Yellowy Dull Headlights

[Pag-EK9]

Hi its been driving me up the wall for ages but my headlights on my ek9 seem to have a yellow oily dull tint to them inside the glass (i think)

Anyone know what this **** cud be, i just saw a post with the same problem but was on the outside of the glass not the inside cud this be the same or not?

Pag

 

[Killian]

just buy new set makes big difference to the car

 

[Jokeshopbeard]

I doubt it's inside the glass mate, have you tried following one of the guides on here?

 

[Pag-EK9]

Yeah ive been thinkin about it tbh,

Yeah im going to try using the T-cut glass stuff on them see if that works?

i have seen condensation inside the unit cud that mean the seal has broke?

 

[Bon87]

http://www.ek9.org/forum/interior-exterior/14077-cleaning-lights.html

 

[tommygros]

i used cutting compound on mine brought them out real nice!!

 

[Pag-EK9]

been trying all day to get them nice and clear still it wont shift

could it be possible its on the inside of the unit behind the seal?

 

[Bon87]

Did you even look at my link?

 

[Pag-EK9]

yes i used megs scratch X on the outside of the headlights, theyve cleared slightly but its still an oily yellow from certain angles(most)

how can you clean the inside of the unit?

 

[Wedgie]

Pag is it anything like i had on my headlights?

Clicky

 

[Pag-EK9]

slightly but alot worse

it looks like someone has layered the glass cover of the unit in oil, mostly noticable from side angle views

i used megs scratch X and it did clean it up a bit, mostly nearer the pointier side of the headlight. but by the indicator its still awefull.

ill get some pics up tomoro cuz its 1:30 am here

see what u guys think, im starting to think i may need to clean the inside of the headlight itself any ideas on how i can do this?

Cheers pag

 

[DiRT!]

If there really bad. (hairline cracks) buy a set of used non ctr lights for cheap, and swap the lenses between the two.

 

[Pag-EK9]

Used the bake method someone posted on google to seperate lenses

Worked well i even sprayed the inside chromey bit gloss black

Came up suprisingly good

cheers guys

 

[DV8]

Autosol Works a treat too... Used this on mine by hand and they came out spot on.

 

[Buenrostro_aldo]

Wet sand them with the finest grit sand paper. then apply rubbing compound. then buff the **** out of them!