Lucyinthesky 1 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Anyone know how to clean up the headlight lens covers? Mine have turned slightly foggy. Toothpaste doesn’t work and I am unsure about using commercial brands. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lexus Owners Club 18 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 T-Cut or any other abrasive paint restorer will usually work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucyinthesky 1 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Some moisture on the inside as well. Only solution is replace entire light assembly-very costly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1990LS400 136 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Lucyinthesky said: Some moisture on the inside as well. Only solution is replace entire light assembly-very costly. If the seals between the lenses and the headlight housings are broken and causing leaking, the lenses can often be removed by heating the headlight units in an oven - lots of YouTube videos on that. Then reattach the lenses with an appropriate adhesive. Moisture in headlights can also be caused by their vents getting clogged up - even spiders can do that. Verify that the vents on the headlight units are clear. My favorite headlight lens restoration kit is one from Sylvania - about $20 at stores and online. I've made some really awful looking headlight lenses look like new with these kits. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yesphesn 4 Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 I use windex to clean the headlight covers on my GX. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toni Faye 0 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 I bought some headlight cleaner for about $15.00 on Amazon and it worked great. Enough to do a lot of cars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucyinthesky 1 Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 Thanks Toni and All The lens covers are scratched so polish won't work. Have to replace the entire assembly as they don't sell covers. Expensive deal and I think Lexus is running out of them so I will be faced with about a $3000 bill. Probably not. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harold Walk 2 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 For the outside of the lens, try Maguires lens spray on treatment. You can purchase a cheap $13 lens polishing kit from Harbor Freight, which requires use of a hand drill to polish. Follow with the Maguires, but do so outside --- not in the garage --- because the stuff is potent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bykfixer 48 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 I use the 3m headlight restore kit and Plasti-X to keep it looking like glass for about 6 months. Just reapply Plasti-X about once a season to keep them looking great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick H. 0 Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 On 7/15/2020 at 2:21 PM, Lucyinthesky said: Anyone know how to clean up the headlight lens covers? Mine have turned slightly foggy. Toothpaste doesn’t work and I am unsure about using commercial brands. Thanks Rust-O-Leum (sp.?) and Armor All both have a “Two Step” kit that works remarkably well. It is very simple to use — clean (scrub) the headlight covers with the first cleaning/polishing wipe, then use the second “finishing wipe” to ‘fix’ the shine onto the plastic covers. Both kits run about $12 at Advance Auto or O’Reilly’s outlets, although I imagine that Amazon/Walmart/etc., may have them for less. All the best! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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