For you yellow headlight people

[KiDyNomiTe]

Found this over at the Supra Forums, Headlights are made out of the same material, so it should all work. I don't know if anyone has ever tried this method or not, but I put before and after pics at the bottom of the post. And the site has a step-by-step process.

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/headlights/index.html

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/headlights/beforecleaning.jpg
http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/headlights/aftercleaning.jpg

[Silviaspeed]

Wow! &nbsp;What a difference. &nbsp; <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

[SilviaDriver]

its only a difference becuz he finally washed his car <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

but yea, i was wondering how to do it..ppl say toothpaste somebody say sandpaper ppl say its the inside, other say the outside..but yea Thanks Kid

[gabossie]

I was thinking of doing this in a week or two. I have read a lot of posts on different forums about this and this seems to be the most consitant method, not to mention the pics look great. Thanks for the info.

[DJ Machine]

Polishing is simply one way of removing the mold/dirt caused by the condensation inside the housing. One cure for this discoloration is ACETONE, which costs a couple dollars a quart, a few ounces should work just fine. Anyway, with a rag...i used cotton pads, but the cotton has a tendency to shred and meld with the plastic, i was able to remove all the yellow coloring from the lights on my thunderbird, the only part that stayed yellow was the glue holding the clear plastic to the housing, but im not sure that's an issue with S14s.

[kanekz]

What a COINCIDENCE! Just did this on Tuesday. &nbsp;The procedures from the SUPRA forum seam like a hassle, but is probably the most extensive way of cleaning the headlights. &nbsp;

I used plastic cleaner and then rubbing compound on the OUTSIDE of my headlights. &nbsp;I later put wax on them to leave a long lating protectant. &nbsp;It made a pretty drastic difference! &nbsp;Too bad I did not take any BEFORE/AFTER pics.

I say try cleaning the OUTSIDE first, and if that dont work, then do the INSIDE.

[rancid240]

I like the Nissan pickup in the first pic. &nbsp;Also, I think it is funny when people make typos in their sigs. &nbsp;I remember someones sig on this forum that said, "if common sence is so common, why isnt it so common?"

[indysilvia]

Originally posted by kanekz
I used plastic cleaner and then rubbing compound on the OUTSIDE of my headlights. &nbsp;I later put wax on them to leave a long lating protectant. &nbsp;It made a pretty drastic difference! &nbsp;Too bad I did not take any BEFORE/AFTER pics.


Do you remember the brand names of the plastic cleaner and the rubbing compound or where to get them?

Thanks :)

[Driftin_240sx]

accually on my supra they came with plastic headlights and the european ones are glass... so it looks like he got the glass ones .. i could be wrong with european but i am almost possative thats were they are from....any other supra owners here?

[KiDyNomiTe]

Originally posted by Driftin_240sx
accually on my supra they came with plastic headlights and the european ones are glass... so it looks like he got the glass ones .. i could be wrong with european but i am almost possative thats were they are from....any other supra owners here?

He might have done that, but I doubt. That whole oven thing does work, I know someone who did it to thier RSX headlights, not much difference but that is only because it was pretty new. But it did give him more of a glass look.

[indysilvia]

I am still trying to figure which products to buy. I see that the Supra guy used a product called "Plexus", but I remember reading from a 240 guy that did this, and their plastic cleaner had a consistency of toothpaste (not actually toothpaste, just looked like it...) but this Plexus is a spray so they didn't use the same plastic cleaner?

Also, what exactly is a rubbing compound? Is that Novus product an example of it?

Can somebody who has done this on a 240 post what products they used? I want to do this, but want to buy the right products the first time instead of guessing. Thanks :) :) :)

[Sixbanger]

I just used some meguiar's "mirror glaze cleaner wax" on my 96's headlights the day I bought that car. The improvement was great, just make sure to put some masking tape between the corner lights and the headlights themeselves (getting polish in there is ugly, i had to remove the whole headlight to get the crap out of that crevace). Anyway, I recommend this product for headlight polishing. It won't make them look perfect, but it was a significant difference. No more yellow for me.

[crazyikimasho]

has anyone actually disassembled the lens on their s14 headlights? just wondering if anyone had any tips

[24D]

There are a lot of different types of Rubbing Compound some that are really coarse that will scratch your lights if you use too much pressure and others that are safe enough for clear coat paint. Rubbing Compound comes in all shapes and fashion too. Everything from a paste to a liquid. I've used two different things to clean my lights, Meguiar's Step 1 paint cleaner works pretty well and more recently I started to use 3M's rubbing compound, little plastic grey bottle, that comes in liquid form it's also safe on clear coats. In my opinion the 3M seems to work better.