What's the best in store stuff you can buy to clean up your headlights and take off that yellow stuff? Best way to put it on/take it off as well?? Thanks.

 

meguiars plastX. it's like 6 bucks... i used it. it worked great! just follow the instructions on the back.

 

Or go cheaper yet and get some colgate toothpaste, put it on, leave it a few minutes and wipe it off... looks good as new

 

I tried that (white bottle right?) and it got most of it off but it still has that all around yellow tint. I'm not gonna have to buy a whole new light am I?

 

I just bought my 92 LX two days ago. Of course it had yellow lenses. Yellowing comes with age. My 94 Mazda MX6 has the same affliction. Today I spent an hour cleaning one side. The problem is mainly yellowing and chipping factory clearcoat. I started with a 3M Scotchbrite pad and got the clearcoat off. Followed with gentle 600 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper *with generous amounts of clean water***, repeat with 1000 then 1500 then 2000 grit paper, and finally polishing compound. It works better IMHO than any cream or paste could, and the results last longer.

 

this works.....hahaha
its also good for cleaning jewlry....like gold and silver/platinum...etc.

 

I've heard Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish does a great job, I've been meaning to try it on mine.

 

Pedestrians

 

This is really only good for the final step. I have used it in place of the 3M polishing compound that I finished with. Blue Coral makes a product similar for soft metals that works about the same. Very very fine grit. It is far too mild to attack the old clearcoat if you have never polished the lenses before. It would probably be good for a maintenance step to keep the lenses clear after the initial polishing with progressively finer grit sandpaper, or for those of you who already have clear lenses. If you just start with this polish on yellowed lenses, you'll grow old before you see any difference.

 

Actually, Iused "5 Minute HEADLAMP Lens Restorer" bought at local autozone on my Niece's 95 Stang that had severely yellowed headlamps

it's about $12 a box and seemed to do a reasonable job, the lenses are now clear!

Package comes with 6 pads, I used 3 pads total on her car... 1st one got destroyed by the "nobbly bits" on the lens itself... after that I was much more careful not to rip up the foam pad

manufacturer website www.customchemicalpkg.com