Hey, so I was wondering... my stock head lamps have a very chalky, crusty look on them. It doesn't come out with soap and water... I'm not even sure if its on the outside. Here's a pic, don't know if you can see it... but its a crusty looking ring. Anyway, any idea's on how to get rid of this?

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Try this ...http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...ectionID=15101

I used it on my oem lights before I got my projectors, it works and lasts a few weeks per application...

whoops sorry...here it is...

Mine look exactly the same. I have yet to find something that works well.

I just picked up a box of Mcguire's head light restoration. I will give it a shot tomorrow after I take my baby to the car wash!

Lemmie know how it goes

My dad had it done to my moms eclipse, they actually wet sand the lights and wax them does a good job.

What i did was tape off the headlight with painters tape. start with a course grit sand paper say about 400 grit. start wet sanding that until you cover the whole headlight. work your way until you get until a really fine grit sandpaper, about 1500 or so. the whole headlight should look super foggy. once that is done i use a plastx by meguirs and a used a rotary polisher to polish the headlights. once that is done, it should look brand spanking new! this process takes me about 45mins per headlight. use a uv protectant to help slow down the wear on the headlight. i dont know what brand i use because my friend just does that part for me. good luck!

edit: use LONG straight strokes when you are sanding. not short or dont curve or make turns.... itll look bad once you polish it

i just cleaned up a set on my daily driver. used some wax and a wool buffer pad, took care of it. you might want to use an actual polishing compound instead of cutting with wool but straight wax worked for me.

3M also has a product too but if the meguiar's doesn't work the 3M stuff wont work either.

A often overlooked product is the Mothers Aluminium and Mag polish.
Use exactly the same as if it was metal; dab on a bit, rub in, buff out.
The results last looong depending on exposure of the headlights to the elements and/or chemicals used on the vehicle.