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hey peoples

this is a bit wierd... i chucked some water on the front of my car the other day to try clean the bonnet / front bumper... i noticed though that the headlights seemed to be covered by this white stuff... so i washed em again and again and with spray/wipe etc etc... and when the water is on the headlights the white stuff goes away, then a minute or 2 later it cames back.. it seems to be inside the headlight..

anyways so i thought maybe its moisture so i left the headlights / engine on for a bit to dry it out.. but it doesnt seem to be moisture.. its like some actual white stuff... evan when i clean it 10000 times with 100 diff cleaning products it still comes back with a white layer on it :)

kinda anoyed because all i literaly did was through some water over the car...something ive done 1000 times... anyone have any ideas what this white stuff could be (and lets all be mature about this please :P ) ?? or how the hell to clean it off ????????????

:(;):spank:

thanks heaps :spank:

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ok im going to officialy say the using toothpaste to brighten your headlights rumour is a load of crap :P

the white stuff is still on the headlights tho grr :( it goes away when u pour water on it.. then comes bak a minute or 2 later

ok peoples after trying every single product in the laundry / toothpaste / turtlewax car polish.. ive found the winning product :P

this car shampoo stuff called 'vip car shampoo'

the headlights are reeaaaallly shiny as well now :(

I have some tube-paste stuff that worked for a while... but my lights keep fogging over like crazy. There are two spots where it HASN'T fogged over, in different places on each lens.

I bought Maguire's PlastiX... it kinda works like the rest, but the fog comes back in a weeks time. I'm not game to polish the lights, as i'll prolly end up polishing all the panels around the lights and stuffing it right up!

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