HankookS2K

well i dont know. it doesnt look like it could be from no wax or sealant becaues it would oxidize before anything and im not seeing any oxidation....i would guess maybe someone used a cleaner on it and it cracked it like a laquer thinner or something. I used laquer thinner on mine and it looked exactly like that.

Can you feel the cracks with your fingernail? or no?

imnida

Well, some you can feel and some you cant.

GranPrix

Just as I thought it would look like.

Sorry but there's nothing that can fix that, those cracks are deep inside the plastic, almost the same thickness as the plastic lens.

JackS

Just a guess- extreme tempature change maybe. Or could have been a defective part to begin with. Or maybe a little moisture leaked into the headlight and was superheated into steam which caused an expansion thus the cracks.
There is probably a simple explaination.

imnida

Well, anyone in the Chicago area selling their headlights by any chance?
Not sure if I feel like modding a few parts to accustom the AP2's.

GranPrix

There you go, now u have a reason to swap to AP2 headlights!

imnida

Well, seeing how im getting interested in such swap.
Could I request a photo of an AP1 with AP2 headlights?

How good of a fit would this be?
Such as, mounting components and space available without cutting or hacking at my exterior to fit them?

f23power

i did a ap2 headlight conversion on my ap1. it gives it a MUCH more fresher look. fits perfectly. the only thing is the HID ballast that are on the ap1 headlights are bigger than the HID ballast thats on the ap2 headlights. so u need to go to your local hardware store and buy some scrap tin sheet metal to fabricate a mounting bracket for the bigger ballast. the entire conversion took about 2 hours

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INTJ

I thought you were talking abou the finer closely matched lines you get from old age and stress cracking sometimes (or even a crappy 130 W bulb). That definitely looks like a chemical crack.