This section has info on anything related to headlights, topics are :
Cloudy headlight repair / Leaky Headlight repair
Headlight Switches / Blinking Fog Light Repair

If you have comments please E-mail me at: SPARKPLUGS@MAILCITY.COM .

I came up with a fix for the severely clouded and yellowed headlight lenses on my '91 GT, while waxing my boat. Everyone I spoke with said that I'd need to replace the headlight assemblies to fix the problem.

I figured I had nothing to lose, so I tried polishing the lenses with fiberglass boat cleaner/wax. I used West Marine brand, not sure it really matters, just don't use fiberglass cleaner for heavy oxidation removal (it's too coarse of a polishing compound). A soft cloth, a little polish, and some elbow grease made my headlights look and work like brand new again.

I did this about two months ago and have had no problem with the polish base discoloring or clouding up. If you have this same problem and no other fix for it, give this a try, $8.00 for a lifetime supply of lens polish beats the heck out of the price they want for headlamp assemblies.
... Contributed by Steve W.

If you are getting water & condensation in your plastic headlight assembly & most likely blowing lots of halogen bulbs, it's time to reseal it. Removal of the assembly is not too hard. You must remove the outermost orange side-marker & loosen the inner one. There are 2 nuts on each side-marker to remove. The headlight has 3. You may have to go under the car & reach up to the nuts to get at some. Be careful not to damage the radiator.

Once you have the headlight out carefully pry off the metal bracket that holds the hard black rubber (it's a cosmetic piece only) to the lens. Then clean the assembly out with water. This should also show you where it's leaking from.

Use Outdoor/All weather clear caulking (obviously make sure it adheres to plastic). Put a thin layer where the lens meets the body of the assembly. Keep it thin, press & smooth the caulk with your finger so it will not be noticeable. Let it dry.

Put the metal & rubber bracket back on & install headlight "inside" of the side-markers. Look at the headlight you didn't touch, notice how the rubber is sandwiched between the side-markers.

These cars were built with a week wiring system to power both headlights & the fog lights.
Resulting in fog lights & usually both headlights & fog lights blinking on & off when fog lights are on. Another possibility is that the plastic wire connector to the high-beam switch gets burned & melts & doesn't do you any good.

Fortunately All you need are a few inexpensive items from Radio Shack & and hour to solve this. The easy repair is solved by The Corral Web site (corral.net), it explains this fix in detail with photos & easy instructions. It includes the addition of a relay & will now make it possible to have the fog lights on without having the headlights on, Just remember to shut them off. The Corral is listed in my links page which is full of excellent tech related sites.

I smelled burning plastic & shut off my fog lights. The smell stopped. I filled my high beams on only to break the insides of the highbeam switch. While the harness melted it must of heated an internal switch part which made it weak, & broke internally when I used it.

Problem:
Burning plastic smell, headlights don't work, possible switch cracking internally.

Solution:
Either solve the fog light problem (go to my links section for site with instructions.
Or disconnect & never use the fog lights.

Not sure what a new switch goes for but you can pick one from a junk yard for around $45 .