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09-30-2015, 07:25 AM | #1 |
Drives: 2013 Yaris LE 5Dr Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: United States
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09 with yellow/foggy headlights
My wife's 09 Yaris 5dr is always parked outside and we don't wash/wax like we should and the headlamps are getting less effective. I've just replaced the bulbs with new ones, hoping it was that, but it's definitely the yellow/foggyness on the headlamps.
I've polished my headlamps before on other cars, and no matter what I did, about a year later it always came back, even when regularly applying protectant. I'm thinking of ordering the LED foglights I've seen here, hoping they would compensate, but I might instead just buy new headlamps from online or something. What have you done? Any advice for someone without a lot of time free?
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09-30-2015, 10:05 AM | #2 |
Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008
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Seen it?
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53750 I think, short of sanding down and applying a fresh coat of clear, shelf products will give you a year max before needing to go at them again.
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09-30-2015, 07:29 PM | #3 |
Drives: Sedan 07 Join Date: Oct 2012
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^this. minus applying a coat of clear.
Sand them down with 800 Grit, then 1000, then 2500 or 4000 (don't go lower than 2500 for the last sand down) hand polish using a hand-type rubbing compound. (safer than buffing machine + machine rubbing compound IMO). VOILA! it should last you a good 2 years at the least. don't use any sort of protectant. if it doesnt, it means that youre headlights are exposed to good amount of UV rays--be it the sun or from the HID bulbs. |
10-06-2015, 09:55 PM | #4 |
Drives: 09 yrs Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SC
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I just wet sand with 2,000 grit and buff it out with an orbital polisher using Mothers compound and finisher. Comes out clear as glass.
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