Refreshing cloudy plastic headlights

Jul 08, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 1 Replies

I have a Master on an 04 plate with fairly bad lights, and thought from their appearance that I might have to use fine wet and dry to remove the top affected layer.



But, having found out by trials on an area out of the light path that I'd have to do it manually I thought I would try the £15 T-Cut "kit" from the local car shop. This is a tube of fine abrasive, a bottle of some sort of lacquer, and a microfibre cloth. I was surprised and pleased to find that five minutes a side with the abrasive has bought them up almost like new. (Havn't done the lacquer yet because of rain).


Stick some clingfilm on the newly cleaned light units.

when it gets s***ty, just pull it off and add some new ...

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