Headlights Turning Yellow
08-13-2003, 11:44 AM
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For yellowing plastic lights, use nail polish remover with acetone on a soft cloth/towel. Works wonders. Afterwards, use whatever polish you need. I use it on my 91 Teg and 93 Mercury Tracer lights and you'll see the stuff come off. I dunno what the yellowing is, but it's removable. HTH
08-13-2003, 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by ThaJazz
For yellowing plastic lights, use nail polish remover with acetone on a soft cloth/towel. Works wonders. Afterwards, use whatever polish you need. I use it on my 91 Teg and 93 Mercury Tracer lights and you'll see the stuff come off. I dunno what the yellowing is, but it's removable. HTH
For yellowing plastic lights, use nail polish remover with acetone on a soft cloth/towel. Works wonders. Afterwards, use whatever polish you need. I use it on my 91 Teg and 93 Mercury Tracer lights and you'll see the stuff come off. I dunno what the yellowing is, but it's removable. HTH
08-15-2003, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by ThaJazz
For yellowing plastic lights, use nail polish remover with acetone on a soft cloth/towel. Works wonders. Afterwards, use whatever polish you need. I use it on my 91 Teg and 93 Mercury Tracer lights and you'll see the stuff come off. I dunno what the yellowing is, but it's removable. HTH
For yellowing plastic lights, use nail polish remover with acetone on a soft cloth/towel. Works wonders. Afterwards, use whatever polish you need. I use it on my 91 Teg and 93 Mercury Tracer lights and you'll see the stuff come off. I dunno what the yellowing is, but it's removable. HTH
p.s. What did you mean about polishing the lense afterwards. Not sure what to do about that.
08-23-2003, 01:26 AM
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I had exactly the same problem on my car. Just get some plastic polish (I hear metal polish will work too) to polish the film off. I have managed to remove most of the film off of my headlights. It does take some time and muscle to get it off though and I wouldn't say it's perfect. Anyway, it's still been a big improvement for my car.
10-06-2003, 07:21 PM
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I found it easier to just use liquid wax (tan bottle mequires) and a rag, and muscle... easier as in I didn't have to make a trip out to get the materials. Worked pretty well - not flawless but looking better than it did before.
10-11-2003, 08:41 AM
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I here ya man that FL sun is wicked tough. That's probably what caused it to start yellowing in the first place. By where the damage was though, it almost looks like someone could have been buffing the car hood area and overlapped onto the headlight causing it to prematurely wear and start to yellow. I'm pretty sure your headlights are plastic and not sure if it's to good to be buffing it etc. That's just my .02 , I could be completely wrong.
It's good to see an Orlando cat on here though. What kind of mods you got, do you ever go out to Orlando Speed World Dragway?
It's good to see an Orlando cat on here though. What kind of mods you got, do you ever go out to Orlando Speed World Dragway?
10-12-2003, 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by h22avid
I here ya man that FL sun is wicked tough. That's probably what caused it to start yellowing in the first place. By where the damage was though, it almost looks like someone could have been buffing the car hood area and overlapped onto the headlight causing it to prematurely wear and start to yellow. I'm pretty sure your headlights are plastic and not sure if it's to good to be buffing it etc. That's just my .02 , I could be completely wrong.
It's good to see an Orlando cat on here though. What kind of mods you got, do you ever go out to Orlando Speed World Dragway?
I here ya man that FL sun is wicked tough. That's probably what caused it to start yellowing in the first place. By where the damage was though, it almost looks like someone could have been buffing the car hood area and overlapped onto the headlight causing it to prematurely wear and start to yellow. I'm pretty sure your headlights are plastic and not sure if it's to good to be buffing it etc. That's just my .02 , I could be completely wrong.
It's good to see an Orlando cat on here though. What kind of mods you got, do you ever go out to Orlando Speed World Dragway?