Restoring headlight glass

[cbm8880 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cbm8880]

Hi all,

My (early) 150 is starting the get a misty/matte appearance on the headlight 'glass' including right up to where they meet the body. Has anyone else had this occur and what was your fix to restore them?

Thanks!

[nudgebar Member Find all posts View Profile Close nudgebar]

yes its common in some climates , the polycarbonate becomes powdery on the surface. you can buy headlight polishing kits or do it yourself using some methods found on youtube.

[gympiebrowns Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gympiebrowns]

hey CBM, just restored ours with a light cut and polish using some old turtle wax i had in the shed, came back brand new and from what ive heard the polish is like a sun screen for the the polycarbonate lens, looks much better...10 minute job at the most

[bazzang Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bazzang]

Used the Meguires Headlight Lens kit on my Golf. Works well. Basically the kit is 4 grades of wet and dry sand paper, polish cloth and some protectant polish. Took about 10 minutes per light and the result was pretty good. Heaps of polish left over. Enough polish to do about 10 cars I'd say. Did this about 6 months ago and lights still look good.

[cbm8880 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cbm8880]

Thanks for the replies! I'll get right on it :-)