Head Light Lenses

[jfrank]

Our 91 XLT has plastic head light lenses that are totally crazed out. Where would be a good place to order new and how difficult are they to change?

 

[Explorer4u2c]

do you mean like the black out covers or do you mean they are getting kinda yellowish like dull and not clear? I have heard of someone wet sanding headlights, but I'm not sure. hopefully someone else will post too ! !

 

[jimbo74]

jcwhitney has them cheap

 

[jfrank]

Went through the J C Whitney catalog and while they have covers and whole headlight assemblies (at $90 each), it does not appear that they have just the lense.

 

[jimbo74]

well, $90 isnt too bad.... the assembly from ford is like $280 perside!!!! trust me, i have priced them.... you may want to check out try local boneyards

 

[Odman]

I would try some lens polish or some car polish. The "polish" has a hint of abrasion to it. I had a Grand Marquis with that problem and it worked well.

 

[leenjen]

i wetsanded the headlight on my mazda 626. it worked great. first i used 600 grit, then 1200. then some plastic polish and they look like new.

it only took about 30 minutes total.

 

[jfrank]

I tried polish, rubbing compund, rising grits of sandpaper and these units are still fogged. Seems to be milky all the way through. So I think I need new lense units. Besides which on the left side the adjusters are broken.

So where is the best place to get these parts?

 

[leenjen]

you could try a junkyard...

but they might be more than you want to pay for used headlights. also try www.ebay.com
sometimes there are cheap headlight assemblys on there

 

[coolchris]

ya, on ebay they sell the headlight housings for 60 bucks each i believe

 

[spiper]

Do a search for Novus plastic cleaner. Get Novus #2 it'll make your lenses look like new.

 

[cfo20]

lights

The best price I found was here, I think around $50 a piece.

http://www.mrtaillight.com/