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Debriefing => Off-Topic Lounge => Topic started by: Kratos on July 02, 2012, 01:39:00 am

Title: HeadLights Foggy or Yellow? Check This Out!
Post by: Kratos on July 02, 2012, 01:39:00 am

Both of my headlights were very foggy. I was going to purchase those headlight cleaning kits at the auto shop for around $10 and clean away, but before that, I checked around Youtube and other sites and stumbled upon something interesting.

One video showed some dude using an ordinary toothpaste to clean and shine his headlights. So I thought hmm Ill try this and see if it works.

This is the before I started working on them. It's a Nissan Sentra 2002. It was getting night, so I quickly took pictures.

(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2700/img20120701203105.jpg)

First I cleaned the dirt off, then sprayed water on it. I then applied Colgate Original toothpaste with no mint added and spread it around the headlight as show below. I set the paste for over 20 mins to do its magic. While your waiting, play some GES or help your wife cook or continue working on developing v4.2!
 
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1848/img20120701203750.jpg)

After scrubbing for nearly 20 mins, I sprayed it with regular water and wiped off all the paste. This is the result.

(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7779/img20120701210056.jpg)

and this is the passenger side headlight...

(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/5184/img20120701210103.jpg)

Amazing results. It actually works great. I had in mind of buying two brand new headlights before attempting to clean them. Those things cost what like $50-$100 right? Its a waste of money.  I honestly can't guarantee if this works on all headlights for every car or truck. Try it and let us know! Spread the word!

I went to the drug store and found Colgate paste on sale for $0.99. What a fucking bargain!

 Make sure to use regular/original white toothpaste with NO MINT added. The extra additives might damage the headlight someone mentioned.

Good luck!

Title: Re: HeadLights Foggy or Yellow? Check This Out!
Post by: killermonkey on July 02, 2012, 02:20:51 am

Damn that's awesome. I'll try it soon... need to remove the cataracts on my own headlights

Title: Re: HeadLights Foggy or Yellow? Check This Out!
Post by: Kratos on July 02, 2012, 03:37:22 am

Quote from: killermonkey on July 02, 2012, 02:20:51 am

Damn that's awesome. I'll try it soon... need to remove the cataracts on my own headlights

Let me know brotha.

Title: Re: HeadLights Foggy or Yellow? Check This Out!
Post by: liamcadhain on July 02, 2012, 11:03:11 am

Neat, never knew toothpaste could do that. Thanks for the tip!