Any product recommendations for my headlight units yellowing a little and looking a little cloudy? Oddly my '96 Accord headlights seem to have held up better over time...

I have been using a terry cloth towel with rubbing compound first, then another towel with Meguiar's PlastX which is finer to finish the lenses off. Any ideas of better/more effective methods?

 

Use an actual buffer. I did it on mine. Actually I used a ghetto ass buffer ball attached to my drill. lol

 

get some 3m rubbing compound and rub it in well. Then aply 303 to the lenses to avoid future fading due to the sun.

 

best stuff

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showforum=15

 

Here's a pic thread
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=296109

 

its pretty simple to take off the oxidation.

-Tape off the area surrounding the headlights
-use sandpaper and start with 1000 grit, then finish off with 2000 grit. If the headlight has scratches, start with a courser grit.
-use an actual buffer and not one of those cheap orbital buffers and buff with a polishing compound

 

I think there was initially a UV coating on the housing that, if "buffed" off... would accelerate yellowing and aging of the plastic.

 

Haven't seen that to be the case...once they are clear, regular maintanance just like for paint is needed.

 

here ya go.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...your+headlights

 

clear plastic polish will do it, mother/meg both makes a version of that stuff.

yeah, a buffer is needed, please do take off the headlight when you buff, you can burn the paint if your buffer is placed too long.