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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Can Someone Help!...just recently bought my Gs300 Sport Design, in beautiful condition, im going to post new pics soon. Only thing is the headlight covers are starting to get yellowish, there a little foggy and just not what i want, especially with my HID bulbs in there. Can someone give me a link or steps i need to take, in order to install new headlight covers/headlights myself?? a shop i feel is gonna cost me a pretty penny! Thanx!

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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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They are easy to clean... u just need some 1000, 1500, 2000 grit sand papers then polish it. It'll be just like new ... Google it "how to clean/polish headlight"
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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It really depends if the haze in on the outside or inside.



Outside Haze:
Polish them as stated above

Buffing headlights:
Link 1
Link 2

Headlight cleaning:
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Inside Haze:
Bake them, open and clean/polish, the reseal.
How to bake them.
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Killak9
Can Someone Help!...just recently bought my Gs300 Sport Design, in beautiful condition, im going to post new pics soon. Only thing is the headlight covers are starting to get yellowish, there a little foggy and just not what i want, especially with my HID bulbs in there. Can someone give me a link or steps i need to take, in order to install new headlight covers/headlights myself?? a shop i feel is gonna cost me a pretty penny! Thanx!

Adam
I used this and it worked great....unless others know of any better products...

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Headlight-L.../dp/B001AIZ5HY
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 10:07 AM
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i used plastic X it worked well on my car, my old es my dad has and my sisters pt cruiser
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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I used the Wolfgang Plastik Lens Cleaning System and it worked real well but my hazing was on the outside of the lens.
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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i used the turtle wax headlight restorer kit...a lot better than plastix
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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Do you have the "smoked" looking headlights? if so I will trade you a pair of crystal clear Headlights
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by EN_VY
Do you have the "smoked" looking headlights? if so I will trade you a pair of crystal clear Headlights
HEY! I thought those were mine
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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nahhh sorry En-VY no smoke here haha, Thank you for all the replies, im glad i joined this site, alot of nice people willing to help, i did have one other question! Im not sure if my headlights are Xenon or HID for sure, i think there HID, but does anyone know what my model car came stock with?? They are def. one or the other.
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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HID and xenon bulbs are the same thing unless you are talking about fake HID bulbs that are Halogen filled with some xenon gas. The headlight lense should also be marked D2R if your car has HID, as that is the bulb type

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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
HEY! I thought those were mine
I'm talking about the pair I have on my car now foo!
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