 headlights yellowing/hazing, why dont they? |
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 Oct 4, 2005 - 7:03 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 26, '03 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
why is it that i have never seen a celica w/ yellowing or hazing in the headlights? this is the only car i have seen that its headlights dont do this. why dont they?
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Oct 4, 2005 - 7:04 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 13, '02 From So Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
i thought only plastic does that?
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Oct 4, 2005 - 7:07 PM
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QUOTE(forkee @ Oct 4, 2005 - 8:04 PM) i thought only plastic does that? [right][snapback]341197[/snapback][/right] bingo -------------------- |
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Oct 4, 2005 - 8:51 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 17, '03 From Bloomington, Indiana Currently Offline Reputation: 62 (98%) |
I'm not sure if thats true, I have seen a celica with yellow as urine headlight lenses
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Oct 4, 2005 - 10:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 20, '04 From Carlisle, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 27 (100%) |
I dunno... unless something might be 'growing' on the inside of the glass, I'm pretty sure it shouldn't turn yellow. Maybe they had something over the lens' to give the light at night a yellow tint?
Ever see older Neon headlights? Cheap plastic that 'cataracts' so badly you can barely see through it. Glass headlights like the celica's on the other hand shouldn't do that. I'd have to assume that plastic is porus compared to glass which would make it absorb something that turns it hazy where as glass might not? I'm not really sure. Just a guess. 
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Oct 4, 2005 - 10:30 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 28, '05 From Redondo Beach, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 86 (100%) |
use a product called plasticX from meguiers or whatever and it solves the problem.
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Oct 4, 2005 - 11:04 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 19, '04 From austin tx Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I have a leak in my drivers side high beam, and its yellowed out because of it.
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Oct 10, 2005 - 9:09 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 29, '05 From Rochester, Massachusetts Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
same here, i have the same leak in my drivers side high beam. my headlight is yellowed out too
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Oct 16, 2005 - 3:53 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 16, '05 From Toronto, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
?? toyota still used glass headlight lenses? i thought they were all plastic or something now?
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