Headlight Restoration

So as I’ve seen being a problem on a lot of older cars not only tundras, my trucks headlights are very yellow. Instead of buying a new set of headlight housing, I was curious if there were any good remedies on fixing this. I have seen a lot on the internet but wasn’t sure if maybe y’all tundra peeps would know anything good. Thanks!

 

I have found that the headlight stuff to polish them doesn't work as good as this stuff.

 

If you have access to a DA and a foam pad this stuff will clean them up to great.

 

How should I apply it??

 

With a Da or random orbital polisher

 

Sorry not familiar with what a DA is... lol

 

After trying a few different products & methods, I replaced the old housings with brand new OEM Toyota housings. I should have done this long ago.

 

These Headlights are 18 years old and I use it on them.

 

So what if I don’t have anything to really buff it with? Like could I do it with a microfiber towel?

 

Just a polisher. If you don't have a random orbital polisher you could probably buy one of the foam things to put in the end of a drill.

 

If just doing it by hand a old sock will work just fine just takes a lot longer. With a polisher it literally takes a couple of minutes.

 

Awesome thanks. Gonna go pick some stuff up right now. I’ll take some before and after pictures and post when I’m done. Thanks man!

 

This is no bullshit.

Get a can of Repel brand bug spray. The can with 40 DEET. Then use it like the other products. But be sparing. You will be shocked how well it works. You'll be even more shocked that you've been spraying the kids down with it and sending them out into the back yard in summer time.

And you'll be all of 5 bucks into it.

Learned of this from some BMW car guys who have been using it for 20+ years.

Yes. I get on this board and talk about new Tundra (I have a 2017). But my daily driver is 1997 T100. Works perfect on the OEM headlight plastic covers.

 

When you arr done be sure to clear coat them.

 

How do I clear coat them?

 

Deet is some nasty stuff. It doesn't surprise me.

 

Yes Sir anytime.

 

Just looked into it and read that the feet actually melts the stuff off of your plastic so I’m not sure if that’s what I’m gonna do but maybe I will.

 

Yup. Essentially that's what the others do too. DEET is just way more concentrated. Hence the warning to be sparing.

 

We used to ride our bikes behind the mosquito truck. How long do I have left on this earth?

 

Did work on these today?

 

3M kit is what I used last week. It was $11 on eBay. I posted pics in the other thread.

 

I just did it right now and it’s too dark to take a picture but just with a microfiber towel it looked wayyy better after about 10 minutes. I’ll post a pic tomorow

 

What did you end up using?

 

So this was my experience w this product. Blown away. Did my mazda 3 and my wife’s Camry. Totally amazed. Just follow instructions.

 

I've used several of those store bought kits over the years on different vehicles and even paid someone to do them once. They always seem to come back hazed in a few months. I decided to just replace the lights on my last truck. Thankfully my Tundra factory lights still look good.

 

I think you're in the afterlife already. We did too when I was young,

@driverdog does the best headlight restorations I've ever seen.

 

One way to keep them from getting yellow is to apply this yearly.

Meguiar's G17804 Keep Clear...

$16 Meguiar's G17804 Keep Clear Headlight Coating - 4 Oz Spray

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4RVVX6?ref=yo_pop_ma_share

 

My 2011 headlights were pretty bad. Bought a restore kit. Driver's side cleaned up nice. Passenger side seems to have it's problems from inside the lense. Considered pulling the lense by baking it in the oven. But I figure it wouldn't last long and kinda hard to justify even trying it. Anyone ever found a replacement lense only? I doubt they would fit very well though.