cleaning headlights

[reno]

What is the best way you clean those foggy yellow lights?
I have tried toothpaste, that is good for about a month. Been thinking about getting my 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper out and soaking it in a slight soapy water solution and gently sand my one yellowing headlight to attempt to make it clear again. I have seen this product in Wal-mart for $20 to clean the headlights,but just don't know how well it will hold up. Any one here have a home remedy that works?

 

[cocoasranger]

I read somewhere on the TRS forums that someone used Mother's chrome polish successfully by hand rubbing with a rag for 20 minutes, but I never tried it. What I will use when I get around to it is a stick of special buffing compound made for plastic along with a 4" diameter cotton wheel and electric drill. I got mine at MSC supplies.

 

[rickcdewitt]

at the body shop i worked at i used rubbing compound and then a polish/sealant with lots of elbow grease.it would last for a few months.i don't know how long the kits you buy at auto parts stores last.

 

[almostclueless]

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1137923,parttype,804


35 apiece on rockauto.com, maybe even less on ebay.

 

[Zorro]

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14966&page=4
Sand paper and buffer, worked great.

 

[snake]

I just did a mazda a few weeks back, came out great. Two different grit sandpapers, then a polish, then some kind of clear coating, all in the kit. Didn't really look finished until that final coating of whatever was in that last envelope of goo.

 

[Southern3.0]

Ive use Miguars clear plastic cleaner/ polish, comes in a white bottle and its kinda looks like spicy mustard, worked alright considering I didn't put to much effort into it, Im sure if I worked at it it would come out great.

 

[OilPatch197]

I would use plexus protecting, should keep the lens from yellowing, intended for aircraft winshields, so it should be the best you can use. http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/frames.html