How To Restore Faded, Yellow and Cloudy Headlights

[hewlettdells]

i live in florida too and i have seen brand new cars with faded lights, ive done the buffing procedure and go it clear, it only lasts a couple months down here. I decided to clearcoat the headlights and wet sand to level the clear, since i have done that it seems to be a permanent fix.

[im10pplok]

i restore headlights in Winnipeg for a living.

[DJDevon3]

You say you're located in Stuart. How long would it last before they get hazy again / re-treatment in your area? I'm also in Florida and hazy headlights are an obvious issue. You can't drive down the street without seeing a ton of cars with the issue. A lot of comments here refer to plastic film. Why not include film with the Diamondite system or reference people to a good film product afterwards? Seems that would satisfy most concerns right?

[autogeek]

@DJDevon3

Great question and suggestion, I'll pass it on...

-Mike

[mrjost55]

I heard these polishes remove the factory protective layer that protects the headlights from hazing. So if you do restore your headlights with this system, they will soon go back to being hazy again within a short period of time. I think the only possible solution I've heard of is to apply a clear plastic film so that it can act as a protective barrier.

[autogeek]

@mrjost55 - In order to use the clear plastic films you still have to restore clarity to the lens. If there is a factory protective layer on modern plastic headlights, it's not working very well! Just look at ALL the cars with cloudy headlights. Nothing lasts forever so this kit will solve the problem by restoring clarity so you see at night again. -Mike Phillips

[mrjost55]

@autogeek there is! The cars that have hazy headlights are usually more than 5 years old. After you use this method of restoring the headlamp, it will go back to being hazy in a much shorter period of time that that. I'm not saying don't use it, you just need to protect it afterwards. You can't just leave it open to the elements.

[s3ss1ons]

@mrjost55 This system does protect it from the elements, the last step is a liquid armour which9according to the website) is a polymer that fills in the holes and protects it from U.V. A plastic film will be a much stronger barrier against stone chips etc this is probably just as effective against U.V hazing.

[jawsweaver]

@mrjost55 Nissans and infinities are the worst cars with faded headlights. Al there new ones do it with in a year or 2