anyone having volvo headlight fading problems found a way to fix it

How thoughtful of you.









Vendors is down the hall, seventh door on the left.

 

You can go to Autozone or Advance. Over by the silicone, Permatex sells a lens restoring kit for about $10-15 that works good. It has 3 different fine grit sand paper and a polishing paste. It does a pretty good job.

Why pay someone??

 

I've redone my headlights twice on 2 previous Volvo's. After researching it a little here's what I found to bring the covers back to factory standards. Toothpaste mixed with baking soda. Worked both times, cost me an hour for each light and about $3.00 woth of supplies. These recondition kits you buy, and the companies running around that will do it for $50.00 per light, all full of poo poo.

 

The kit takes about 20 minutes. I don't think it's a ripoff. By the time you buy the 3 different sandpapers and make the polishing grit and 2 hours labor, you got more than that in it.

 

Let me rephrase that, my wife did it and I watched football.

 

Yeah, best way to fix it is to buy new assemblies. A bit expensive but they will last another 10 years

 

So $100 for 1hr labor for a guy to come do it on my day off, or I can spend $3 on toothpaste and baking soda, and few more bucks on sandpaper and then 2hrs doing it myself???

I'd spend the $100 as I have better things to do on my day off, plus you are helping and American with a job/business.

 

I got a $16 kit at an auto parts store. Had a 3" buffing pad and some polish. Connect the pad to a drill and polish the haze away. I wouldn't use sandpaper, the plastic is not that thick. Cleaned the pad off using dish soap and let it dry. Good as new and plenty of polish left for dozens of headlights. 10 minute job including cleaning the pad.

 

Under $20 at Walmart 3m kit comes with attachment for your drill and several different grits of sandpaper, by far the most complete kit I could find, if I remember correctly 300. 500. And 800 wet AND a foam buffing disc, a polish and a protectant. By far the best kit available and if you take the time to read the directions and follow them it will make your lights like new... IF you follow the directions.