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Ask Cars: Fixing foggy headlights
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This is probably not true, but I've heard of people using toothpaste as a polishing compound for cloudy headlights on these older cars.
Sounds somewhat logical. Probably requires a lot of toothpaste ;)
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.
Toothpaste actually worked for me with my old 2003 Ford Taurus. They were yellowed pretty bad and the toothpaste did clear them up.
Probably not better than actually sanding and polishing and reclearing, but it does work in a pinch.
I did this on my last car. (Acura RSX) Leave the car smelling minty fresh as well.