same thing would likely happen with Olive Oil. It's probably just filling in pits in the plastic. The next rain or just time will erase any of the effects. Clouding on the lenses is from UV rays damaging the plastic. A better long term solution would probably be a method that could permanently resurface the lense to smooth it out.
After this if you go home and eat for 15 minutes, when you come back they'll be dirty again😄 you need to clean them with water and 800 grit sand papers, then again with 1200 grit sandpaper and water, dry them, then used a good headlights plastic wax and spray headlights protector.
Toothpaste often works but you have to do both inside and outside. But I had to replace mine. Nothing helped, not even the stuff to uncloudy them worked.
Theres 2 ways to fix this. Before they get this way use plexus to protect the plastic. I apply it once a month. A thin coat is all you need. If they are already bad you can buy a kit to fix them. The best one is from 3M. All you need is an electric drill gun and follow the directions. Afterwords I suggest getting a can of Plexus to protect your work and keep the plastic clear.
do the same with water, will be the same effect, once it dryes the lamp will look the same, with the wd40 it takes a little bit more because is oily, you are not cleaning nor removing anything from the lamp, if you do not sand the lamp and then polish it, you are just wasting your time and money
It works because u stil have a factory film over the headlight if u dont have that any more because that is what he is removing whit wd40 sow when u domt have that any kore u should sand it whit wet sand paper whit fine grits and than polihs
Tried WD-40 before and it didn’t do a thing. If there is anything that really works, I still haven’t found it and I’ve tried several different things.🤔
WTF? It's basically wet dude! The wd40 fills in all the rough super tiny holes and flaking plastic of the surface. Once dried or gone, it will look the same
I replaced mine with new ones. All this crap does not work. It’s all hype believe me. I tried them all. Finally gave up and replaced them with new ones. I can finally see at night.❤️
So why not acetone, but keep wiping it off paper towels? Will the paper towels stick? Or maybe you can go around the Neighbor Hood and fix them all while you learn? Why not make a gang to paint the cars too!
It will work but do you have to clean that off even after you apply it and you got to get you some UV clear coat and respray the lens the UV coding is what's naturally burned off that's what's causing that effect the WD-40 will simply take off the loose Grime from it but the permanently fix it you have to put the UV coating on elsewise you'll be doing it every couple of weeks and then it will slowly get worse every time and you're going to have to use how can I say a scotch pad for cleaning the excess off or a wet sandpaper like better than 600 grit because microgreens that you're going to cut into the plastic framing those are grooves that you're going to have to fill and since you can't do it like auto body and paste it smooth you got to be really careful a light touch even though it won't seem like much we'll have more effect than you putting elbow grease in if you know what I'm talking about
