I’m assuming I can polish the plastic on the headlights in my 2006 Toyota Matrix. I plastic is still “clear”, but all the road grit over the years have pitted and fogged the surface. Any advice on material for polishing?

  • junderwood@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    This is probably not true, but I’ve heard of people using toothpaste as a polishing compound for cloudy headlights on these older cars.

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      9 months ago

      Sounds somewhat logical. Probably requires a lot of toothpaste ;)

      • Jay@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        I’ve used toothpaste on my 99 Avenger. It works, but not the greatest. You don’t need to use a lot.

        You still have to coat the headlights with a uv resistant coating afterwards or it won’t last very long.