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cheapo lights are around $7.50 a bulb. Toothpaste is an abrasive so it makes sense that it would clean the plastic... I've heard it being used to polish other things too, but cant remember.

I polish my glasses with toothpaste once a month.

Sorry. I'll go now.

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I had some overspray on my headlight and cleaned it off with thinners.

What a farken mess! looked like wrinkly skin.

I tried cutting polish, that just made it shiny but didnt get rid of wrinkles and realised I'd really farked up. Tried Auotsol that worked but it was gunna take ages to get rid of all the wrinkles so I stepped up a notch and tried Gumption, that worked better but still a long way to go, until I used a 3m pad with the gumption. That worked really well, still took a while but only 1/2hr,but I to continually clean the pad because it built up with bits of plastic pretty quick. I then cleaned with water and spayed silicon spray on it and it came up a beaut.

If you look at my avitar you can see how farked it was.

DONT DO THIS UNLESS YOUR PLASTIC IS REALLY FARKED

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Question, In order to remove the headlights, do i have to take off the front bar? If i do, the front bar for the r33 gts-t series 1 is just 3 screws at the grille, and 2 on each side under the fender right?

  • 4 weeks later...

I dont think u need to remove your bumper to take off the headlights. The actual headlight asembly is easy to take off from the car.

But no-one has answered the question of how to take off the front plastic cover from the headlight assembly. Can it be properly re-sealed? I have cleaned my light 100's of times with that polish from Unique Auto Sports and it is just a heap of crap. It works and looks good for a day or two then bang, yellow again!

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Putting your headlights into an oven to pull them apart is going to be risky.. especially if you've never done it before. When I got my R33 series II my headlights were (and still are) frosty looking because of the crap on the inside you just can't clean.

I did manage to find a place in Blacktown called Plastifusion and all they do is headlights. Link --> Plastifusion

They will do the hole oven business thing with your headlights, polish them up (inside and out) and re-seal them again. Unfortunately for me though one of my headlights has some fine cracking. In that condition they won't pull it apart to polish it. I basically need mine replaced :D

Anyone know of a place where I can source some cheap series II headlights? Nissan want $1000+ for a pair :P

There's also a place in Keysborough, Victoria that does change overs (is it Mr. Headlight??) Do a search on headlight +replacement, I read the thread 18-24 months ago...

any link? i broke the screw that adjust the level of the headlights, now they are pointing too high. thx

Could it be these guys?

Melbourne Headlight Exchange Pty Ltd

Unit 2/ 130 Bridge Rd Keysborough VIC 3173

ph: (03) 9706 3922 Auto Parts Recyclers

I couldn't find any website link for them.

When you guys clean the headlights, are you doing it with the lights still in the car, or are you guys actually removing the headlights and then doing it? I just dont want to get toothpaste or the maguires stuff on the paint??

how you going mate?

I just got my 33 back from insurance damage of some moron reversing into it.

The second hand lights put in by "Gold Coast Panel Works" on the gold coast, looked like they were brand new. And I mean brand new when i picked it up. If you bought a new car they would stack up.

They are based on the Gold coast qld. Im not sure how they made these lights from the wreckers look like this.

They are in southport give them a buzz

I guess alot of ppl might have this problem if your line is year 94 and below.Mine's a 93 and the headlights getting a bit yellowish.Just wondering how to make it white and shiny(like big red) again.

thanks

If its just the outside(I thought it was on the inside because tried lots of different things and didnt change) MR Sheen no s**t! took it right off and thats without removing the lights

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