Crappy Looking Headlights

85MustGT

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• Nov 17, 2004

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My headlights look like crap, the plastic looks all faded and fuzzy. Can I be cheap and polish them or am I better off buying some aftermarket headlights?

If I polish them with they just fade?

In addition the headlights need to be aimed, how hard is that?

 

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Erskine

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• Nov 17, 2004

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lol mine are the same why tryed to polish them help but not much so my dad got sick of looking at them like that so he bought me headlight cover which looks good cause my car is black but cant see a dam thing at night and i have sliverstars on my car

 

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jbrown

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youre supposed to take headlight covers off at night. I had the same crappy headlights so I just bought some new ones cost about 250 I think for smoked clear(no yellow) I think you just need to turn a screw or two to adjust the headlights check your haynes/chilton manual if you have one.

 

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Erskine

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jbrown said:

youre supposed to take headlight covers off at night. I had the same crappy headlights so I just bought some new ones cost about 250 I think for smoked clear(no yellow) I think you just need to turn a screw or two to adjust the headlights check your haynes/chilton manual if you have one.

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o LOL

 

85MustGT

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Cool looking headlights for 160.00 a pair
http://www.uprproducts.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=521

I assume I can use the same bulbs

 

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Erskine

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85MustGT said:

Cool looking headlights for 160.00 a pair
http://www.uprproducts.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=521

I assume I can use the same bulbs

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it doesnt look back but if u got those i would get the clear coners too

 

crew_dawg16

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use that stuff called "Scratch X" or simply a WHITE toothpaste and get a cloth to rub with and either one will take off that oxidation with a little elbow grease.

 

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HIGDON

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If polish doesn't work then take 1500 grit sandpaper rub them out REALLY well, then polish them out. Works just fine.

 

99SilverGT

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Depends what is wrong with them. If they're yellowed like some headlights get, then you can use polishing compounds and clean them up. If they're like mine were, don't waste your time. With mine you could run your fingernail over them and feel all the little cracks. If you get down close and look at them, you'll see actually see the little cracks, most of them look like little Y's.

Just go buy some new aftermarket clear lights IMO. Thats what I did and it looks 10x better.

 

ACSPONY

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I needed to replace a headlight so I got one off ebay. The seller was DoctorAutoParts I think and they had 100% pos. feedback. Fast ship and the light looks good, looks just like the stock one.

 

twogts4us

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I only paid $92 for the OEM headlight for our 01 GT (bought direct from Ford dealership). I've heard too many horror stories about these Ebay headlights, plus we only needed one.