My 04 Crossfire has developed deterioation on both headlight lens. I read some of the comments about condensation, but that's not the problem. Mine have become very rough and clouded on the outside. I bought a headlight restoration kit from my Chrysler dealer that included 600, 1000, and 2000 grit paper and a spray sealer. It smoothed out the surface, but the overall lens was still clouded.
Any solutions???

 

3m headlight restorer kit, has gotten a lot of praises. You may have to do it a couple of times though, but be paitent they do clean up.

 

You might check with your local car wash. One of my local ones charges about $35 all inclusive. The kit would cost you about half that alone.

 

Once you've sanded down to 2000 grit you need to polish them out. At that point you've got a very uniform and refined scratch so it should be very easy to do with some plastic polish (like Meguiar's Plast-X) and a clean terry towel.

Meguiar's makes a headlight restoration kit that includes Plast-X and a wool buffing pad that you mount in a drill. The issues people have with it are they try to recondition lenses that are really far gone and/or mount the buffing pad in a cheap (ie low power) cordless drill. I have personally sanded dozens of headlights and then buffed them out with this tool and the lenses look brand spanking new. I know that these same lenses would have challenged the buffing pad and Plast-X without sanding first. You need to make sure you've got a very uniform sanding scratch with the 2000 grit and final buff out is a snap.

 

And then make sure you polish them regularly with a wax/polish with UV protection since that is the major factor in discoloration.