Restoring Cloudy Headlights
Improve The Appearance of Your Car
Our 2000 Mitsubishi Montero is in great shape. It has survived the thoughtlessness of South Florida drivers and held up well over the years. Renee’s only lament is the state of the plastic lenses over the headlights. You see them all the time. Your car’s headlights may even look like the one pictured here.
There is at least one commercial product available to remedy this. The last time I saw such a product, it was selling for $35. At the time, I did not have a need for it, but filed it away in my brain, as I am always looking to help people.
I’m not a cheapskate, but I don’t spend money without due consideration. Think about what you’d rather do with $35. It’s probably a lot more appealing than buying a bottle of some chemical you’ll use once, maybe twice tops.
In one of the Yahoo groups I subscribe to, someone asked about removing scratches from a CD. One suggestion was to use toothpaste. I had one of those a-ha moments. I promptly grabbed a tube of toothpaste and some paper towels. After just a few minutes, the headlight lenses were no longer opaque.
An organic or all-natural toothpaste probably doesn’t have the same caustic chemicals as one that is widely available and inexpensive. If it won’t erode your tooth enamel, irritate your gums, and isn’t harmful if swallowed, it probably won’t work on your headlights.
