I just cleaned the haze on my sedan headlights this weekend in about 30 minutes total using the 5 Minute Headlight Lens Restorer by CCP.
http://www.customchemicalpkg.com/index-2.html

The lenses were dull and yellow and look good as new now. The first one I did was the passenger side.

Front view after cleaning the passenger side. It looked like the driver side.

Another view from the top

BEFORE

AFTER

BOTH ARE LIKE NEW

 

looks good

 

Very nice!! I wonder why the sedan lights tend to haze up so much compared to the coupe?

 

I don't know. I have to shine mine up every few months

 

Mine's an 04, and I havent seen mine get bad at all. and I barely wash my ride. but i see sedans all the time all yellow and hazy

 

will the meguars scratch X be an okay substitute instead of the plastic X?

 

Yes, but you'll have to apply a protectant after the scratch-x, I believe plastic-x already has some amount of protectant in it

 

man, you rule this detail thread! thanks, any suggestions?

 

I personally use Meg's #21 synthetic sealant on my car, IMO it has the perfect balance between a sealant look and carnuaba look, with very good durability. It can be purchased at some NAPA stores, or online.

 

what's the difference between a sealant and carnuba look?

 

sealants such as #21,FMJ,Zaino, etc leave a very glossy, shiny look like a piece of plastic, some describe it as sterile. Carnuabas leave a much deeper looking "wet" finish. Most autopians will argue a carnuaba will always leave a better look/finish at the cost of durability. A few products combine the two to try to get the best of both worlds such as Meg's #26. While #21 is a pure synthetic without any carnuaba, many, including myself, say that it has more of a carnuaba look than other synthetic sealants, hence the reason I use it. On metallic colored cars, carnuaba's don't get all the benefits of a deep look, so a sealant is usually the better choice for its added durability

 

Sealant protects the surface. Carnuba look gives a very deep shine. It's hard to get a long lasting sealant/shine w/ an easy to apply product.

I'm hoping my Optimium wax lasts for a good amount. It's ridiculasly easy to apply. I can't really comment on the shine as it's hard to get silver cars to really have that deep shine look. But when I met Hai, I remember his car being pretty damned shiny.

 

hmm...i've been wanting to clean my headlights up, maybe I'll try this out.

 

i use wax and it has kept my lights mint