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Well I got the usual foggy headlights that most series 1 R33's get and it now looks very noticable.

Pulling the headlamps out looks like a big job, I have washer bottle, cold airbox etc all in the way.

Whats the best way to clean them and stop it from happening again ?

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cleaning them up is easy . polish it with anything . everyone will tell you anyhting from jif to tooth paste . meguairs do a plastic polish called plastx . it works well .

nothing will stop them turning yellow again tho .

cleaning them up is easy . polish it with anything . everyone will tell you anyhting from jif to tooth paste . meguairs do a plastic polish called plastx . it works well .

nothing will stop them turning yellow again tho .

Do you have to pull the whole light out, or can you crack off the lense cover ?

cheers

cleaning them up is easy . polish it with anything . everyone will tell you anyhting from jif to tooth paste . meguairs do a plastic polish called plastx . it works well .

nothing will stop them turning yellow again tho .

How quickly do they discolour again? Is it annoyingly soon after polishing, or do they stay clear for a useful while?

should last at least 12 months before they go cloudy again, but will take a few years for them to get the real ugly yellow

that's interesting...

I thought it was simply moisture on the inside surface of the plastic.

So the clouding must be caused by UV exposure.

Also,my car is garaged and has only been in rain twice in 6 months, and the fogginess is getting worse.

Thanks for the tips, I'll give it a go.

if it is a general cloudyness and discolouration then yes it is caused by UV. if it is just foggy and you can actually see water droplets inside then you have a leak and it is caused by moisture. post up a picture of your light so i can have a look.

I find Brasso works wonders (also awesome removing scratches from DVDs) - just don't get it on your paintwork!

that's why i went with the scratch-x. it is actually a product designed for use on paint so it doesn't matter if it splatters or anything like that. i would just put the woolen buffing bad on the drill, put some scratch-x on the pad, smear it round on the light so it didn't just fly off, then pull the trigger on the drill. took about 5 or 6 seconds per light of actual buffing to get them clear. it would actually take me longer to get all the gear out

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