HOW-to: Properly fix Faded Headlights
01-29-2017, 08:11 PM
#22
Unfortunately this is something you'll have to keep redoing periodically once the plastic lens suffers UV damage. The factory coating deteriorates and cannot be replaced. Good info as most of us have had to deal with this issue. The best fix is to replace but it can get costly unless you choose aftermarket lights.
06-04-2017, 02:55 PM
#23
Collision Journeyman
5. After your headlight is fully dry Take your Meguires Scratch X 2.0 and either rub it on with your fingers or put is on a rag or something and rub some on.
6. Now take your polisher and set it to a medium speed and start working your way up and down over the headlight polishing the hell out of it. Get the pad inside the edges of the headlight and around the bezel, this helps keep compound out of places you can't get to when it's dry. Keep polishing till the compound is completely gone.
Be careful not to keep it in one place for too long or you can melt your headlight a little!
7. Now take a shop rage and wipe all the residue off the headlamp and proceed to step 8.
8. Now do the same thing as step 7 except use your 3M rubbing compound, literally the same thing as step 7.
9. Now after your have used your shop rag and got all the residue off your headlight and your bezels and stuff, take the teflon spray wax and spray some onto a shop rag and rub it on to the head light. Now use your polisher again and polish the hell out of it same steps as 7 and 8.
10. Wipe the left over wax off and rub the headlight with a shop rag to get any streaks out and you are done.
1 Clear headlight!
Now do the same thing to the other side and you're DONE!
Any questions post em up and I'll help you out.
The pictures don't even show close to the full effect, they are so clear it's great, they look brand new. I can't wait to take the truck out tonight and see how much more light I have. That's the main reason I did it, my headlights were so dim.
6. Now take your polisher and set it to a medium speed and start working your way up and down over the headlight polishing the hell out of it. Get the pad inside the edges of the headlight and around the bezel, this helps keep compound out of places you can't get to when it's dry. Keep polishing till the compound is completely gone.
Be careful not to keep it in one place for too long or you can melt your headlight a little!
7. Now take a shop rage and wipe all the residue off the headlamp and proceed to step 8.
8. Now do the same thing as step 7 except use your 3M rubbing compound, literally the same thing as step 7.
9. Now after your have used your shop rag and got all the residue off your headlight and your bezels and stuff, take the teflon spray wax and spray some onto a shop rag and rub it on to the head light. Now use your polisher again and polish the hell out of it same steps as 7 and 8.
10. Wipe the left over wax off and rub the headlight with a shop rag to get any streaks out and you are done.
1 Clear headlight!
Now do the same thing to the other side and you're DONE!
Any questions post em up and I'll help you out.
The pictures don't even show close to the full effect, they are so clear it's great, they look brand new. I can't wait to take the truck out tonight and see how much more light I have. That's the main reason I did it, my headlights were so dim.