Anyone have a good passenger side headlamp?

UltimateSVT

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Guys, my passenger side headlamp has slowly started to get crappy. I've restored this headlamp 3 times since I've owned the car & the last time I restored it, the haze barely came off. Most of it is on the inside. That being said, I've got a couple headlamps in my sights but they're too expensive. My driver's side is very nice so I have no need for one. Just the passenger. Please pm me or email me if you have one you can ship to me for a decent price. Thanks.

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This picture shows the headlamp in it's best shape. This is the best it can look.

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I've never seen that before, I've seen stress fractures from heating and cooling of the lens.
Have you put a cloth or anything on something like the eraser end of a pencil to see if the inside wipes clean?
The reason I ask is a guy that works for me had his mother come visit this past Christmas, she has a 97 and both headlights looked like that. I clean up the outside with no luck, pulled the headlight out and sure enough it was on the inside. I ended up pulling the lens apart.. cuz I can do them pretty quick now. Turns out it was salt, yes I tasted it. Both vent tubes were missing from both lights. I cleaned them up and put them back together with new vent tubes.
She lives in Miami, the only thing I can think of is it was from condensation. I remember when I lived in Sarasota and Bradenton, my windows looked like that almost every morning.
Just a thought.
 
Well, I always noticed yellowing on the inside of the lens since I bought the car. Restoring the lens always helped but it's just fried from years under the sun I guess. Due to the mileage & the story behind this car. It sat for years outside the house under the sun. When I went to their house to pick up the tittle, I noticed the car was parked facing west.
 
I'd offer you my old passenger side Gen2 headlight.. it was a new replacement, but something went wrong with it and the lense is all cracked up somehow
 

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