How Do You Repair Gouged & Chipped Headlight Lenses?
Gouged and chipped headlight lenses can lead to dangerous driving conditions if not repaired in a timely fashion. Over time the plastic lens covering a vehicle’s headlights will become hazy and yellow from age, and scratched, chipped or gouged from rough driving conditions or overly salted highways. No matter how expensive the automobile, or how potent the light, a damaged lens will severely impair your ability to see at night as well as decrease your visibility to other drivers. Luckily, this is an easy problem to fix. Clean the lens completely by first scraping off any heavy road grime with a plastic putty knife and then washing the plastic covering with common dish soap. Rinse with clean water and wipe dry with a clean, dry rag. Rub the lens down with undiluted denatured alcohol. This substance will help clear up the yellowing or haziness of an older lens. Let the alcohol dry for one minute before continuing to the next step. Sand the lens with increasingly higher grits of wet sand
