cleaning headlights?
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cleaning headlights?
ive tried detailing, but no one looks in there......do any of you guys know how to clean foggy lookin headlights......my driverside headlight is nice and shinny, but the passanger side headlight is, for some reason, ugly and sun dried lookin.....its a 97 cl and i've tried buffin it, and lime away, neither work though buffing did help a bit!...THANKS GUYS
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no, its really on the outside; i was hoping i didnt make it sound like that in the origional post, buts its on the outside for sure..... its foggy, thats all i can say, and its not moisture! ANY OTHER IDEA'S WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! thanks GUYS!
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you would know it if it was moisture, its sun-dried, or dry rotted, my '90 Ranger is the same way, I took my dads power washer, (a real one, the Home Depot ones) blasted it and the film came off, now I wouldnt do that to my CL, but its an option
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The outside of the lenses on my 98 are very pitted by road debris. If I was not planning on buying a new car soon I would have probably looked into replacing them as I believe it is reducing the light output. It appears that the lenses are plastic, not glass, so I would guess they are more susceptible to being damaged.
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sand paper and Colgate
Hey man, I got your solution. My car was the same way, my passenger side was amber and my driver was crystal clear (had to buy new due to small accident). The unevenness of the headlights was driving me crazy and I even thought about buying a new one from the dealer, $200.00 each. Anyways I figured I might as well try something radical before I shelled out some money. So I bought some 3M 2000 grit sand paper and sanded until my arm was numb. I worked it from left to right making sure that I kept the strokes parallel to the bumper. While sanding the lens use a bucket of diluted car wash liquid (for lubrication). The sandpaper will take out the junk that is stuck on the surface, if you pass your hand over it you will feel bumps (that is were water left some dirt deposits). Sand until you can no longer feel any bumps, to do this wet your hand and the headlight with the car wash solution and check to see were the sanding is needed. While doing this I found out that they looked great while wet, but when they dried they looked a bit scratched. To fix this I used tooth paste, Yes!! Toothpaste. The reason is because it contains micro polishers that clean your teeth, if you get toothpaste and feel it with your fingers you can feel them in it. So you put the toothpaste in the headlight and let it dry, then buff with a cloth. You can add a little bit of the car wash solution to get lubrication. I did it for about 30 minutes, repeating after the toothpaste got too wet, the dryer the better. If you do this you will get rid of the amber and the small scratches from the 2000 grit sandpaper. Let me know how it works out for you, it did wonders for me.
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thats great to hear man, someone else also told me to try sanding, i was just a bit nervous of taking sand paper to the light, but they look so ugly im desperate!! ill try tomorrow and post before after pics! LATER!!!
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