So with the time change, I get to come home from work in the dark.

I have 1 yr old silverstar bulbs. If it were not for my HID fogs, I would have been as good as blind.

With the lights off during the day, they have the color of the walls in a house of a 30 year chain smoker.

What treatments do you use? Do you take the lamp housing off and do the inside as well?

I drive with my lights on during the day so they could be worn out or dim, but still. They look yellow so I know that's part of the problem.

 

Only real cure is new headlight housings all those buff out things last one year only.

Just get new headlights last you another 8 years I like the newer looking clear ones waiting to get me some.

Like these LINK

Or these LINK

 

Tooth paste. It works. It will not be perfect like new headlights but it is abrasive enough to cut back a lot of the oxidation on the plastic lenses. I did it on my truck, and it cleared my headlight up a lot. I used Aquafresh and a dry rag, buffed it and rinsed with water from a spray bottle, did it again and it turned out good. Here is a You Tube video about a guy using tooth paste to clean up the headlights on a Honda Civic:


There are other videos on You Tube for the same thing. It sounds crazy but it does work. I also bought a bottle of Blue Magic headlight restorer at Advance and used it on my wife's Honda Accord. It helped a lot, but again it was not perfect like new. If I spend more time with it on her car and my truck and give it some more elbow grease it may help clear the lights even better. There are other products out there that you can buy to help clear the lights too, but I read a lot of good reviews on Blue Magic, it was cheap so I gave it a try.

As for bulbs, they say the new Silver Star XGX or whatever the part number is are supposed to be even better than Silver Star Ultra. I had Silver Star Ultra's before, when they went out I bought some of the Sylvania Xtra Vision bulbs at Walmart. They were a lot cheaper and honestly I could not tell a difference. I don't know of anyone who has used the Silver Star XG bulbs. I am now using Hella bulbs from Advance and can't really say there is a difference between any of them, but I will say they are all better than OEM.

Jimmy

 

Looks like I have a project when I get home tonight. I just happen to have a dremel, and I happen to have the buffer wheel for the end of it. I may just go get a $1 el cheap bottle from the walgreens around the corner and see if I can't make something happen in the parking lot on my lunch break.

 

I didn't use a buffing wheel, just some paper towels on my lunch break. I have a feeling alot of it is on the inside.

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Let work early, took the dremel and polishing wheel to the headlamps. Driver side turned out good, pass side left some to be desired, but it was caked on there pretty thick. Went for a test drive after it got dark, and it improved a little- I can at least see where it's trying to illuminate.

The thing that's puzzled me since i put the ultrastars in, is that high beam seems to go the wrong way- it gets brighter yes, but it also drops down instead of going up.

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Heads only (low beam)

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Heads + center halogen fogs

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Heads + center halogen fogd + outer HID fogs

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I have used 2000 grit wet&dry sandpaper and followed that up with Meguiars plastic cleaner.

 

well now i have a few things to try when i get home