I Cleaned My Headlights!
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Hi All,
I'm sure there are dozens of post regarding headlight cleaning, but I wanted to share my experience.
Initially I had thought that my headlights were rubbish and needed to be oven-treated and opened in order to clean the insides as well (note: the seal was weak and condensation was occurring), but before I did so I thought I'd try the outside and see if I was happy enough with its result.
Well I am!
All I used was:
I masked off all the areas w/paint fearing that this stuff would hurt it, took out a paper towel and went to town.
Here are the results:
Before:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/before.jpg)
After:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/after.jpg)
Photochop to better see the difference:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/compare.jpg)
The Magical Stuff!
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/plastic.jpg)
I highly recommend this! It took me about 15 minutes and the difference is dramatic.
I'm sure there are dozens of post regarding headlight cleaning, but I wanted to share my experience.
Initially I had thought that my headlights were rubbish and needed to be oven-treated and opened in order to clean the insides as well (note: the seal was weak and condensation was occurring), but before I did so I thought I'd try the outside and see if I was happy enough with its result.
Well I am!
All I used was:
- Meguiar's Plastx
- Paper Towels
- Low Adhesive Masking Tape (Maybe overkill)
I masked off all the areas w/paint fearing that this stuff would hurt it, took out a paper towel and went to town.
Here are the results:
Before:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/before.jpg)
After:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/after.jpg)
Photochop to better see the difference:
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/compare.jpg)
The Magical Stuff!
![](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j119/virulous/plastic.jpg)
I highly recommend this! It took me about 15 minutes and the difference is dramatic.
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Link Below are my results for using meiguars. Almost like new.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...=249606&page=2
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The before wasn't bad at all. Most members WISH that a little yellowing was their only problem.
I guess if you just want them to look good this does indeed work, but it isn't helping the cutoff or projector any at all. Like I say though, in your case, they were looking pretty good to begin with in comparison to some. The projectors could do better however.
nice wax job.
I guess if you just want them to look good this does indeed work, but it isn't helping the cutoff or projector any at all. Like I say though, in your case, they were looking pretty good to begin with in comparison to some. The projectors could do better however.
nice wax job.