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Cleaning the headlights (exterior) #329248 Nov 17, 4:29pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Is there a good way of cleaning the headlights? My headlights aren't shiny at all. It's like dull now... The reason is because I was leasing the car and didn't care too much but now I bought it and need to take better care. I want it to shine again! Last edited by skym; Nov 17, 2004 4:30pm.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329249 Nov 17, 4:47pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA you can get plastic polish at any automotive stores. Really BAD reality TV is the reason I stopped watching MTV.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329250 Nov 17, 4:47pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA car wax will do the trick...

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) tony #329251 Nov 17, 4:47pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL does it clean the plastic too if I do plastic polish? Last edited by skym; Nov 17, 2004 4:48pm. Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329252 Nov 17, 4:51pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA yeah... and get a polish rag too. I wax my hood and my front end about a couple times a month because I drive a lot.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) RookieGTS #329253 Nov 17, 4:52pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL polish rag? cloth? somthing like that? Hm... I'll get it at advanced auto parts today hehehe Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329254 Nov 17, 4:54pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA yeah its a 100% cotton polish rag, it works well

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) RookieGTS #329255 Nov 17, 4:55pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL So I only need to polish? no cleaning? Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329256 Nov 17, 5:46pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 754 Columbus, Ohio FastCelicaGT22 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT FastCelicaGT22 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 754 Columbus, Ohio use your shirtsleeve and a lot of spit "If your not the lead Dog the View never Changes"

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329257 Nov 17, 5:47pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 754 Columbus, Ohio FastCelicaGT22 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT FastCelicaGT22 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 754 Columbus, Ohio use your shirtsleeve and a lot of spit. "If your not the lead Dog the View never Changes"

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) FastCelicaGT22 #329258 Nov 17, 6:01pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 822 Northern VA GTQuentin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT GTQuentin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 822 Northern VA mine r mest up too. if your like me its on the inside. which means you have to take them out and open them up. i plan on doing it one of these days.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) GTQuentin #329259 Nov 17, 6:08pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Luckily I think mines on the outside. I've driven a lot and I have 75000 miles already. Bugs, shit, and who knows whatelse is overlapped one another. I just got polish for the headlights. Hope it works. What happens if I micro scrub it? then put polish? Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329260 Nov 17, 6:24pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA http://store.bikedepot.net/moplpo.html You can get this anyway. Works well. Really BAD reality TV is the reason I stopped watching MTV.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) tony #329261 Nov 17, 6:27pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Damn~ that's what I got! Mothers polish! hehe But it's a metal polish. The guy at advance auto said that he tried it on his and it works pretty well Hope it does... Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329262 Nov 17, 6:37pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 963 Likes: 1 Orange County, CA morris Berraquísima! 2000 Toyota Celica GT morris Berraquísima! 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 963 Likes: 1 Orange County, CA All you need is right here! Follow step by step. Instant and amazing results! https://celicahobby.com/gal3/inst_headlightspots

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) morris #329263 Nov 17, 6:46pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL so there was a how to guide for this! Thanks I was looking but couldn't find it Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329264 Nov 17, 6:48pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Wait does that mean I have to get the turtle wax cleaner also? What's water film? Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329265 Nov 17, 7:05pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA hahahah... that's my car back in the day. Holy cow. Anyways, you would need turtle wax if your headlights are very dirty and full of water spots. Normally, after each car wash, I just use the plastic polish. Really BAD reality TV is the reason I stopped watching MTV.

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) tony #329266 Nov 17, 7:18pm Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Well as I stated above it's laid with bugs and shit layer after layer so I guess I have to get the turtle wax... Hm... I might have one in my garage... I'll have to check Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) tony #329267 Nov 17, 9:30pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL Originally Posted by tony hahahah... that's my car back in the day. Holy cow. Anyways, you would need turtle wax if your headlights are very dirty and full of water spots. Normally, after each car wash, I just use the plastic polish. way back in the day, car has come along pretty well i would say! lol

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) bmw52786 #329268 Nov 18, 7:47am Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,028 Likes: 1 Bay Area, CA Erick Bread Fishing.. 2001 Toyota Celica GT Erick Bread Fishing.. 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,028 Likes: 1 Bay Area, CA yup Mothers plastic polish is good stuff.. they kept running out at my local pepboys never in stock till finally i found it LNK "you only need something when you know it exists..then it becomes a want"

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) Erick #329269 Nov 18, 7:53am Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL The one I got was mag and metal polish. The guys said he put it on his headlights. Is it ok to put that? Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) skym #329270 Nov 18, 10:19am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,781 California ghostingcelica Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT ghostingcelica Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,781 California i havent washed my car in over a month let alone the headlights. i think they still look fine so ima wait till i get a new paint job but when i do wash them i just use regular soap on the headlights

Re: Cleaning the headlights (exterior) ghostingcelica #329271 Nov 18, 10:22am Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT skym Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 459 Bradenton, FL Well my headlights haven't been cleaned since I've bought the car. And it's been 3 years... But most of the yellow stuff I got today. It's those bug marks that I can't get rid of right now. I hate those florida love bugs... You think it'll go away if I polish it regularly? Quote Originally posted by tido: i beat a dude on a bike going to work today...i revved on him and we lined up at the light and it was on....i hit lift once...thats how hardcore it was....

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