OT/ cleanin truck headlight lens

nickg · Dec 27, 2011

Ive got a 01 cummins ram and I noticed my headlight lenses are gettin prety darn yellowed. What have you guys founf that works good and lasts to clean up the yellowed lens.

pat sublett · Dec 27, 2011

They have kits at auto parts stores. You have to buff off the yellow surface. Works pretty good on some not so good on others.

Goose · Dec 27, 2011

I usually use a DA sander with 1000 grit paper to take the fogged stuff off back to solid plastic, then buff them first with a medium grit compound and finish with a fine finishing compound.

rrlund · Dec 27, 2011

I don't know what brand the one was that my son was using on his car yesterday,but he was happy with it. It was 2 different grits of sanding disc,then a compound on a sponge type disc on the electric drill.

Ky. Hauler · Dec 27, 2011

I saw something on tv a while back where they put a plastic film over the lense after they cleaned it. Can't remember the name of the stuff.

Old Roy · Dec 27, 2011

If they are yellow I would go the sand paper rout as suggested .. If they are only cloudy looking and you want to brighten them up I found this to work for me .

Hotflashjr · Dec 27, 2011

Good old tooth paste and some elbow grease works too!

Dave in GA · Dec 27, 2011

Superfine wet/dry sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease. Then a finishing compound or wax.

I sure wish you could go to the parts store and get real headlights with GLASS lenses again for any make/model. Plastic lenses are ridiculous.

Ralph wd45 · Dec 27, 2011

The wife and I were in Popular Bluffs Mo. a couple of summers ago, to visit my oldest boy, and I took her Ply Sundance into Raben tire Co, for service, and they cleaned hers like new, and done it on their own, while servicing the car, and also filled the tires with nitrogen, and just wanted a miles per gallon report, when we got back here in washington! Of course I paid for the oil change, and lube job.

showcrop · Dec 27, 2011

I did my son's car with plain old Dupont white polishing compound. they weren't yellow just hazy.

kyhayman · Dec 27, 2011

My 99 was the same way. I'd been wanting some of the 6500 degree kelvin blue tint xenon bulbs anyhow. Ended up replacing the whole assembly, front lens and all for about the same money as bulbs, ballasts, and igniters.

dej(Jed) · Dec 28, 2011

I just used one made by Turtle Wax on my 2001 Ram. It worked okay, but just like the guys say, it will be a function of how badly yellwoed they are.

JML755 · Dec 29, 2011

tried the polishing thing before with so-so results. When my Pontiac headlites got "foggy", I just bought new ones for around $30 each. No muss, no fuss, changed them in about 5 minutes. Even came with the bulbs.

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