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Hi all.
Went out to my car last night n driving home thought a mainbeam bulb had gone so had alook. Bulb ok but headlight lens was a milky white colour! Not condensation just looked like someone had used a solvent on it to clean it. Also the protector was broken. If something has hit the light could it have caused the light lens to discolour like this?
Is it fixable or will I need to replace the headlight unit.
BTW its a 2004 polo with the bug eye headlights.

Cheers

If I were you I would take the front bumper off (loads of screws but easy enough). Then you can unscrew the light assembly and unplug it to take it off the car. Have a good look over it all including the seals all around the light assembly. If there's anything broken or cracked I would get a new assembly from a scrappy. See if there's anything wrong with the seal and if there is see if you can re-seal it.

Piece of p**s to remove the headlight unit.

Remove the front grill, take teh screws out from inside the front arches and under the front corners. Unclip the end grill/trim and take out the screw behinf each then pull the bumper off the car.
The headlight unuts are held in with 4 (IIRC) easily accessible screws.
They're all torx type...

It may well be that the bulb wasn't clipped in properly and has melted something - would explain the dodgy projector and the clouded lens, but once it's out you'll be able to check it over and investigate.
£114 inc. VAT for a new unit from VW. (Can you tell I've been through this recently?!)