[W126 Coupe] Question about plastic headlights

[Josh Allen]

millerlh at earthlink.net wrote:

>

> I just bought my wife a nice 1999 E320 which has spent its life in 

> FLA. It has 2 issues that I am asking some input on.

>  

> (1)  The plastic head lamp and fog lamp lenses are cloudy, as has 

> happened in other types of cars I have had in the past, American and 

> European. Is there a way to get them clearer again, or do I have to 

> replace them?

>  

> (2)  The left speaker cover at the extreme end of the front dash has a 

> small whole in the grid. A cosmetic issue only, and I assume it is 

> from sun effect. Is that a part that I can replace separately? If so, 

> I assume it would be a good idea to do both sides at the same time.

>  

> Thanks.

>  

> Lou Miller

>  

>  

> millerlh at earthlink.net <mailto:millerlh at earthlink.net>


Lou,

The plastic headlight lenses are fairly easy to polish from what I've 
seen, and some dealers even offer a service to do just that.

For when I need to clean up some lenses, I purchased a couple grades of 
buffing compound from Novus Auto Glass, but I suspect that there are 
other sources that might be easier to access.
One shop that's local to me is Griot's Garage (www.griotsgarage.com) 
<www.griotsgarage.com> and if you search plastic on their page, you'll 
find 3 plastic care products, two single products, and the third being a 
kit of both of the first two, and a couple of polishing cloths.

I'm not sure about the speaker grille, but suspect that doing both would 
be a good idea, as if the first failed due to exposure to the sun's 
influence, the second may be in just as bad of shape.


-Josh Allen