Anyone have to replace their headlights yet??

[MT1083]

Go rent a an 04 V6 Mustang from Avis. $36/day. They'll never know the difference.

Thats pretty funny! I never even thought of that. I bet they would never notice.

 

[streetstang03]

I went by a write-up similar to this and went from this:

To this:

...but I still want to get some new ones. Still nowhere near "brand new" looking.

how long did it take you to clean them up? mine arent that bad, but i have been meaning to do this for a while.

 

[MaxxMundo]

how long did it take you to clean them up? mine arent that bad, but i have been meaning to do this for a while.

I hand sanded them for about 45 mins per light. The next day, I literally could barely move my arm it was so sore. You may not have to do it that long, but I kept seeing little spider cracks I wanted to get out.

If you do decide to sand them, definately remove them from the car. Even double taping the area around the lights, I got some scratches in the paint I had to buff out.

 

[streetstang03]

ya, i planned on taking them out anyways. its not that hard to or too much extra work.

 

[2000 4.6]

Hey guys! I actually went out last night and bought some wet sand paper and wet sanded my lights. I obviously took them off the car first!!


The results were really good. They don't look crystal clear but it certainly made them at least 90% better. I might still be able to polish them some more to make them crystal clear...who knows. All and all, I am happy and probably will hold off on buying new ones.

 

[rjstaaf]

See I think a lot of us were talking about two different problems. My headlight housings have never been on long enough to get oxidized. The problem I have with mine is that they get all fogged up on the inside. This is a common problem and the cause for every one of the headlight housing replacements I have had to do on my GT.

You can see the foggyness on mine, this is on the inside and not the outside.

 

[todd4566]

I recently slapped in new headlights. My stockers looked ok.. the more I buffed them the better they looked. After a little "accident," I had new lights put in. I now wax my headlights too; I'm hoping to squeeze a little more life out of them this time around.