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Headlight Lens Yellowing Fixed! (Cheap)

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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 07:26 PM
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The plastic headlight lenses on my 92 F150 and 95 E350 were doing the typical "yellowing" thing and I almost went out and bought new ones over $50 per lens on EBAY). Luckily, I found a product that took all of the haze and discoloring away in about 10 minutes. It is called Flitz (http://flitz.com) and is cream-like stuff in a tube. It is gentle enough for metals as well as fibreglass. I just rubbed it on the lenses and buffed it off. I can now see the interior bulb very clearly. One vehicle was in worse shape than the other, so it took a little more elbow grease. I put it on my car polisher and it saved me some time on the second vehicle. It's not cheap (about $20 for a tube about the size of a giant tube of toothpaste), but it can be used on a lot of things. It even took the hard water stains off of a shower door. (PS: I don't sell the stuff)
 
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 07:36 PM
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Sounds good. I've used two methods. One included using very fine wet sandpaper.
I also used Blue Magic Polish. Cleaned them, but not perfect. I might give Flitz a shot.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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Yeah flitz is good stuff I think it doesn't smell that good if can recall rite,i know thats beside the point ,I used it on aluminum rims & it work good to
 
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