Plastic Headlight Lens Scratched - Ford Forums

01-16-2006, 23:01

I have a 2000 GT and the plastic lens that the headlights shine through have
become scratched over time. Mostly thru road grit, I assume.

Is there a better than stock unit that won't become scratched or at least
last longer?

Thanks,

Dennis

01-17-2006, 04:01

Rather than buying new, try removing the scratches. MicroMesh has kits for
scratch removal; the one below is their cheapest one. They have other kits
for using with drills, with hook and loop, otherwise a little elbow grease
will make things better. I have this kit and cleaned up my gauge lenses with
it, as well as using it on my car's paint.

https://www.micro-surface.com/defaul...khbk&storeid=1

Michel.

"Dennis Hughes" <dvhughes@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I have a 2000 GT and the plastic lens that the headlights shine through
have
> become scratched over time. Mostly thru road grit, I assume.
>
> Is there a better than stock unit that won't become scratched or at least
> last longer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis
>
>

01-17-2006, 05:01

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:20:26 -0500, "MJT" <mjtheriault@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>Rather than buying new, try removing the scratches. MicroMesh has kits for
>scratch removal; the one below is their cheapest one. They have other kits
>for using with drills, with hook and loop, otherwise a little elbow grease
>will make things better. I have this kit and cleaned up my gauge lenses with
>it, as well as using it on my car's paint.
>
>https://www.micro-surface.com/defaul...khbk&storeid=1
>
>Michel.
>
>
>
>"Dennis Hughes" <dvhughes@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>news:YZ%yf.3377$ee6.871@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> I have a 2000 GT and the plastic lens that the headlights shine through
>have
>> become scratched over time. Mostly thru road grit, I assume.
>>
>> Is there a better than stock unit that won't become scratched or at least
>> last longer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>

You beat me to it, but this same company has an acrylic lens restore
kit thats about $3 cheaper than their "hobby kit"

URL is:
https://www.micro-surface.com/defaul...dlgt&storeid=1

hope it helps...

01-17-2006, 23:01

I'll give that a try. Thanks for the lead.

Dennis

"Dennis Hughes" <dvhughes@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:YZ%yf.3377$ee6.871@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>I have a 2000 GT and the plastic lens that the headlights shine through
>have become scratched over time. Mostly thru road grit, I assume.
>
> Is there a better than stock unit that won't become scratched or at least
> last longer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis
>