A pair of lenses restored costs $60 to $150 and takes 30 to 45 minutes. Bulbs and damaged housings are extra and quoted after we look. Woodside is twelve to fifteen minutes from the shop, and Saturday works well if the van cannot come off a job midweek.
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Work vehicles get this problem worse and earlier than family cars, and the reason is simple mileage on rough roads. Sitting behind traffic on chewed-up service road surfaces means constant fine grit hitting the front of the vehicle, and headlight plastic is softer than glass. Over a couple of years the lens surface takes on a matte texture from thousands of small impacts, which scatters light exactly the way oxidation does but is not caused by sun at all.
The treatment is the same either way, and it is a good candidate for a vehicle that cannot afford downtime. We wet-sand the damaged surface off through progressively finer grades, polish the plastic until the beam pattern comes back, and seal it. Forty minutes for a pair, no parts to order, no waiting on anything. Where a lens is pitted deeply enough that sanding would take too much material off, we will say so, and where a bulb is past its useful output we quote replacing it. Aim gets checked at the end, which matters more on a van that sits higher than the cars around it.
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Vans that run the BQE daily are the ones we see with the worst lens surfaces, and there is a second Woodside-specific factor worth knowing. Vehicles parked under the elevated structure along Roosevelt Avenue collect a fine rust-flake grit that settles on every forward-facing surface, and drivers wipe it off dry, which drags the particles across the plastic and leaves a haze of fine scratches. Rinsing before wiping is the free version of prevention. For lenses already scratched, restoration removes the damaged layer entirely, so a van that has been wiped dry for years usually improves more dramatically than the owner expects. Rinse first, wipe second, and the lenses stay clear for longer between visits.
Same service, same price, other Queens neighborhoods:
Same process, yes. Pitting from road grit and yellowing from sun both live in the outer layer of the plastic, and sanding through that layer removes either. The difference is depth: heavy pitting sometimes needs more material taken off, and there is a limit before the lens gets too thin. We will look and tell you whether it is worth doing or whether the assembly is the better spend.
Yes, and combining them is the efficient approach for a work vehicle. We are open 8:00 to 17:30 Monday to Saturday, and lens restoration fits neatly into the safe drive-away time that a windshield needs anyway. Book both together so the bay time is allowed for, particularly on a long van that needs more room.
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