How do you clean cloudy headlights?
Just as spectacles and sunglasses need regular cleaning, so do your car’s headlights. Cleaning cloudy headlights is a task faced by all motorists and is important for safety. Automakers once fitted their cars with glass headlights, since there was no viable alternative at the time. Glass headlights, however, proved impractical because of their weight and their limitations in size and shape. Today, the most practical and cost-effective alternatives are plastic and polycarbonates. Headlights using these materials are much lighter and more aerodynamic, and can be molded in multiple shapes and sizes. Of course, one drawback is that plastic and polycarbonates expand with heat, being porous in nature. Expansion of the pores due to sunlight exposure and heat emitted by headlight bulbs attracts road debris and dust that, over time, causes a yellowish, oxidized film over the headlights, making them cloudy and ineffective. But all is not lost. Your headlights can be cleaned. Step 1 Purchase your