Autosol - Headlights

[SupaStu]

Hi

I just bought some Autosol Metal Polish (does plastic as well) from Halfords, and used it on my yellowing cloudy Glanza headlights. After a fair bit of elbow grease I managed to clear up about 85% of the crap off of them, the rest is inside, and would have to buy new lights to fix.

Thanks to Alan_D or Trevor, whoever recommended trying this!!

They look far better, almost new!

Forgot to do a before and after pics, dag namit.

Cheers lads.

 

[Mike@TD.co.uk]

thats handy to know!!

 

[Nwimie]

ive done mine twice now and they look so good when there crystal clear i used some abrasive plastic polish :] (cant remember the brand) Well worth a bit of elbow grease and a hour of my time

 

[Greg0r]

i did the same on mine when i first got it

does really bring them up

 

[TomS]

yup cleans them up really well

 

[sussex_gti]

T-cut works for me! Going to try some pompound and a machine polisher this weekend to get them better.

 

[Toddi]

Worked for me.

Cheers

 

[Beaker]

When I autosoled mine, it didnt really make much difference. Did it a couple of times. Bought new headlights and it transformed the looks of the car and made night driving 10000000% better. It was easily the best £110 Ive spent ont the car. Plus I put my old lights on ebay, I said that they had dulled and still got £65 for them. So for £45 I got pristine lights.

 

[Blak_Mamber]

Sounds good. Will have to try as i bought a new tube recently to clean my BOV etc.. cheers mate

 

[markeybhoy]

doesnt using abrasive polish and stuff just scrape and ruin the lens surface?

 

[ryan_v]

very little you wouldnt notice and it would be better than having cloudy lamps

 

[Sigma]

My FTO had the same issue. I used 2000grit wet and dry paper, with G3 Cutting Compound then buffed up with autosol.

Awesome results.

Don't have the issue with the GT, as the quads have all glass lenses.

Tommy

 

[Sound Per4mance VI]

if your polish the lights it will dull again, but if you polish then put some clear coat afterwards they last way longer

 

[MikeN]

I used turtle wax glass polish. It has some effect, they look a lot less yellow now.

 

[GRRRanza]

acrylic polish for headlights

I used "Novus 2" acrylic plastic polish 8oz bottle as recommended by easypaintyourcar.com dvd (via youtube). Its meant for pinball machines and plastic display cases in shops. Got it off ebay. It removed all the yellow fading and looks like new.

Don't bother with novus 1 or 3 they didn't work!!

(FWIW I found the caraudiohelp.com fibreglassing dvds far more informative about paint spraying/finishing than easy paint your car dvd)