I'd stop that from happening again? My first guess would be it's from the sun, but the fog light covers have the same haze. Is it just from time, or substandard plastic instead of the usual glass?
2007-09-05 00:19:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mercedes-Benz
the use of plastic is the problem. I have heard polishing them with toothpaste will clear them up as toothpast has a very fine grit to it.
2007-09-05 00:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by bungee 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some times yellowish is old wax. So try hot dish washing soap and water with a nylon scrub pad thing you use at the sink use circular motion. The car guys sometime use toothpaste to polish out the lens. In cases where the cracking is inside the lens replace the Head light assembly. The surface can be sanded and repolished and clear spray also helps. After Ten years there has to be something that make you go to the dealership to buy a new car. Besides Air Bags only Last Ten Years.
2007-09-05 00:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Road debris, like sand and wind and small rocks, they all chip away as well as the sun. This is another way instead of replacing, go to walmart and they'll have an attachment you put on the end of a drill, it has a substance you apply to your headlights/taillights/foglights that will actually brighten them back up. Its only 20 bucks, where as some new headlights are...rather expensive. A good way to stop it, get some headlight covers from your local auto parts store or ebay. Its just a plastic shield, and at night you can just unvelcro it or slide it out, and your headlights look and work just fine. Good luck, hope this helps a bit
2007-09-05 00:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by Otis 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
As Phil mentioned, it is the poor plastic used by MB for light covers in this era. The newer models use a better material that doesn't haze due to the UV light from the sun.
It is NOT a buildup of wax or anything that can be scrubbed off, so don't try removing it.
2007-09-05 01:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by h_charles 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The haze is from a thin plastic coating they put on the lenses during manufacturing to reduce stone chipping. Unfortunately, this plastic ages and yellows after a few years of UV light. There are many repair kits available, but the best one is available from any GM dealership. Their kits are made by 3M and are the only ones approved for GM warranty, so you know it works.
2007-09-05 06:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by shopteacher 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
replace them, in the event that they are plastic covers. as quickly as plastic has weathered that is totally complicated to return them to their unique readability except you already know a thank you to apply a compound agent to buff out the lenses. My step son restored an previous Chevy brand off a 1956 truck. It became into so climate overwhelmed which you will desire to no longer make out the colors. After he finished buffing it out with a definite compound agent, it appeared form new, in spite of the fact that it became into somewhat time eating he pronounced. unsure if that could desire to even paintings in this application in spite of the fact that. i could in basic terms purchase new lenses at a community salvage backyard.
2016-10-18 00:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by favaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to one of the real Mercedes forums ( benzworld.org or mbworld.org or mercedesforum.com or mercedesshop.com ) and you'll find dozens of postings on this subject and good explanations on how to polish lenses.
2007-09-05 07:25:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you suggested, it is a combination of the things you mentioned. The plastics used, condensation, and UV rays. It is unavoidable.
2007-09-05 00:27:15 · answer #8 · answered by 88 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep it in the garage when you can,protect them believe it or not,with a sunscreen.Aluminum polish will bring them back to new.
2007-09-05 01:29:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋