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I don't know if this has been discussed b4. But I noticed that my Headlight lens are starting to become hazy. Really makes me angry I wash my car and it looks good then u look at my lens and the car looks 20 years old, Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how do i restore them?

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http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-30,GGLG:en&q=restore+headlight

This forum turned me on to PlastX which does the trick without too much elbow grease. Think of it like a wax, however, like wax, you might need to apply it again from time to time.

I made a post on headlight restoration. It takes a lil elbow grease but the results make it worth it. Just some sanding of 3 different grits, plastic renew and a stratch remover.

my winning combos were

2000 grit sandpaper + PlastX + Powerball

dvdchris45 wrote:my winning combos were



2000 grit sandpaper + PlastX + Powerball

yeah there was this guy on bayareaprelude.com who made his own tutorial on how to do this by every single step of the way. and his headlights came out looking like they came fresh from honda!

On my old car, I always used a polishing compound like this:




Fortunately, I haven't had to come to this on the Solara yet.

once you get your headlights cleaned up properly.....have a shop put some "clear bra" on them...they'll never fade, chip, or get pitted again.

I see that it's been a few years since this thread was active but thought I'd post here instead of making yet another thread on restoring headlights. Mine were getting very cloudy a couple of years ago so I decided to see if I could find a "cheap fix" and found a video of someone that uses a combination of toothpaste and baking soda. I tried it and scratched the hell out of my headlights, so I wound up buying a headlight lens restorer kit from Turtle Wax. It cleaned up the scratches enough so I was happy with the results, but within a year the cloudiness returned. Last week I was on the Sylvania website looking at SilverStar headlights when I noticed they had a Headlight Restoration Kit. I noticed that they said it was rated #1 by Popular Mechanics, so I did some research and found that the kit was highly recommended by the majority of reviews on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Headlight-Restoration-Kit-Pack/product-reviews/B00429NKWK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

The kit comes with three grades of sandpaper (700, 1000, and 2000 grit), a bottle of "surface activator", a packet of rubbing compound, and what sets them apart from other kits, a bottle of UV blocking clearcoat. They say you can do it in about 30 minutes, but I'd say if you do a thorough job give it 3-4 hours. I was amazed with my results, and at 20 bucks is a good deal.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvdiiXfvkD8

compound polish than wax, heat treat it with hair blower and your good.

^^ your headlights look incredibly better.

ughhh i really need to do this.

just some plastiX did the trick. no needed to sand or anything

Actually, physical polishing (wet-sanding) will give you a longer lasting finish than plain liquid products (PlastX, etc.) in keeping your lenses clear. Don't get me wrong, I'm a PlastX bottle-loving fiend but only because I don't have the patience to rub for hours but it is definitely worth it to go the sandpaper route if you tired of re-applying PlastX. Body and restoration shops are using and having been using the sandpaper method for almost a century on hazy headlights.