JHZR2
Staff member
Ive been driving my fiancee's integra while she is home for the holidays, and being a nice few past days, I changed the oil (went to pennz Pt from M1 to see how the car likes it) and did some detailing work.
One of the big issues that her car has is that her headlights are very yellow and hazy, from UV or whatnot. While in NAPA the other day, we found two 3m products, #39017 plastic cleaner and 39010 plastic polish. The cleaner explicitly says that it is good for use on headlights, and the polish says that it helps restore optical clarity. Tonight, after washing and waxing, we used this two setp system on her integra (178k miles of headlight use) and my father's toyota previa, which has 203k miles of headlight use. Both are 94 models, and ALL materials that are rubber or plastic on the honda product are in lousier condition than those on the toyota product, including the headlight lenses.
We did both vehicles, and WOW, what a difference! Did the cleaner first, than the polish, per the instructions, and it worked great! The toyota lights were barely yellow, and only slightly hazy, and they leaned up to clear and white. The acura lights were really hazy and yellow, and they cleaned up perfectly - I couldnt have asked better from the much newer units Ive looked at on ebay for potential purchase. The lights on the integra are particularly striking, as the lenses are clear (there are projectors under the lenses on the acura), as opposed to the toyota, which has a design in the headlight lens, like old sealed beams and whatnot used to have.
Stupid me, I didnt take any pictures... But less than 20 minutes, and it worked GREAT!
We will be doing it next on my mother's 97 plymouth breeze, which has some hazing and slight yellowing on the upper half of the lights, as well as on my father's MB, which are generally as hazy and yellow as the toyota's lights were. I will take pics for those...
It amazes me how well this stuff works, we tried the very tiny grit progressive wetsanding method on my father's MB once before, and while it helped, it didnt do that much. The improvement this time was profound, and Im sure that when we do the MB and take comparisson pics, it will be VERY obvious.
So, if you have hazy headlights, give this stuff a try... less than 20 minutes and $20.
Here is a link from amazon that shows both products, just so you know what Im talking about... we got ours at the local NAPA:
http://www.amazon.com/3M-39017-Plastic-Cleaner-8Oz/dp/B0002U268W
JMH
One of the big issues that her car has is that her headlights are very yellow and hazy, from UV or whatnot. While in NAPA the other day, we found two 3m products, #39017 plastic cleaner and 39010 plastic polish. The cleaner explicitly says that it is good for use on headlights, and the polish says that it helps restore optical clarity. Tonight, after washing and waxing, we used this two setp system on her integra (178k miles of headlight use) and my father's toyota previa, which has 203k miles of headlight use. Both are 94 models, and ALL materials that are rubber or plastic on the honda product are in lousier condition than those on the toyota product, including the headlight lenses.
We did both vehicles, and WOW, what a difference! Did the cleaner first, than the polish, per the instructions, and it worked great! The toyota lights were barely yellow, and only slightly hazy, and they leaned up to clear and white. The acura lights were really hazy and yellow, and they cleaned up perfectly - I couldnt have asked better from the much newer units Ive looked at on ebay for potential purchase. The lights on the integra are particularly striking, as the lenses are clear (there are projectors under the lenses on the acura), as opposed to the toyota, which has a design in the headlight lens, like old sealed beams and whatnot used to have.
Stupid me, I didnt take any pictures... But less than 20 minutes, and it worked GREAT!
We will be doing it next on my mother's 97 plymouth breeze, which has some hazing and slight yellowing on the upper half of the lights, as well as on my father's MB, which are generally as hazy and yellow as the toyota's lights were. I will take pics for those...
It amazes me how well this stuff works, we tried the very tiny grit progressive wetsanding method on my father's MB once before, and while it helped, it didnt do that much. The improvement this time was profound, and Im sure that when we do the MB and take comparisson pics, it will be VERY obvious.
So, if you have hazy headlights, give this stuff a try... less than 20 minutes and $20.
Here is a link from amazon that shows both products, just so you know what Im talking about... we got ours at the local NAPA:
http://www.amazon.com/3M-39017-Plastic-Cleaner-8Oz/dp/B0002U268W
JMH
