How to avoid cloudy signal lights and restore their clarity?

Not every vehicle enthusiast takes good care of the signal light for car. This leads to poor quality lighting at night because dim signal lights scatter light around instead of concentrating it in a specific direction. This can lead to undesirable consequences on the road. In addition, if you do not take care of your headlights, their service life will decrease.

Causes of yellow headlights

Dim headlights and yellowness are the result of various detergents in car repair shops. The cause may also be sand that is sprinkled on icy roads. Not all drivers, having noticed sand on their signal lights for cars, immediately try to clean them. In addition, if they do this, they take the first rag they come across, without thinking about the fact that they can scratch their surface. And if this happens systematically, then a deterioration in the quality of headlight lighting is guaranteed.

Rules for cleaning car headlights

Of course, the best option would be to have your front turn signals cleaned at a prestigious car service center. But wanting to save money, many car owners do it themselves. To ensure high-quality and effective cleaning of signal lights, you must follow some rules.

Before you start cleaning with special detergents, the headlights should be washed of dirt and dust. After the cleaning agent has been applied to the surface of the headlights, you should not wait long, otherwise, prolonged contact of the car turn light with the active agent may harm them. Initially, you need to apply the detergent to the front of the fender and head towards the trunk. Moving to the other side of the car, the process of applying detergent near the radiator grille is completed.

The foam is washed off in the same sequence, starting with the headlights. Next, you need to remove static contamination. Washing headlights should be done using washcloths that have large pores. They will retain abrasive particles inside and prevent damage to the surface of the headlights and plastic parts.

Eliminating yellowish car headlights

To remove yellowness from car turn lights, you need to use specialized products that will not damage their surface. There are special kits that allow you to remove yellowness. But you need to use detergents only after thoroughly cleaning the headlights from dirt and dust and then drying them.

Let's consider the procedure for using special products for washing and eliminating yellowness: 

• A little product should be applied to viscose material.

• If more problematic areas are detected, the applied product should be left for several minutes.

• Then the material used is turned back and the applied detergent is removed.

• After cleaning and drying, you can already use a product that removes the yellowness of car turning lights.

It is very important to adhere to these rules and consistency and then the desired result can be achieved.

Polishing car signal lights

Not all vehicle owners can effectively polish their car turn signal lights. It is better to do this at a car service center. But if you decide to polish yourself, then you need to follow a certain order.

Prepare the necessary material for work: a degreaser, paste of different grain sizes, and a polishing machine with wool and foam wheels. Before starting work, you need to glue the adjacent areas of the body to the headlights so as not to damage the varnish. After washing the headlights, they should be degreased.

Next, a manipulation technology is selected depending on the degree of cloudiness and the presence of scratches. If there are a lot of them, then the headlights are treated with a coarser woolen circle, and then with foam rubber. If the clouding is small and there are few scratches, then only foam rubber is possible. The paste is applied to the circle, and then circular movements are performed on the headlight. If necessary, a product is added to the circle and the same is done to the next headlight. By following these simple recommendations, cleaning and polishing the turning lights car will be effective and without damaging the surfaces.