R56 Fogged Headlamp Lens
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Fogged Headlamp Lens
I did the standard sand and buff on the lens and it helped a lot, but I can clearly see now that it is fogged form the inside of the lens as well. A part of one lens is showing some spider webbing, sort of. I believe they are bi-Xenon. What are my options? It looks like you buy the base housing and add modules, bulbs from the original? $376 each? Yeowza! 
Thanks for any input!
Thanks for any input!
You can:
a.) purchase new OEM headlight assemblies
b.) purchase used OEM headlight assemblies from a wrecked / parting out vehicle
c.) purchase aftermarket HID-rated highlight assemblies.
The fog / haze is from UV degradation which cannot be reversed.
The spider-web cracking is known as "crazing":
- Erik
a.) purchase new OEM headlight assemblies
b.) purchase used OEM headlight assemblies from a wrecked / parting out vehicle
c.) purchase aftermarket HID-rated highlight assemblies.
The fog / haze is from UV degradation which cannot be reversed.
The spider-web cracking is known as "crazing":
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Crazing is a phenomenon that frequently precedes fracture in some glassy thermoplastic polymers. Crazing occurs in regions of high hydrostatic tension, or in regions of very localized yielding, which leads to the formation of interpenetrating microvoids and small fibrils. If an applied tensile load is sufficient, these bridges elongate and break, causing the microvoids to grow and coalesce; as microvoids coalesce, cracks begin to form.
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