Billy305

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Hello everyone. Like some of you, I have a sc that has sat in the Florida sun for many years and the headlights get cloudy and yellow. I'm pretty cheap so I didn't want to go out and buy new headlights yet. I couldn't get all the yellow out but for those of you that have yellowing lights I suggest you try it. The results were pretty good for the money (20$) and time (2 hours) put in to it.

This is before when I first got the car:




Then I polished them with plastic polish, but that only got the cloudiness out. It didn't get the yellow out.







Then I wet sanded with 800/1500/2000 grit sandpaper then polished them and got this.. Not perfect but alot better then before. (the highbeams are perfect, so use them as reference.)

SClean4

Nice end result I might have to try this. Only used toothpaste and PlastX so far.

Hil

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nice results!

SC400DAVE

Nice job. I used the toothpaste method myself and the results are amazing. I also bought some Meguires plastic polish and it worked about as good as the toothpaste. Go figure! I'm going to tackle doing the whole enchilada on my passenger side headlight tomorrow. It needs to be resealed and everything. fun fun fun.

ponytail 4

Great results from what they looked like.

RFCsc300

what kind of tooth paste do you use???

SC400DAVE

Any kind will work. I will be using Colgate Total with Cean Mint today! lol

chicagoSC

what kind of toothbrush?
do we even have to use a tooth brush

SC400DAVE

just use a damp cloth bro! No toothbrush needed! You want to use some water, don't do it with just the paste!

IS_Sunny

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looks good... I need to do this.

SC400DAVE

This is what I'm doing now. The oven is preheating now!

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...seal+headlight

Might as well do it right!

Billy305

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I want to do this as well to clean the projector, but thats a a lot more work than I wanted to do now.

spdngyns69

i've used turtle wax rubbing compound, followed by the polishing compound and then a protective coating of wax with great results.

SC400DAVE

OK, I got it all apart and cleaned the outer lens with the toothpaste. It polishes it fine and takes off the yellowing, but it has no effect on all the little scratches. I couldn't notice them as well without the lens being in my hand to really have a good look. I would highly recomend, based on this, to use the sand paper method or some sort of polishing compound with a buffer to get out the scratches.

conrad87

I had a go at wetsanding my lights today using 800, 1200 and 2000 grit and it worked very well!

The highbeams came out looking brand new. However, the results weren't as good for the outside lights, but still a lot whiter.

I don't have any photos though.