Ask Cars: Fixing foggy headlights
I'm assuming I can polish the plastic on the headlights in my 2006 Toyota Matrix. I plastic is still "clear", but all the road grit over the years have pitted and fogged the surface. Any advice on material for polishing?
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This is probably not true, but I've heard of people using toothpaste as a polishing compound for cloudy headlights on these older cars.
Sounds somewhat logical. Probably requires a lot of toothpaste ;)
I've used toothpaste on my 99 Avenger. It works, but not the greatest. You don't need to use a lot.
You still have to coat the headlights with a uv resistant coating afterwards or it won't last very long.
I did this on my last car. (Acura RSX) Leave the car smelling minty fresh as well.