UV gone on mine
I'm quite sure the UV is gone on my headlight pods as well as being scratched badly by some bozo with aparent sandpaper or steel wool or some such that should have never touched paint nor plastic. Strangely, the paint around the pods is perfect, nary a scratch.
Rick, that looks like an outstanding job on getting your transparency back. The wet sanding idea, wouldn't have tried it myself, glad you did for all of us.
As for a clear coat, I think we'd have to determine what the actual material of the pods is, then find a suitable coating that won't yellow or cloud up. I can't think of any clear-coat body paint product off hand that would not put the plastic's clarity at risk. Possible experimental idea, if you could find a broken pod in a junkyard (since it
should be cheap ) and try some clear products on sections of that. The stuff that instantly screwed it up would be the first crossed off the list! Leaving the test pod out in the weather, I guess we'd have to wait months for the later results.
But on the other hand, that polish job will last quite a while, I'll bet.