"Clouded" headlight

[adelaide paul]

One of the headlights on my VX Acclaim has a cloudy appearance
So far, I've been unable to remove it, any thoughts/ideas?
Thanks
Paul

 

[accentstencil]

Is the cloudiness on the inside or outside?

 

[adelaide paul]

It appears to be on the outside although I'm not totally sure

 

[SMIT]

Ive heard of a few ways to remove this:

1. Cutting Compound like Scratch X, just use it like you would on paint (I've Done it this way and it work quite well)

2. A very fine grit sandpaper (Maybe 2000 grit? i don't know)

 

[accentstencil]

Car polish gets good results on plastic.

 

[adamc11]

Try and polish it off. My headlights are sort of stuffed (from the car bra i think)... sort of has a cloudy appearance and i think the bra has removed a thin film from the headlights... polish has helped it but not totally fixed it.

 

[evil_monkey]

sun sand and stones buggers the plastic up

gone are the good old days of glass headlights

 

[lout]

I polished mine every week for a year. It starts to get expensive, just replace it

 

[hitman1979]

super cheap have a product called headlight restorer it comes in a kit, not sure how much it is but i seen it there yesterday.

cheers
Ben

 

[adelaide paul]

I bought the headlight restorer from Supercheap ($28)

It comes with 4 grades of wet and dry (1000, 1500, 2000 and 2500 grit)
Fortunately my headlight didn't have any scratches, so I was able to start with the 2000 grit followed by 2500 and a few applications of the liquid polish
Very happy with the result and will be interested to see how long it lasts

Thanks for your advice, especially Ben

Regards
Paul