"Mike Y" wrote in news:8NJPi.3$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe06.lga:
I've seen the discussions on the 'polish' to use on things like
> headlight lens when they yellow or become fogged.
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> I thought the polish was available at Wal-Mart, but I looked yesterday
> and couldn't find anything.
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> Any recommendations as to what to use?
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> I have a 93 Intrepid with the headlights all milky, and a 95 GradPrix
> that has a 'light bar' that turned yellow and cloudy.
>
> Also... does the stuff work well with mechanical buffing or does it
> really work well with hand rubbing (for hours and hours and...)
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I have two minivans that had clouded headlights:
1994 Caravan
1999 Voyager
After a lot of research I decided to try the little kit sold at SOME Walmarts (but mine didn't have it at the time, so I bought at Advance Auto Parts in Sept. 2006 for less than $20, if I recall.
As I went through the process, I wasn't optimistic, but when you put the final clear liquid on the lens, PRESTO....amazing: cloudy becomes crystal clear. I mean, it was really great.
This clarity lasted for a year, and now the lenses are cloudy again (not QUITE as cloudy as before, but not good).
This same product was totally worthless on the 1999 Voyager which has the newer curved type of headlight assembly. On that one, the damage to the lenses was not predominantlysurface damage, but deep within the formerly clear plastic, and perhaps INSIDE the assembly too. A few months ago, it got so bad that I shopped online and got a pair of new ones for $169. (I still need to align them, and I've asked for advice on this NG, but I don't think there's been a reply.)
Anyway, I'm probably going to see if the kit manufacturer will honor their warranty and send me a new kit so I can redo the 1994 van.