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Car Forum / Jaguar Cars / May 2008

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Polishing Headlight Lens on 2003 S-Type w/Xenon Lights

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mdp - 07 Apr 2008 03:44 GMT
Lens has what appears to be pitting and has residue building on the top.  At
$1000US a side, would like to try and repair.  Anyone know if this is glass
or a composite like a polycarbonate and what to use to repair it?
David - 03 May 2008 16:26 GMT
I believe it is UV damage to the plastic.  Mine are starting to look
fogged at the top as well.  I have seen this cleaned up on car shows
on TV.  There are any number of cleaners/polishers that can fix this.
Try

http://www.meguiars.com/?clear-plastic-care/PlastX-Clear-Plastic-Cleaner-Polish
or
http://headlightsolution.net/
or
try "headlight UV cleaner" in any search engine.  I have not tried it
yet but I will need to in the near future.  The TV folks all said not
to get this stuff on the paint.  

>Lens has what appears to be pitting and has residue building on the top.  At
>$1000US a side, would like to try and repair.  Anyone know if this is glass
>or a composite like a polycarbonate and what to use to repair it?
mdp - 04 May 2008 17:20 GMT
> I believe it is UV damage to the plastic.  Mine are starting to look
> fogged at the top as well.  I have seen this cleaned up on car shows
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>> if this is glass or a composite like a polycarbonate and what to use
>> to repair it?

Thanks for replying. I found a lot of headlight restoration kits and ended
up trying the following:

http://www.autogeek.net/diamondite-headlight-how-to.html

It only removed about half the residue so after further research I found an
article that recommended using wet/dry sandpaper in grains/in2 of 1000 up to
3000.  I found them here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300220600021

I only spent about 1 hour sanding then reapplied the polishing compounds
using the restoration kit.  That 2-step process did the trick.  Looks
practically brand new again.

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