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Old 11-25-2011, 03:47 PM
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My 1999 Honda EX Civic headlamps has developed a frosty looking coating on the exterior of the headlamps. When I feel the headlamps it has kind of a grain texture to it..

Any suggestions on how to remove this surface grit or build-up from the headlamps. It seems to be a 300$ cost involved to replace my headlamps so I want to try everything possible to remove this coating prior to buying new headlamps.
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There are a couple of headlight refinishing how-to's floating around somewhere.
Old 11-25-2011, 05:14 PM
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There are many kits on the market, about 25 bucks, involves some sand paper, and a drill attachment.

Meguiars, Mothers, and others have them out.
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I prefer the Sylvania kit and it comes with a life time warranty.
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http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ht-Restoration
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/diy-foggy-hazy-oxidized-headlight-fix-56k-warning-2336666/
http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/t...ial/index.html
http://htarchive.org/showthread.php?t=2983833
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McGuires is the best use a power buffer with it and they will look like you put brand new ones in. Do it 2 or 3 times for the best result. It works like magic.
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Originally Posted by Krator
McGuires is the best use a power buffer with it and they will look like you put brand new ones in. Do it 2 or 3 times for the best result. It works like magic.
I have to agree with you, I used it on my headlamps and they look brand spankin new!
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you could do it with toothpaste, some sandpaper and water, rags.
that's what i didi first but then just pay someone $10 to make them look like new.
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I've used the Meguiar's kit and it's pretty much the same as using wet sandpaper. Polish doesn't work great and that makes me think tooth paste (which is a polish) likely won't work wonders either.

This is the how to I like.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-acura-28/my-headlights-looked-awful-so-i-did-something-about-1769562/
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3M Kit. used it many times, and loved it. Have no problem reccomending it to anyone.


It's basicly just like using sand paper, only you use a drill. I think it's much easier.
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BRAKE FLUID!!!!!!!!! every 2 days worked for me! lol
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