all right thanks for all the suggestions everyone! well I tried the compound and it didn't work that well... it's definitely better but not better enough, they still look like crap!

I haven't tried the buffing suggestion but I think at this point since noone seems to know if I can just buy a replacement lens instead of the whole assembly Ill just go out and buy a brand new set of headlights from ebay...

what do you think of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-...ht_3581wt_1195