Headlights in the oven? What will they think of next?
Headlights in the OVEN?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: North Port Fl
I've never heard of sticking a headlight in the oven. I don't think it will do any good. My DD is a Dodge Pickup. The headlight lenses were cloudy and yellow. I bought some stuff in a bottle from the auto parts. It's made by Blue Majic, and it called Headlight Lens Restorer. It claims to "Remove Yellowing, Restore Optical Clairity, Improve Visibility and Safety. and Prevent Re-yellowing". It worked for me as advertised.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
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From: Boise
Wow some of you sure are naive.
The point of putting headlights in the oven is to melt the adhesive holding the lense to the body of the headlight. It's not like you leave them in there forever, you aren't going to damage anything.
Back to the OP's post. Simply baking your headlights isn't going to make them bright again. Try wetsanding them...
The point of putting headlights in the oven is to melt the adhesive holding the lense to the body of the headlight. It's not like you leave them in there forever, you aren't going to damage anything.
Back to the OP's post. Simply baking your headlights isn't going to make them bright again. Try wetsanding them...
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: LAND OF OZ Kansas
I had a jeep grand cherokee whose headlights had been badly damaged and hazed from being over-exposed to our Kansas sun, and I used plastic x from meguires to polish the lenses with a 6" polisher, so after polishing for an hour per lens they were good as new. It did took me some work to get them to be clear again though.
Oh, and I also did the same thing to my 1993 bimmer like four years ago, and it also worked. The lenses are somewhat layered after they have been over exposed to the sun and have developed the haze, so if you do my weird method it's just one thing I should point out. I think that happens because the oxidized part of the lens is the first to get polished away, but just my .02 cents.
Oh, and I also did the same thing to my 1993 bimmer like four years ago, and it also worked. The lenses are somewhat layered after they have been over exposed to the sun and have developed the haze, so if you do my weird method it's just one thing I should point out. I think that happens because the oxidized part of the lens is the first to get polished away, but just my .02 cents.
Last edited by damilleniumboy; Mar 24, 2008 at 12:13 AM.
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
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Wow some of you sure are naive.
The point of putting headlights in the oven is to melt the adhesive holding the lense to the body of the headlight. It's not like you leave them in there forever, you aren't going to damage anything.
Back to the OP's post. Simply baking your headlights isn't going to make them bright again. Try wetsanding them...
The point of putting headlights in the oven is to melt the adhesive holding the lense to the body of the headlight. It's not like you leave them in there forever, you aren't going to damage anything.
Back to the OP's post. Simply baking your headlights isn't going to make them bright again. Try wetsanding them...
