hey guys- just read the thread below, and thought id share a tip with yas. i stumbled on it by accident. i had the typical yellow headlight problem, and let it get realy bad before attempting to fix. the earlier thread on this worked great, but i made an interesting discovery. i had cut the small writing off of the bottom of a fpv sticker (clear background) the small writing 'ford performance vehicles' and stuck it on the bottom of one headlight. when i removed this to buff the yellow off the headlight, i found that the plastic underneath was not yellow at all! so after i had polished them clear again, i went to my local sign writer and bought some commercial clear contact, stuck it on and trimmed to size. there is no hint of yellow after 2 years. if anyone has a problem with yellow returning after polishing, this may help. sorry if youz already know this, but i hadnt seen it anywhere before.

It will only work if the clear contact is 'uv-stabilised', meaning that ultraviolet light (from the sun) will not affect it.

Good tip though! I will do this after i polish my headlights again!

yeah next time im in Kmart ill ask the shelf stacker for some UV stabilised contact......how blank will the response be?

I think its a great idea even though some take the piss out of it. Sign writers would use UV stabilized materials as they do make signs that sit in the sun.....

Agreed.
Not much point going to Kmart when stationary suppliers would most likely have a suitable product as well.

Headlight protectors also work very well to reduce UV damage.

what do you expect for $6.50 an hour?

Cheers for the tip man. It's a pain in the a** buffing the lights to as new every 6 months then watching them fade to yellow again. I'll give it a shot. It definately needs to be the commercial stuff then?

yep. dont use the stuff that you would put on your maths book. i found that there were hundreds of little bubbles when you looked close. but they went away after a couple of weeks. you couldnt tell when you looked at the car generally tho.

i dont know why people would pay you out about it. you cant even tell there is anything on the light.

Good tip mate