Headlight plastic

[Tony500]

My headlights have seen better days, looks like crazy pathing with the internal cracks on the lens.
Can I buy just the outer plastic cover/lens?

[Model flyer]

Originally Posted by Tony500

My headlights have seen better days, looks like crazy pathing with the internal cracks on the lens.
Can I buy just the outer plastic cover/lens?

Hi I dont think the lens is available separately .Is the lens definitely cracked or is it the laquer coating that's cracked ? It usually the laquer coating that fails after a few years. It can be repaired to as new for a few pounds. You can see demo videos on YouTube but some are really bad put on by idiots . Proper repair is to remove laquer by rubbing down with wet and dry 280 grit ,used wet. Then using gradually finer paper work down to 800 or 1000 grit used wet. The lens should now have a milky look when dry and go clear when wet. You now spray the lens with two pack clear laquer . You may find a local car body shop who can do this for you at reasonable cost. The new laquer will have to be polished after a few days of curing . Two pack laquer will have UV stabilization in it to protect the poly carbonate lens. I did this on a Porsche a couple of months ago and saved owner £100's . There are companies that do this but make sure they know what their doing and ask to see work. Don't waste you time or money having them polished as they will just go brown and cloudy in a few months.

[Tony500]

Originally Posted by Model flyer

Hi I dont think the lens is available separately .Is the lens definitely cracked or is it the laquer coating that's cracked ? It usually the laquer coating that fails after a few years. It can be repaired to as new for a few pounds. You can see demo videos on YouTube but some are really bad put on by idiots . Proper repair is to remove laquer by rubbing down with wet and dry 280 grit ,used wet. Then using gradually finer paper work down to 800 or 1000 grit used wet. The lens should now have a milky look when dry and go clear when wet. You now spray the lens with two pack clear laquer . You may find a local car body shop who can do this for you at reasonable cost. The new laquer will have to be polished after a few days of curing . Two pack laquer will have UV stabilization in it to protect the poly carbonate lens. I did this on a Porsche a couple of months ago and saved owner £100's . There are companies that do this but make sure they know what their doing and ask to see work. Don't waste you time or money having them polished as they will just go brown and cloudy in a few months.

280 grit? I thought that would be too harsh. I started at 800 and was there for an hour going threw the grades and still no difference.
I might give it another try when the better weather comes in.... that’s the only thing that’s letting the car down

[PEGE63]

I machine polished the car late last year and had a go at the headlights and the result was excellent, still some minor chips on them but the mild 'milkiness' is all gone. Used Meguiars Ultra Finishing polish. Did tail lights too and they look like new.

[PhilJ82]

800 grit wet and dry rubbing horizontally
1000 grit wet and dry rubbing vertically
1200 grit wet and dry rubbing horizontally
Polish using Autosol metal polish (couldn’t find anything else at the time)

Took 30 mins per side and cost less than £10

Don’t panic when the lenses turn a milky white colour, just keep going. The polish sorts them out.