How to Get Rid of Yellow Headlights and Remove the Haze
Posted on April 12, 2010
Many headlights are made of polycarbonate and unfortunately tend to yellow and get a hazy look to them do to exposure to sunlight. Not only can this be bad from an appearance standpoint, but it can also lessen the effectiveness of your headlights, which isn’t desirable for night drivers. Luckily, this is correctable with a little work on your part.
Per usual, the first thing that anyone must do before a restoration is clean the car. The whole car doesn’t need to be cleaned but make sure that the headlights get wet and scrubbed. Now bust out the sandpaper. If you do a lot of car work, I highly suggest saving some money and buying sandpaper in bulk since you’ll need it often and it’s cheaper this way. Start sanding at about 400 grit and move up sequentially (600, 800, 1000, etc) to about 2000 grit until the haze is gone.
Another option for cloudy headlights is surprisingly white toothpaste. Get a power drill buffer, if you don’t have one go buy one as they’re super handy, spread some white toothpaste on and buff it into the headlight. Really that’s all that needs to be done. By time you’re done sanding or buffing with toothpaste, you should have much cleaner and clearer headlights at your disposal.
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