skoda superb Tdi V6 2003 - headlight lens going opaque - UV damage? - superbmike

RH headlight is gone quite opaque in recent years - the other headlight which was replaced 7 yrs ago is crystal clear. Skoda mech thought it was UV damage but Skoda regard car as being out of warranty. Replacement parrt is prohibitively expensive (Bi-Xenon headlight!!) Any suggestions.

skoda superb Tdi V6 2003 - headlight lens going opaque - UV damage? - skidpan

Skoda regard car as being out of warranty.

Car is over 7 years old, of course its out of warranty. Did you think Skoda would carry on repairing it forever. When will people accept that older cars break and need repairing and that doing so will cost £££££'s. There is an alternative, buy a new car run it for 3 years (or however long the warranty is) and sell it so that some other poor sod ends up paying for the repairs. My suggestion is get to a scrap yard (or E-Bay) and buy a pair of standard lights and fit them. The other alternative is not to look at the car.
skoda superb Tdi V6 2003 - headlight lens going opaque - UV damage? - bathtub tom

Is it a plastic lens?

Google polishing plastic headlights, what the hell, here you go: bit.ly/LJ64YN

skoda superb Tdi V6 2003 - headlight lens going opaque - UV damage? - Happy Blue!

I have used Megiaurs lens polish- worked pretty well. For a really good job you want a series of sandpapers gettings finer and finer and eventually finishing off with the Megiaurs. Lots of videos on YouTube showing how and what to do.

skoda superb Tdi V6 2003 - headlight lens going opaque - UV damage? - Robin the Technician

Hi,

Try polishing it with good old fashioned 'Duraglit'. It will even fetch a small scrath from a windscreen where the wiper blade has scraped it. I've seen it work on glass and plastic headlights too. Cost is just a few quid - its the elbow work thats the hard bit.

Hope this helps

Robin the Technician - I fix, therefore I am