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Piss easy mate; dont send them anywhere. On the front headlights, get regular car wax (mothers/meguiars/eagle ) and put a nice thick coat over the entire headlight cover. leave to dry. Buff off with clean cloth and presto! nice and shiny! My headlights on the front were all frosted/yellowish and my mate told me to try this and they came up excellent.

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Piss easy mate; dont send them anywhere. On the front headlights, get regular car wax (mothers/meguiars/eagle ) and put a nice thick coat over the entire headlight cover. leave to dry. Buff off with clean cloth and presto! nice and shiny! My headlights on the front were all frosted/yellowish and my mate told me to try this and they came up excellent.

I will try that. Thanx.

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I used colgate mint toothpaste... don't laugh it actually works! :D

Toothpaste is like one of the finest grit you can use... I copped so much flak for sitting on a stool brushing my headlights with an old toothbrush but hey if it works then why not :)

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I used colgate mint toothpaste... don't laugh it actually works! :D

Toothpaste is like one of the finest grit you can use... I copped so much flak for sitting on a stool brushing my headlights with an old toothbrush but hey if it works then why not :)

I tried that before....it did help a bit....but still not good enough

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I used cut n polish on mine and they came up alright. Then someone backed into the left headlight and need to get it replaced. The new one made the old one look crap so I sent the old one to Melbourne Headlight Exchange and they buffed both sides of the lense. Looks much better than anything I couldve done myself. $45 and a few hours is all they need.

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i asked the same question a while ago and sum1 on here told me about a place in dandy.. i think it was called something along the lines of "melbourne headlight exchange" its off chelt road somewhere.. you take the headlights out and give it to them.. they pull them apart and clean them to brand new conditions and give them back.. from memory it was about $55 a headlight and took half a day...

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One thing I found, you can polish/buff them and they come up great but don't last long (the yellowness comes back within a week or two).

Best thing I've found to keep them looking good is Plexus (thanks Meshmesh!), use this after buffing and it keeps them looking great.

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  • 6 months later...
I used cut n polish on mine and they came up alright. Then someone backed into the left headlight and need to get it replaced. The new one made the old one look crap so I sent the old one to Melbourne Headlight Exchange and they buffed both sides of the lense. Looks much better than anything I couldve done myself. $45 and a few hours is all they need.

This method does initially work but after a few months it returns back to its horrible yellow tint.

Does anyone know where (or if) you can get a new lens?

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I know the whole assembly cost $500 ($538 to be precise) thats why I asked if you can get the lens only.

Scoring one from a half cut/wrecker is pointless unless you find a near new one... on a car thats 9-12 years old I guess you've got Buckley's.

Having then professionally cleaned is a waste of time and money IMHO as the results dont last. This is something I experienced.

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i have posted how to do the job...it DOES work....and it doesnt come back right away.....and again......rub them down with fine sand paper and polish them with FARECLA cutting compound

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