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Foggy Headlights? try this

#1 azn akira

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Posted 22 January 2007 - 06:47 PM

some of you may know about this trick already, but it was new to me.

A customer came into our shop today and asked if we could try cleaning his headlights. after trying 5 different brands of plastic polish we found something that worked. it was....WD-40. WD-40 works great, it takes the oxidation right off. they lights dont look as good as new, but they look much better than before (and better than any plastic polish or cleaner got them). so if you have oxidation on your headlights try WD-40 and then finish off with a nice plastic polish to take out any little scratches.

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Posted 22 January 2007 - 10:52 PM

WD-40 works?

hmm, i'll have to try it on the old man's benz sometime

did you just rub it off with a rag?

#3 azn akira

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Posted 22 January 2007 - 10:57 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ Jan 22 2007, 10:52 PM)

WD-40 works?

hmm, i'll have to try it on the old man's benz sometime

did you just rub it off with a rag?

we sprayed it on a one of those blue shop towels (sorta like a paper towel) then wiped down the headlight. the oxidation comes out really easily.

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#4 kelvin6

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Posted 22 January 2007 - 11:11 PM

A good plastic polish is Chrome Wax. Used it on my old car when the headlights yellowed up (cheap plastic)... worked well to make it look good again.

Turtle Chrome Wax, a white bottle with a red cap, if i remember carefully.

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Posted 22 January 2007 - 11:12 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ Jan 23 2007, 01:52 AM)

WD-40 works?

hmm, i'll have to try it on the old man's benz sometime

wow, the many uses of WD-40

i'll have to try this on my dad's van since the headlights are yellow.

QUOTE(azn akira @ Jan 23 2007, 01:57 AM)

we sprayed it on a one of those blue shop towels (sorta like a paper towel) then wiped down the headlight. the oxidation comes out really easily.

how long should you wait until you wipe it off? also, what plastic polish do you use or recommend?

do you have any pics? i'm curious to see the before & after.

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Posted 23 January 2007 - 01:10 AM

be careful with wd-40.. ive used wd40 before on plastic and it ended up hazing really bad, as in turning the plastic completely hazy (i couldnt even sand it out)... maybe some plastic is diff?

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Posted 23 January 2007 - 05:40 PM

QUOTE(crashdummy @ Jan 23 2007, 01:10 AM)

be careful with wd-40.. ive used wd40 before on plastic and it ended up hazing really bad, as in turning the plastic completely hazy (i couldnt even sand it out)... maybe some plastic is diff?

we got this tip from a tech at a different bmw shop. he said he's done it many times before and hasnt had a problem.

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