Fix Faded Headlights
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Fix Faded Headlights
Hi
My ES suffers from faded headlight covers where the sun has made them go a horrible cloudy color.
I decided maybe i should get another set of headlights until I saw the post in the SC forum and spotted a topic on how to clean your headlights.
I would like to post my tip on how to clean up your headlights and have them immaculate.
All i used was a rubbing compound otherwise known in the UK as T-Cut. Basically it is a rubbing compound used for paintwork which takes a very fine layer of paint and on headlights it works a treat! Also if your center interior console is scratched this also works a treat! Brings that plastic wood up beautiful.
My lights now look brand new! And those projector lights look awesome when thing are clear!
thank goodness for T-Cut!
steve
My ES suffers from faded headlight covers where the sun has made them go a horrible cloudy color.
I decided maybe i should get another set of headlights until I saw the post in the SC forum and spotted a topic on how to clean your headlights.
I would like to post my tip on how to clean up your headlights and have them immaculate.
All i used was a rubbing compound otherwise known in the UK as T-Cut. Basically it is a rubbing compound used for paintwork which takes a very fine layer of paint and on headlights it works a treat! Also if your center interior console is scratched this also works a treat! Brings that plastic wood up beautiful.
My lights now look brand new! And those projector lights look awesome when thing are clear!
thank goodness for T-Cut!
steve
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Lead Lap
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It sure does.. in theory it takes a small layer of plastic off.. very small amount... and the haze from which the sun makes it fade is gone... may last a year or two.. but it only takes a few miutes per light.
Try doing a tester on the very top first... I did... when i could see the difference i did the whole light..
it has made me very happy as the lights really spoilt the car because of the faded lights.
now new.. just wish i had taken a before photo shot and after so i could post it.
Tire shine i use on my Fenders and skirts... brings it up very nicely...
steve
Try doing a tester on the very top first... I did... when i could see the difference i did the whole light..
it has made me very happy as the lights really spoilt the car because of the faded lights.
now new.. just wish i had taken a before photo shot and after so i could post it.
Tire shine i use on my Fenders and skirts... brings it up very nicely...
steve
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Lead Lap
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From: Alabama
BTW you know if I can get them at a local Home Depot here in US?
Not quite sure if you call it rubbing compound in the U.S but if you explain its for taking a fine layer off the paintwork then should know what it is called.
Another thing i used this for is when my local Lexus garage backed into another car and put a mark on my fender. They used a rubbing compound for a few minutes and it was gone.. no trace of the scratch at all.
But like i said earlier.. make sure you do a test on the very top of the light in case it is a bit harsher then my compound.
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