i just got my car back from the body shop.. after a little..large fender bender. i have one new headlight and one old one.. can i clean out the old one and make it match? i guess that mirror stuff comes off really easy?
thank you!

 

what year is your car
cause if its kind of old it will never match
it might not be dirty, just weathered

 

You can try acetone or Mothers makes a plastic polish. If the wreck was coved by insuarnce (yours or theirs) you should complain and make them give 2 new ones so they match.

 

hahaha now i like that, although i dont think i can really get anything else out of them.. the total is up arround 3500 to fix her, and its a 92 ex.. so its only worth like 4500 at best, assuming i plate everything in true pure gold, that or fill the trunk with crack rocks...
but.. on a lighter yet sader note its still not done yet.. car idles like a ***** and sounds like an old wooden ship settling when i take corners.... also i dont have a speedo so its the accident that paies for its self.. so i have to get that out of my damn insurance company, they must be kicking them selfs for not totaling it....

 

The polish I'd try...but I don't think you want to use acetone. It's great on glass...but it will cloud plastic.

 

true. it does. don't use it. some of the guys in the composites team used it on the canopy for the solar vehicle and it went totally cloudy. they spent the rest of the day polishing the canopy correctly.

 

is used to take off acrylic (fake) nails. If you read the back of the bottle, it will specifically tell you NOT to use it on plastic. .Which is why you should ALWAYS read the fine print/warnings!

Buy yourself some distilled water...and clean it out that way

 

ive read alot that using nail polish remover will clear platic yellowed hedlight lenses.

 

If it is yellow then its most likely UV damaged which means you will have to replace it.

If its dirty on the outside then try Meguiar's Plastic Cleaner and Polish.:thumbup:

 

if i were you id just go spen like 50-80 and get a new set of lights...imo