Sunday, April 20, 2008

Anyone Can Clean their Car, but What About those Cloudy, Yellow Headlights?

by David Maillie


It is a very common occurence. We see then every day. Its like a
disease - yellow, cloudy headlight lenses. I even saw them on cars at
the local carwash. It befuddled me that these people would take such
great care - washing, vacuuming the interior, removing the floor mats
and even hand drying their cars, but they still had those yellowed,
cloudy headlights. Its not just a problem on old, very used cars. It is
prevalent on 2 - 3 year old cars also. It doesnt matter if it is a
Dodge, Ford, Mercedes, or a Porsche.

When questioned, most said they couldnt afford, or didnt want
to pay the high prices of replacements from their local auto dealer.
The average price for a pair of replacement plastic headlights at local
auto dealerships was around $450 - that didnt even include installation
and alignment (that would be another $60-120). Aftermarket headlights
do exist, but have received mixed reviews, and the savings arent that
great, quality and fit is lagging, and then you still had to have them
installed and aligned. And for what so you can do it again in another
year or two?

There is another solution, there is a patented headlight
cleaner and restorer kit. Its under $20, much less expensive than
replacement lenses, and it works!

Plastic headlight lenses are the norm in the automotive
industry now - every car has them. Some have fancy names like plexan
and Lexan, but they all have the same problems. The sun, acid rain,
harsh weather conditions, chemicals (brake fluid, power steering fluid,
hot radiator fluids, hot water, harsh cleaners, etc...) will all cause
the plastic lenses to degrade and weaken quickly. Some manufacturers
have gone to including a protective film on the lenses. Regardless,
they are all susceptible to this weakening and yellowing over time.

With this headlight cleaner and restorer even junk yard car
lenses have been restored to brand new. These same lenses used to be
discarded and now have become new profit centers for salvage yards all
over. The treatment is applied to the exterior of the headlight lens
where the damage is worst and it doesnt take a mechanic to do it.

It is easy to do, doesnt take very long, and the results are
fantastic. So there is a very economic solution to the problem of
yellow, cloudy, worn headlights. Theres no excuse now to not have
sparkling clean headlights. Car dealerships everywhere are using
headlight cleaner and restorer on their cars and you can too.

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