Brighter headlights

If your headlights have cataracts (that is, if the lense over the lights is becoming cloudy) they can be polished to restore the original clarity. I was dubious at first, but it turns out all that cloudiness is on the outside. I usually do it with a buffer and auto polishing compound but it can be done by hand... it just takes a lot of rubbing. There are also kits with fine sandpaper, like

that are available on-line. I haven't seen them in stores. But if the reflector is actuallly damaged you need new headlight assemblies to bring them back to like new, and they aren't cheap.

Mike

"Michael Pardee" wrote in news:itudndHao-y0-AjUnZ2dnUVZ_q snipped-for-privacy@sedona.net:

WalMart sells a product called Crystal View for $20 that has all the stuff needed to refinish your headlight lenses.It's in a silver envelope,in the auto section. Most importantly,it includes the UV sealer that keeps the lens from clouding up again in two months,like an uncoated lens would.Otherwise,you could just use plastic polish from any auto parts store.

I used this C-V product on my 94 Integra,and it worked great,but my car was stolen so I can only say it lasted a year and a half.

WalMart will also refinish your headlights for $50.

Wow, this sounds very promising! It also might be what that car talk show was talking about. I'm going to look into this next week. Thanks a lot to both of you, pj

Jim Yanik wrote in news:Xns9BB158B06DABFjyanikkuanet@74.209.136.85:

Yeah. It just results in your lens clouding over again in six years, like the original finish did.

Plastic headlights suck.

Yes, they do.