StiggyMac, any progress? I have a similar problem, but I think its on the inside of the headlight cover. Still, I'm curious about how your situation is going.

Thanks.

 

After closer inspection it seems the spidering is on the outside cover.
My original fear was the plastic itself was cracking.
Now after researching issues on other marques, it seems like many manufacturers went with some type of UV coating that is very hard and looks like a laminate. To the point where people who have removed chunks of it when peeling their PPF from them.

Apparently it’s possible to sand it away and just use PPF as the protective layer.
Mine is currently only affected on the edges and covered with PPF. I may leave it for now as I’m really the only one that notices it. (Although i’m a picky *******)

If it gets progressively worse, I’ll have a local headlight specialist work on it.

Bill, your situation might be different if the cracks look like they are on the interior of the cover.

**really can’t type b a s t a r d ? Lol

 

All good news as you don't need to focus on the inside of the lens. It will get worse and it may be worth investing now before it gets to a point of no return. If what Steve did in post 10 isn't and option, follow Jahummer's advice. Not sure why it didn't polish out for you. Mine were similar but cleaned up nice with a little elbow grease.

 

Stiggy, I get it as to being picky. My headlight covers are the same - only I notice but I NOTICE! As with you, for now, the effort and risk of taking the headlight assemblies apart and dealing with the problem is outweighed by the low severity. But it still itches....

 

Mine, especially the driver's side one, have the same spider cracking all around the edges.I have hesitated trying anything yet, because it's only in certain light and at certain angle that it appears bad. If anyone finds and executes an acceptable do it yourself fix, I'd certainly be interested.

 

Mine has had those hairline crazing things since I got it in 2014. I covered the lenses with 10% headlight tint and I'm very happy with the end product.

 

Stiggy, I would encourage you to spend the $100 or so if you can find someone to do it proper as I mentioned in my previous post. Doing so will likely guarantee no further degrading, keeping them looking as new for years to come. Once that coating begins to fail it continues to do so.

 

Looks really good!
Is that your front lawn cause you have a magnificent view, breathtaking! :-)

 

Mother-in-Law's house, about four miles from mine.
It's snowing here right now, so not really much to see presently.

 

This will explain it all and show the proper solution

 

Well huh...... leave some grit for the surface spray to really grab onto. I can see how that'd work. Evidently a good heavy spray also.
I saved that video for later.

 

Yup, that's basically what I did with the SuperV8 which lasted at least until I sold it. Any time it is suggested to buff and wax or replace I always recommend this method.

 

yes these are the products you definitely want to use, they will run you way more than the usual "kit" which i warned against. this is likely to last almost as long as factory (prep aside, the better your working environment the better the result).

also they will give you cancer 10x faster than cigarettes. take the warnings on the can seriously! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isocya...lth_and_safety

 

Right? Put a few drops of super glue on some cotton shoelaces and see what kind of Chemical Warfare spews forth. It'll about knock you on the floor.
That's why the Cyanoacrylates have the the same Cyan as Cyanide.

 

I just saw this as a YouTube Recommended video. This follows on what jahummer posted, but a different product!

 

Yes reconfirms headlight polishing kits don’t work and 2k clearcoat does.

 

We still trying to come up with a solution gee!!!

 

I'm finding that all these polishing kits have focused on headlights with hazing and oxidization problems rather than the UV/clearcoat cracking that we've been trying to solve for.
The search continues for validation of a fix specific to this problem.