if you have yellow head lights you might want to read this

[smithers584]

hey guys my oxidized headlights were really pissing me off and i was gonna try pulling them apart and cleaning them, but then i went to advanced auto parts. they have this stuff from meguires thats called PLASTX. If your oxidation is only on the outside of your lights, like mine, this shit will make your lamps look almost brand new. Its a couple of bucks but very worth it if you are pick about details like me. took about 15 minutes to do all my lights. no removal or anything neccessary.

[JuJuBee]

thank you everyone knows about this already

[Dousan_PG]

no way!


for realz???

[Ian]

i just heated mine up with a torch and then clear coated htem


it's a heat treatment that only body shops usually do...it works way better then any polishing you can do though


the trick is to hold the heat in one spot for about 30 seconds and then move...spray while you're heating too...like heat 30 seconds...spray clear over it...then od the next section


looks better then brand new glass

[smithers584]

yeah i know everyone knows about polishing but i tried other shit that didnt work and i just thought id mention that this specific product worked awesome. Id never seen it before, i thought it was new.

[turbozxi]

Cheers will look for it over here.

[frozencoconutz]

do you have any pics?

[evilimport]

German OEM headlights own you... and I just happen to own a set....:)

[jdmsilvia909]

i did know about but no-one really recommended any good products

[95Blue240sx]

well if you search there are a ton of threads, including my own where i recomended meguiars platic clean/polisher.

Id like to see pics of the torched method please.

[nismo2491]

mothers mag and aluminum polish works great too, old dSM trick

[sideview_180sx]

hey guys my oxidized headlights were really pissing me off and i was gonna try pulling them apart and cleaning them, but then i went to advanced auto parts. they have this stuff from meguires thats called PLASTX. If your oxidation is only on the outside of your lights, like mine, this shit will make your lamps look almost brand new. Its a couple of bucks but very worth it if you are pick about details like me. took about 15 minutes to do all my lights. no removal or anything neccessary.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/revat619/poser2.bmp

[sub9lulu]

i was thinking abt the JGTC headlight from reading the title

[supracrazy]

i was thinking abt the JGTC headlight from reading the title


Yea me too :smash:

[wootwoot]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/revat619/poser2.bmp



You know you are doing a great job of coming on here and being pretty much a fucktard. Good job keep it up

[papershot]

polishing compounds and stuff are nice and all but you have to redo it like every week.

polish + clearcoat it and be done.

[Ian]

You know you are doing a great job of coming on here and being pretty much a fucktard. Good job keep it up

+1



sideview_180sx...your post would have been funny saying that it was relevant...


and the torching post...that was a joke :axe:

[yudalicious]

I melted my healights trying that method... ;[
Seriously, how many times do I have to tell you people, sand paper it and follow it up with 3M poishing compound and it works wonders, it does get oxidized over time again, but doing it once 6 months isn't bad at all....

+1



sideview_180sx...your post would have been funny saying that it was relevant...


and the torching post...that was a joke :axe:

[Ian]

cleeearrr coaaaatttt.......

[sideview_180sx]

You know you are doing a great job of coming on here and being pretty much a fucktard. Good job keep it up


haha, cool I like it. your signature explains alot. NOT. :fruit: whatever. pretty much every S14 owner has delt with this in some form or another. better common knowledge of owning a car with standard headlights should have experience in some form of dealing with yellowing headlamps. :werd:

[wootwoot]

You fucking tool. You rip on my signature because I said you were being a dumb fucking cunt? Good job if that is the best you can come up with. He was stating what he thought might be a different solution to a problem that many have , so he was nice, then you called him a jack ass. Good fuckin job dip shit. Go contribute yourself to some grass

[sideview_180sx]

You fucking tool. You rip on my signature because I said you were being a dumb fucking cunt? Good job if that is the best you can come up with. He was stating what he thought might be a different solution to a problem that many have , so he was nice, then you called him a jack ass. Good fuckin job dip shit. Go contribute yourself to some grass

how about posting such butt-hurtness in PMs instead of wasting bandwidth. Oh yah don't try to read between the lines to try and understand what I'm saying. You remind me of my EX. Anyways. Let it be grow up. Don't develop an internet beef with someone especially over comments sheesh. :gives:

[aznpoopy]

He was stating what he thought might be a different solution to a problem that many have , so he was nice, then you called him a jack ass.

:werd:

that was gay. don't flame people for trying to help out the community.

[S13 Charlie]

Maybe to bring things back on-topic.. headlights turning yellow isn't a problem of oxidation, it's due to the plastic not being UV-stable. Most headlight cases are polycarbonate (lexan) for shatter resistance, and then have a coating of acrylic that is uv-stable. Over the years, if the acrylic gets scratched, the base Polycarb sees uv light and turns yellow. it happens all the time. The trouble with polishing the yellow out is that it will come back, because now you've polished away all the uv-stable acrylic coating. Like it's been suggested, you'll need to polish, and then lay over a durable coating of something that's uv-stable. I think clearcoat would work fine.


cheers,
C
(I work for a plastics company, that's how I know this seemingly useless info..)

[kandyflip445]

Useless my ass. Good post. What company makes some good clear?

[MakotoS13]

Useless my ass. Good post. What company makes some good clear?

PPG

.............................

[aznpoopy]

great info s13charlie... i think i'm going to go ahead and try that.

[kandyflip445]

What about 3M? How is that compared to PPG? PPG was actually the first that came to mind.

[SR240DET]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid166/pa26874d6be9e791fb60c944f5b7d185d/f456da0e.jpg

3M and some elbow greese for a month... after every 3m-ing it.... apply some mothers wax or what ever wax you use....

used to be so yellow i thought it was paint...

[kandyflip445]

3M clearcoat? Or a polish or something else?

[aznpoopy]

looks good sr240det... considering you can do that to your lights for like 10 bucks, i really don't see how the german headlights are ever worth the $$$.

my lights came out similar... used mothers mag polish, wax and rainx.

[MakotoS13]

just buff, wash and degrease, then apply clear.

[SR240DET]

3M clearcoat? Or a polish or something else?

just to clear things up... 3m scratch remover..... ill add clear coat when my buddy gets done building his paint booth...

[turtl631]

There was that guy a while back either on here or FA who was offering to do a coating of 3M Xpel film on headlights too. They use that stuff for invisible nose bras on cars that tend to chip a lot. The dude wanted like $75 or something, might be worth it if you don't feel like spraying clear.

[frozencoconutz]

i was thinking about cleaning them out with novus and then maybe using these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7970643636&category=38661&sspagename=WDVW

im just too lazy to start on it