aluminum polish for cleaning headlights?

Hey, I heard a while back that people clean their headlights and get rid of that orange color by using some kind of aluminum polish. Is there a certain kind that works the best? I'm going to be re-sealing my headlights at the same time, shold I clean the insides of the lights the same way? Thanks for the help :smile:

There as some kind of liquid sold in Japan that I read about a long time ago... you would poor it into your headlight housing and let it soak into the amber lense... eventually it would eat up the orange and turn the lense clear. I dont know if that would work an usdm headlights.. maybe it was just for the jdm headlights... but is that what you're talking about?

Clean the inside of your housing with windex or alchohal... its just a chrome/mirror paint. Anything too abrassive will eat up the chrome and turn it dull gray.

http://www.nwhonda.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=240 (have to register first)

I don't know why, but the link didn't work for me. I wasn't thinking abotu anything that uncommon, I believe it was Mother's or Meguairs aluminum polish or something like that.

basically the ingredients you need are acetone (nail polish remover), metal cleaner, and automotive scratch/swirl remover. use those ingredients in that order.

basically the ingredients you need are acetone (nail polish remover), metal cleaner, and automotive scratch/swirl remover. use those ingredients in that order.

Alright.. I seem to be a little lost to what you're all talking about. Anyone want to explane?

i thought tynebeach wanted to clean his dirty headlights? using acetone, metal polish, and automotive scratch/swirl remover will clean the headlight. register to nwhonda.net and click on the link, you'll see what i'm talking about :-/

A while ago I heard that to get the yellow color off their headlights people were using some kind of Aluminum polish. I believe it was Meguiars or Mothers but I can't remember. It sounds like though that any aluminum polish will do, so I'll just try that. Thanks for the help.

Are you talking about getting your lights that white/bluish tint like you see on the new Mercedes' etc..?

You could buy bulbs at like Pep Boys or AutoZone for that...

You'll still have that yellowish tint though unless you get clear lenses...but getting those bulbs will brighten them up a little...

lol no I'm not talking about making my lights different colors, I'm talking about cleaning them. I heard that you can clean the outsides with aluminum polish of some sort to get rid of that nasty orange color thta headlights get over time. Nevermind, I found out what I need to know. Thanks for the help.

There is a product made by Stoners and mothers Its called scratchX and glassX both are good, you need glassX, Crystal Clear works. GO to Auto store and ask :iceslolan

lol no I'm not talking about making my lights different colors, I'm talking about cleaning them. I heard that you can clean the outsides with aluminum polish of some sort to get rid of that nasty orange color thta headlights get over time. Nevermind, I found out what I need to know. Thanks for the help.

I'm glad you found out what you needed to know... care to share that with us?

I have used "Never Dull" on integra headlights before and it worked great, but if your lights are plastic then i would recommend something else not too sure about using it with plastic. Hope that helps some.