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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 01:56 AM
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i have seen alotta pictures of trucks with clear headlights, is there anyway you can do this yourself without buying new headlights
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 02:41 AM
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Polish them or get a headlight restore kit. They usually have everything you need in them.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 07:57 AM
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Get an SOS Pad, windex, a rag and a water hose. Put toothpaste on the SOS Pad, and spray the headlight with windex. Scrub the headlight hard with the SOS pad in small circular motions. Put some elbow grease into it. Then let it sit for about 5 to 10 minutes and spray more windex, then scrub some more. Rinse off with the hose. I did this and no more yellow plastic, they're just as clear as can be.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:06 AM
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Uhhhhh.....No.........sorry, but an sos pad is too course. Very fine steel wool, 1200 followed by 2000 grit sand paper. Sos pads have no quality control for fine gauge wool and can damage plastic. Might have worked once, but is not a good idea. Sorry.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:41 AM
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Like these?

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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 06:36 PM
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Our stock headlights have serrations inside the lens for dispersion. You won't get a clear lens out of stock headlight housings.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:12 PM
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I go 500 grit, 800 grit, 3000 wet sand, buff and polish compound. Not a clear lens but makes the stock look like brand new.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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use cutter misquote spray only cutter works tho
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sylver91
I go 500 grit, 800 grit, 3000 wet sand, buff and polish compound. Not a clear lens but makes the stock look like brand new.
X2 this is probably the best way to restore your lights. A rag and some gritty toothpaste does help, but not near the job of wet sanding.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sylver91
I go 500 grit, 800 grit, 3000 wet sand, buff and polish compound. Not a clear lens but makes the stock look like brand new.
X2. This is probably the best way to restore your headlights. A rag and some gritty tooth paste helps too, but not near the job of wet sanding.
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