a few years back, the altima had an accident and i had to replace most of the front end. Included in this was one of the headlights. I noticed a few days afterward, that there were little water drop in it, but i didn't say anything because the repair took long enough. Now its turned a yellowish color. What the crap is up with that? Is it oxidation that i can just take off with that Flitz (as seen on TV) or something else, or did it ruin the whole headlight? I was thinking about just putting some SilverStars in it so it will shine brighter and also getting some new rubber boots for around the bulbs in case they are bad. What should i do?
Many times using Plastic polish or even a light polishing compound will remove this hazing / yellowing. If the boot is torn I would replace it but otherwise I wouldn't bother with those. Also I would pull the lamp assembly and inspect the housing for cracks and reseal any with clear silicone. The Silverstars are nice either way but hopefully the other suggestions work so that you can just showoff those bulbs.
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1992 S13 240SX SE Fastback KA24DE 5 spd - Type X Aero & Seibon Carbon Hood & Hatch -soon GT28RS
1993 U13 Altima SE KA24DET 5 spd w/ Nismo LSD - A high hp FWD can be fun (GT30R Turbo inside)
1990 Z32 300ZX VG30DETT 5 spd - 600HP & Very Civilized (working on twin GT28RS turbos)
Still trying to import a 1988 R31 Skyline GTS-R w/ RB20DET-R - only 800 produced (legal under show/display regs)
it is fixed now, i got it fixed when the accident happened, but this stupid head light just reered its ugly head now. What happened that i needed the head light replaced was that my sister ran it through the back of our garage.
a few years back, the altima had an accident and i had to replace most of the front end. Included in this was one of the headlights. I noticed a few days afterward, that there were little water drop in it, but i didn't say anything because the repair took long enough. Now its turned a yellowish color. What the crap is up with that? Is it oxidation that i can just take off with that Flitz (as seen on TV) or something else, or did it ruin the whole headlight? I was thinking about just putting some SilverStars in it so it will shine brighter and also getting some new rubber boots for around the bulbs in case they are bad. What should i do?
this condition is caused when the seal on the headlight is bad....u can remove the headlight and disassemble the unit and clean the glass from the inside and reassemble it..make sure you seal the unit back together with clear
sealer around the edges to prevent happening again...anything over the counter to clean the inside will work.....cleaning the outside or trying to polish the outside will not work....a nissan dealer will tell u to replace it....this is not needed....it takes a bit to take apart and delicate hands are needed so not to break the glass or plastic what every the cover is made of...depending on where the headlight came from .....nissan mexico headlights are sometimes made of glass....yes u can buy these from some companies in the usa but u have to look around....some dealers are only located in ca so check them out if ur wanting to change from plastic to glass headlights..
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