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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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Default Guess what works great for yellow headlights!?

...glass stove top cleaner!

my driver's headlight had a light yellow haze to it, and since it was overcast and nice out, i detailed my whole car too. i couldn't find my 3m rubbing compound and i used up all my 3m tirzact pads. thinking wwmd (what would macgyver do) i found this bottle of glass stove cleaner. i thought if it's good enough for glass, it should be good for plastic too.
and work it did! it's now crystal clear again. i hand rubbed it on/off 3 times then put a coat of wax on to seal it. only took about 5 minutes to do. and to think, some places charge $40 to polish your headlights.
 
Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:53 PM
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ChibiBlackSheep
suck it trebek

wasn't sure it was gonna work so i have no before pics. guess you're just gonna have to try it yourself
 
Old Mar 16, 2012 | 04:05 PM
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Youll just have to do another set
 
Old Mar 16, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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I'll give her a shot on jess's cougar. Way to go macgyver!
 
Old Mar 16, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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Sorry I have clear headlights :p
 
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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regular old tooth paste works great
 
Old Mar 18, 2012 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by J-Bob
regular old tooth paste works great
I've heard of people using that and mixing it with tire shine to remove light scratches from a windshield seems odd to me, but ive never had to try it so i have no clue if it works or not.
 
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