Yes — cloudy, yellowed headlights can be restored instead of replaced. At the JustCars studios we remove the UV-baked, hazed layer from the polycarbonate lens in measured stages and polish it back to optical clarity — then protect the fresh surface with headlight PPF at €125 per headlight or €250 for the pair, so the Algarve sun can't repeat the damage.
Headlight lenses are polycarbonate with a factory UV coating — and the Algarve's relentless sun works on that coating year-round until it clouds, yellows and crazes. The cost isn't only cosmetic: a hazed lens scatters the beam, and night vision drops long before the owner notices. On an otherwise well-kept car, foggy headlights also do disproportionate damage to how old the car looks — and to what a buyer offers for it.
“Polishing a headlight is the easy half of the job — the UV coating that protected it from the sun is gone the moment I'm finished, so I won't call the work done until the lens is protected again.”
Final scope and price are confirmed at inspection — these are honest public anchors, not teaser rates.
Quick headlight kits and toothpaste tricks usually treat the symptom, not the cause. Proper restoration removes the degraded layer in measured stages and refines the lens to genuine optical clarity under inspection light — the same discipline our paint correction runs on. We're honest about the limits before starting: damage on the inside of the lens, condensation from a failed seal or deep cracks can't be polished away, and we'll say so instead of selling you a shine that lasts a month.
Polishing removes what was left of the factory UV coating, so an unprotected restored lens starts yellowing again under the first summer. That's why the job ends with protection: headlight PPF at €125 per headlight or €250 for the pair puts a film between the sun and the fresh lens — the same logic as protecting fresh paint. Most clients have it done during a wash or detailing visit; both studios handle it, and free pickup within 15 km applies as always.
In most cases, yes — external UV hazing and yellowing polish out completely. Damage inside the lens, condensation or deep cracks are the exceptions, and we'll tell you honestly before any work starts.
Restoration starts from €125 per headlight; the exact figure depends on how deep the degradation goes and is confirmed after we see the lenses — the assessment is free. Protection afterwards is headlight PPF at €125 per headlight, €250 per pair.
Unprotected — until the sun does its work again, because polishing removes the factory UV coating. With headlight PPF over the restored lens, the film takes the UV instead of the polycarbonate. That's why we treat restoration and protection as one job.
No — moisture inside means a seal or housing problem, which polishing the outside can't reach. We'll diagnose it honestly; sometimes the fix is a reseal at the workshop, sometimes the unit itself.
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