What to use to clean inside of a headlight?
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What to use to clean inside of a headlight?
hey guys, dang its been awhile since i've been on this board, i think i was one of the first few hundred members, the site looks HELLA different now.. well heres my problem, i cleared out both of my headlights like 2 years ago, but one of the headlight is so dirty inside. i drove around during winter with no weather seal on one of the headlight, i totally forgot to put it back on, so one of my headlight got pretty dirty inside, so my question is, what should i use to clean the inside of my headlights?
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Rep Power: 0 this is kind of related... when i was putting new bulbs in my turn signals (i have an 02 Si, i don't know how different an EX or LX's headlights are) i dropped one in accidently because it wasn't in all the way. so to get it out, i used a wire clothes hanger and wrapped some tape around it to snag the bulb. i would imagine you could fashion a rag around a hanger and get it in there to clean it out... but i don't know how big the holes are. hope that helps...
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Rep Power: 0 If you have time take out the light and disassemble it. Go to a car wash of auto part store that sells window wipes soaked in like rubbing alcohol or something, buy couple of those wipes and clean out the light.
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Another question that is kinda related, my buddy wiped my outer headlights with a kleenex without wetting it. So now i have a couple of scatches on the plastic. Is there anything i can buy to get rid of it?
Another question that is kinda related, my buddy wiped my outer headlights with a kleenex without wetting it. So now i have a couple of scatches on the plastic. Is there anything i can buy to get rid of it?
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Rep Power: 0 man your just havin rotten luck with those headlights. You can't do anything about the scratches, but my advice is save some money and buy some new already clear headlights
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Rep Power: 294 Yea I had a headlight explode & it fogged one all up & put wierd designs al over the inside. Ive been trying to figure out a way to clean the damn thing out too.
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for the scratches...try plastic cleaner/polish...ive used it on my headlights and taillights and it works really good (i do this about every 3-4 months)
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Rep Power: 0 aight, i'll try rubbin alcohol tonight... actually i'll do it this weekend, too lazy to take off the bumper today.. way too tired from partyin last night.. heh.. aight thanx yull
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