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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 6:14pm  
Took toothpaste to them, rubbed it out good, looks pretty good. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 6:31pm  
I did the same thing and I used my wife's toothbrush to scrub them.  I hope she doesn't mind.  4951
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zuesamy Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 6:40pm  
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Thanks for the tip, gonna try it tomorrow. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 6:44pm  
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Thanks for the tip, gonna try it tomorrow. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 8:09pm  
It wasn't for your new Civic SI already? 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 10:12pm  
Doing the toothpaste trick works for a while. Don't buy any of the headlight restore products from retailers either all are temp fixes. The best way I found to make headlights clear and keep them that way is to remove them and take them to a body shop and have the body shop fine wet sand then clear coat paint, this will last a long time unless rock hits damage the clear coat finish. Or you could just replace them... 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 15, '14 11:39pm  
It wasn't for your new Civic SI already?
 
@jls2: DD's 2001 Civic actually
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 16, '14 5:37pm  
Works on paint scratches too as long as the scratch isn't all the way through the color coat. Got to do a little rubbing. It's not just wax on, wax off. Scratch Doctor is nothing but a mild abrasive like toothpaste. The marketers want us to think it is magic.  4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 16, '14 6:27pm  
Doing the toothpaste trick works for a while....
 
@Mccrj:
 
Which is better - Tartar control or whitening toothpaste?
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 16, '14 6:54pm  
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Annie Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 10 years ago   Feb 16, '14 7:54pm  
I just bought some new ones from headlight depot
 
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I was surprised by the price - nearly $300 for mine! 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 16, '14 10:02pm  
According to what I read, it is an oxidization, you are removing with the toothpaste, not through abrasive action as much as the toothpaste formula cuts it better than other things.At least that is how 2 different web sites explained it.They also said to polish the lens with automotive polish when done.IDK for sure, but the lenses looked WAY better when done. Took the yellow and cloudy right out.We didn't polish them, just cleaned them. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 17, '14 8:13am  
Simply wet sand with super fine grit and buff. 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 17, '14 8:28am  
Simply wet sand with super fine grit and buff.
 
@kingwooddiscgolf: Except using the toothpaste was about the same as buffing. It took like 2 minutes per lens.
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 17, '14 8:31am  
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 17, '14 8:37am  
@FoFa, did you take the lenses off, or just leave them on.
 
@Fallon: Left them on.
Just basically some toothpaste (takes more than you think) and some paper towels.Takes a lot of water to rinse them when done also.Just kept rubbing the toothpaste (a paste, not a gel, I used Colgate total because it was what I had) in for about 2 minutes, using moderate pressure, not a hard rub. Use a little touch of water to keep the toothpaste moist. Then rinse.They smelled minty fresh when we were done. Emoticon 4951
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