I have washed my car many times and could not get those pesky headlights to shine clear or look as good as they once did. I knew there are those cleaners/ polishes you can buy to do the trick and my lazy ass had never gone to get any, nor did I want to spend the money for them and have this bottle hanging out in my garage with all the other random car cleaning products I own. I mean, come on, I really actually go through the car wash place that I sit my ass in the car and let it do the work. I clean my motorcycle with more efficiency than my poor car. But hey at least I clean it. Back to the headlights; I have found in research and asking friends, that the polishes will work but for only a little while. This is pretty much common sense that once that plastic is pitted and been eaten through by salt and whatever else the environment wants to blast at it, that plastic is never going to look brand spanking new. I knew I just wanted the yellow haze look to be off of it. I have tried to scrub it off from time to time with no effect. Then I saw a pin about using toothpaste. What do I have to lose to try something as simple as toothpaste; nothing. So the other day amongst the other random things I was doing around the house, I grabbed the toothpaste, two rags, one wet and one dry and headed out to the garage.
With those dirty headlights looking at me straight in the eyes, I went in to give them my Brut force called elbow grease. Here is my outcome:
Before:
After:
I jumped completely into it and forgot to take the before picture of the drivers side and it was really bad compared to the passenger side. The difference was day and night on the drivers side. What I used was Colgate Total Advanced whitening toothpaste, an old wash cloth to rub the toothpaste on, and then I took an old towel, wet it down and wiped the toothpaste off. I did the whole wax on, wax off circular motions with the toothpaste and then just rinsed it off with the wet towel.
The headlights look so much better. There is still the oxidized plastic from the pitting and blasting of the world on them so they still are a little foggy looking but they are clean and not yellow. I can actually see the headlight bulb now, and I couldn't before. It is going to be amazing at night to be able to see the road actually. Hee hee, yeah those lights were getting bad. Now if only toothpaste would help my timing chain from clanking around my car and I would be golden. :)
Original pin post: http://pinterest.com/pin/139400550938315411/
Now the pics in this post makes them look brand new but don't expect that.
