How do you get the plastic cover off headlights to clean the inside i have a 92 topaz?

Answer 1

They don't come off. If the lens are yellowed, then the best to do is replace them. The cost for these model's is around $ 100 bucks each, I don't know why so expensive, but try and find a deal somewhere. On a Crown Vic. they cost only $ 45. bucks each. Some might tell you to buy the compound and clean them, you can, but nothing works better than new ones. What I did, bought after market 55 watt. and installed them on the bumper, aligned them with the head lite. and wow, you can see where u r going. Total cost $ 60.00

Good Luck.

Now that's not totally true. Headlight lenses are secured using a strong adhesive. I havent tried this but I have seen people take there headlights completely out and and put them in a oven to heat the glue, and therefore make it loose enough to pull the plastic peice off. Im sure you can acheive the same thing with a heat gun.. Now If you think that it is to much of an involed process there is a way to clean the outside lense and actually be proud of the look. Oriley's sells a kit that attaches to any drill. It runs roughly 20$ but in my opion is worth every penny. This kit comes with a 500 grit, 800 grit, and 3000 grit sand paper. You start with the 500 grit sandpaper which will sand the outside of your headlights( do not worry it prolly takes less than a millimeter of plastic off the headlight). After that work with the 800 grit sandpaper. This will help to smooth out the what the 500 grit sandpaper left behind. Next will be the 3000 grit sandpaper. This will really polish the headlights and will be the last sanding step in the process. The headlights will look pretty good, but pretty good is not what were aiming for. Inside the kit there will be a soft pad and a solution of 3M. Apply this to the soft orange pad, attach it to the drill, and begin polishing the headlights to an even finer and clearer look. This last part will really make a world of difference in the end result. The whole process took me approx 45 mins at most.. The more time you spend on each step the better the results. I was able to take 10 year old headlights and make them look factory new and not only that visabillity, while somewhat minute, was improved. Save your money and give this kit a try. I can almost garuntee you will be imprssed with your results and will be glad that you did not invest extra money into new headlights.