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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 200698-02 Accord Headlight lenses
Anyone else have (essentially) a clearcoat failure on the outer surface of the headlight lense? i washed the car and thought I hadn't got som bug smear off and upon looking closer it looks like there is some skin on the lense that is degrading and flaking off on the outside. Any ideas? Kevin The old lenses that sat out in the sun got cataracts. Saw a few peeling but these are on very old cars. But NAPA carries new ones for $155:. http://www.napaonline.com/masterpages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=BK&Part Number=3804377&Description=Headlight+Signal+Assy+-+Left > Anyone else have (essentially) a clearcoat failure on the outer surface > of the headlight lense? i washed the car and thought I hadn't got som [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kevin > Anyone else have (essentially) a clearcoat failure on the outer surface > of the headlight lense? i washed the car and thought I hadn't got som > bug smear off and upon looking closer it looks like there is some skin > on the lense that is degrading and flaking off on the outside. Any > ideas? There is in fact a skin. It's the federally-mandated anti-abrasion epoxy that all plastic headlamp lenses must have. The skin appears to break down with exposure to sunlight. Not one of the NHTSA's better ideas. There are kits available for polishing up the cloudy ones, but if yours is one of those actually peeling off, there is no cure but replacement.  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Yeah, peeling apparently. Looks cloudy, but when rubbing/sliding my fingernail from cloudy to clear areas i can feel and edge where my nail gets hung. Not so in the reverse direction. Never knew about this. Very stupid at first glance. Oh, FYI...that's a 1998 Accord I'm talking about. Kevin > There is in fact a skin. It's the federally-mandated anti-abrasion epoxy > that all plastic headlamp lenses must have. The skin appears to break down > with exposure to sunlight. Not one of the NHTSA's better ideas. > > There are kits available for polishing up the cloudy ones, but if yours is > one of those actually peeling off, there is no cure but replacement. I have a similar issue on my 99 Accord - had one of the headlamps replaced about a year ago, so its lens is nice, clear and shiny, but the other one is noticeably cloudy. I was planning to try Mother's Plastic Polish on one of the ball-shaped polishing tools that fit into the chuck of an electric drill. Are the specialized kits a better idea? Dave >> There is in fact a skin. It's the federally-mandated anti-abrasion >> epoxy that all plastic headlamp lenses must have. The skin appears to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ball-shaped polishing tools that fit into the chuck of an electric > drill. Are the specialized kits a better idea? I understand they are, but have no personal experience with either. SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ So, what's the difference between cloudy and peeling? Sounds the same if both cases are external conditions of the lense. If they are different then we are to assume that the skin can cloud before it peels. true or not? KL > So, what's the difference between cloudy and peeling? Sounds the same > if both cases are external conditions of the lense. The discoloration means the coating is becoming optically poor, but is still intact. If not too bad, the discoloration may be buffed out. If the coating is *peeling off* on the other hand, then it's outright missing in spots. I guess you could buff up what's left, but I don't know how the unprotected plastic on the peeled spots would behave over time. > If they are > different then we are to assume that the skin can cloud before it > peels. true or not? Most of what I've seen on plastic headlights is cloudiness and yellowing. The peeling thing seems to be relatively rare. Take a walk through a shopping mall parking lot on a Saturday afternoon and you'll see the same thing I see. SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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