foggy plastic headlight covers

mudslut79 · Dec 15, 2008

Well im doing this here to help anyone out there that has this problem. I seen this on two guys garage and it works great all you do is get some colgate mint toothpast and a rag. Rub it in good let it sit about 5 minits then remove it works wonders.

Truckin4life · Dec 15, 2008

NICE thanks for the tip!

kustomizingkid · Dec 15, 2008

That works good on lightly fogged headlights.... I have done many sets and have seen some so bad that I had to start with 400 grit!

polarbear · Dec 15, 2008

Yup. Maguire's makes a headlight polish that works pretty well. I want to meet the fidiot that thought plastic headlight covers was a good idea (as opposed to glass).

Lost · Dec 16, 2008

Never had luck with any that last. The salt slime make buffing them a weekly job.

Dirky · Jan 13, 2009

I'll have to try something on the headlights of my 2000...I wonder how well that Mcguires stuff works.

Blade · Jan 13, 2009

another method is using an sos pad and warm water.... make sure its warm water though.. cleans it up right well

polarbear · Jan 14, 2009

Eagle-460 said:
I'll have to try something on the headlights of my 2000...I wonder how well that Mcguires stuff works.

Works great- do it about once a month, takes less than five minutes.

Blade said:
another method is using an sos pad and warm water.... make sure its warm water though.. cleans it up right well

Dang, I'd be careful with that. One trick I have learned for window glass, though, is use very fine steel wool after you've soaped up the windows. Get's all the road crud/bugs off that normal washing doesn't take away. Especially good after a day's mudding.

BKW · Jan 14, 2009

polarbear said:
Yup. Maguire's makes a headlight polish that works pretty well. I want to meet the fidiot that thought plastic headlight covers was a good idea (as opposed to glass).

Plastic lenses are cheaper to make, more profit for the automakers.

Meguiars PlastX doesn't work anywhere near as well as the old standby-tube toothpaste, which I've been using on plastic for over 40 years.

bigdaddyII · Apr 6, 2009

I just did the lights on my Sentra the other day. After trying PlastX and other compounds on them it came down to them having to be sanded. The plastX did a good job on the yellowed lights on my 97 F150, but the Sentra wasnt yellowed, it was cloudy. I even tried toothpaste on the Sentras headlights, and it did do something that the other rubbing compounds didnt do, it got me a bunch of comments on how minty fresh my car smelled LOL.

00BlueOvalRanger · Aug 21, 2009

Flitz!!!!!!!!!!! (And a cotton rag to put it on. . . . paper towels to take it off!)

flareside_thunder · Aug 21, 2009

You could also use rubbing compound and a low speed buffer.

Haelix · Aug 30, 2009

this will be my next project

BKW · Aug 30, 2009

Be very careful using a buffer on plastic parts as buffers generate heat, and can burn thru plastic in a NY minute.

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