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I got my Headlights cleaned, Before and After Pics

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Old 06-08-2008 | 09:27 PM
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Well, I ended up buying one of the headlight cleaning kits from autozone for $15 and I must say it was well worth it. I've priced some new headlights, but the ones for the sport edition are way pricey. This kit included a 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 grit sand paper and some plastic polish. It is pretty easy to do and I am really happy with how they turned out. It looks much better than the nasty yellowed look that I had going on; I could barely even see the bulbs.They don't look perfect, but they look great imo compared to how they were before. The pictures have a glare in them, but mostall of the build up came off.Next time, I'll just buy the sandpaper and find some plastic polish, but I couldn't find any polish anywhere this time. Tell me what you guys think.

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Old 06-08-2008 | 10:32 PM
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looks 100% better.....nice going
 
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Old 06-08-2008 | 10:45 PM
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I used one of those kits last summer. Couldn't believe how good it worked. Lights work better too.
 
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Old 06-08-2008 | 11:54 PM
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Thanks guys. Yeah, I think it makes the front end look completely better. Those yellow lights just took away from the truck imo. You're right Cereal, the lights are much brighter at night too. It was well worth the money.
 
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Old 06-08-2008 | 11:54 PM
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what was wrong with the yellowed look? it matched your truck perfectly!
 
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Old 06-08-2008 | 11:56 PM
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yeah, you would think so right? It just wasn't doing it for me
 
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Old 06-09-2008 | 02:00 PM
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i used sand paper and then clear coated it and it worked great!
 
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Old 06-09-2008 | 06:33 PM
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Wow that's awesome. I will do that to my headlights to stall some time before I buy new headlights, very cool though, thanks for the pictures!
 
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Old 06-10-2008 | 07:14 PM
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No problem man. That is my plan as well. A set of new ones is pretty pricey so I figured for $15 it was worth a try. I am very happy with the results.
 
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Old 06-11-2008 | 02:14 PM
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damn i should have done this.....i just ordered new headlights for my 99 Sport......GOOD WORK!
 



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