Can i clean my headlights with toothpaste?

pudzey101

My lights are slightly yellowy/hazey will toothpaste work as an abrasive to remove yellowness/hazeyness?

Midnight_EG

pudzey101 wrote: »

My lights are slightly yellowy/hazey will toothpaste work as an abrasive to remove yellowness/hazeyness?

Get a tub of AutoSol Metal Polish and give them a rub, came out a treat on mine

pudzey101

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Get a tub of AutoSol Metal Polish and give them a rub, came out a treat on mine

aw sweet:) where u have the carbon fiber eyebrown mine was taken off so its left it all sticky now, sum mission to get off:)

andyseadog

you can, but i reckon the job it does is questionable.

Midnight_EG on here recently used autosol metal polish on his faded lamps and the results looked excellent. its not greatly expensive and is what i believe a permanent finish. you'd probably pick it up in most good hardward places for a couple of quid.

edit : the fecker beat me to it :P

Midnight_EG

pudzey101 wrote: »

aw sweet:) where u have the carbon fiber eyebrown mine was taken off so its left it all sticky now, sum mission to get off:)

Autoglym Tar Remover will get rid of it, helped a lot on mine...I took my eyebrows off to reseal them and cleaned the tops up a bit with the Autoglym stuff, came out brilliant

andyseadog wrote: »

you can, but i reckon the job it does is questionable.

Midnight_EG on here recently used autosol metal polish on his faded lamps and the results looked excellent. its not greatly expensive and is what i believe a permanent finish. you'd probably pick it up in most good hardward places for a couple of quid.

Thanks, but too slow :P

andyseadog

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Thanks, but too slow :P

you also beat me to the editing of my post

Midnight_EG

andyseadog wrote: »

you also beat me to the editing of my post

Ninja skills yo

andyseadog

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Ninja skills yo

VTEC kicked in on your posting skills :pac::D

i better stop spamming.

sentient_6

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Get a tub of AutoSol Metal Polish and give them a rub, came out a treat on mine

Hey midnight quick question, it didnt effect or damage the horizontal lines running across the glass then? Im thinking of doing the same & just want to be sure. The lines on mine are kinda raised off the surface as opposed to being in the glass.

Midnight_EG

sentient_6 wrote: »

Hey midnight quick question, it didnt effect or damage the horizontal lines running across the glass then? Im thinking of doing the same & just want to be sure. The lines on mine are kinda raised off the surface as opposed to being in the glass.

Nope, absolutely perfect

FiFiTeg

Autosol FTW

Thatnastyboy

Autosol ftw, great stuff, it cleans everything!
or T-cut metal polish, seems to be slightly more abrasive than the autosol.



Or, if you're bored and have some spare time you can do what this guy did, on an ae111 too

This is a link to an owners forum, wanted to pm a mod first but I dont see any online right now. apologies if there's a problem

http://s15.zetaboards.com/AE111_Forum/topic/6671300/1/#new

mb1725

Toothpaste IS great for cleaning oil or wax smears from a windscreen.

dax121

if you cant get Autoglym Tar Removera cheaper way to do it is use petrol. i use it all the time in work removes glue from stickers and tar so it should do the trick. ya mite have to polish and body parts in comes into contact with as it dulls the paint work a little.

_Kaiser_

dax121 wrote: »

if you cant get Autoglym Tar Removera cheaper way to do it is use petrol. i use it all the time in work removes glue from stickers and tar so it should do the trick. ya mite have to polish and body parts in comes into contact with as it dulls the paint work a little.

Here's a related one..

What's the best way to remove those toll tag holders from a windcreen WITHOUT tearing up the rain sensor strips?

galwaytt

....and, when you get them shiney, use Plexus plastic polish. Works great on motorcycle windscreen's as well.

VolvoMan

I actually find T-Cut does the job. Mine lasted about a year with it and then I just applied some again.

mondeo

Any rubbing compound will do it

eFlow: Una

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Here's a related one..

What's the best way to remove those toll tag holders from a windcreen WITHOUT tearing up the rain sensor strips?

Hi Kaiser2000,

I don’t know whether your toll tag is an eFlow one, but here are instructions on how to remove an item attached with 3M adhesive.

Regards,
Una

Poulgorm

I am a bit confused! Are you people talking about yellowing / fading of the plastic cover on the lights or the shiny metallic reflector inside the plastic cover ?

VolvoMan

Poulgorm wrote: »

I am a bit confused! Are you people talking about yellowing / fading of the plastic cover on the lights or the shiny metallic reflector inside the plastic cover ?

The former.