Recommended products for cloudy headlight lenses? (vehicles, auto, best, cost)

[sterlinggirl]

One of my vehicles from the mid 90s has plastic headlight lenses that have clouded and turned yellow over time. I've seen a kit that uses chemicals at the auto parts store for $20, but have heard of others that use some type of buffing compound and a drill to remove the top layer of plastic.

Has anybody tried this and been really impressed with a particular product?

[GTOlover]

here this wiki-how should you help find the best way
How to Repair Oxidized Cloudy Headlights with a Headlight Cleaner - wikiHow
Things You'll Need:
Clean rag or towel
Bucket of soapy water
Latex gloves--to protect those with sensitive skin
tape--to mask headlight to prevent damage to surrounding paint job
A plastic lens cleaner or soap and water
A polish/compound--preferably plastic polish designed for plastic
At least (4) grades of wet/dry finishing paper--600, 1200, 2000, & 2500 grit - this is dependent upon the severity of the oxidation (some lenses will only require 2500 or 2000 grit sandpaper - and make sure the sandpaper is marked for wet/dry use)
Sanding block or soft hand pad--keeps sandpaper moist and is very flexible (suitable for today's headlight designs)
High quality shop towels
car wax or similar

[Steve_TN]

I'd give this a try. Reputable name in car care products!

Amazon.com: Meguiars Professional Headlight Restoration Kit - Comes with Extra 10 Ounce Bottle of Plastx Plastic Cleaner and Polish: Automotive

[getmeoutofhere]

I used Meguiar's PLastX with excellent results.

[Lux Hauler]

I used the Turtle Wax headlamp "restoration" kit from the chain auto parts store... it worked as well as I expected it to. The nice thing with these kits is that they give you enough material to do a dozen or so "restorations".

[MisterNY]

Exactly what GTOlover said. It won't cost as much as those other products.

Originally Posted by GTOlover

here this wiki-how should you help find the best way
How to Repair Oxidized Cloudy Headlights with a Headlight Cleaner - wikiHow
Things You'll Need:
Clean rag or towel
Bucket of soapy water
Latex gloves--to protect those with sensitive skin
tape--to mask headlight to prevent damage to surrounding paint job
A plastic lens cleaner or soap and water
A polish/compound--preferably plastic polish designed for plastic
At least (4) grades of wet/dry finishing paper--600, 1200, 2000, & 2500 grit - this is dependent upon the severity of the oxidation (some lenses will only require 2500 or 2000 grit sandpaper - and make sure the sandpaper is marked for wet/dry use)
Sanding block or soft hand pad--keeps sandpaper moist and is very flexible (suitable for today's headlight designs)
High quality shop towels
car wax or similar

[TheViking85]

Used some a Mothers Headlight cleaner, think it was about $8, and will probably last at least 10 treatments (I applied it 4 times on each light), it got rid of the oxidization, but if you're headlights are severely worn, you'll need to polish them with sandpaper, as GTOlover said. If they're only oxidized though, the kit I got would deal with it.

[las vegas drunk]

I bought this and it worked perfectly....

Headlight Lens Cleaner Restoration Kit New Years Sale : eBay Motors (item 140373353204 end time Feb-09-10 11:51:35 PST) (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140373353204&viewitem= - broken link)

Everyone is now flashing their lights at me LOL!!!

[car54]

Anybody know anything about this outfit? It seems to be a franchise operation with locations around the country.

Headling Relensing | Headlight Restoration | Doctor Headlight

They claim to "relens" headlights rather than clean them....watch the video and say if you think it's legit.

[golfgod]

I bought a small (6-8 oz.), yellow bottle of plastic polishing compound at my local Wal-Mart for about $1.00! It worked well on both of our cars and is a really excellen "fine" polishing compound. It may have even said "headlight lenses) on the package.