we can see the plastic has gotten hazy and so the light doesn't shine out of it like it should it's dim and it just looks old and ugly rather than replace it I'm gonna try polishing it and I'm gonna try polishing it's cheap way so I'm gonna use first we'll use toothpaste any toothpaste will do I chose Sponge Bob because that's what I had around don't ask why we take our toothpaste a little bit on a damp paper towel he's a little more get you did on to all the surfaces here we'll just give it a good scrubbing it's already getting better I can see the actual light inside there now add a little more toothpaste add little more water get the edges - so it has a uniform shininess looks like a new part when I'm done toothpaste is a really good mild abrasive for doing all kinds of things like this you have CDs scratches on them you can use toothpaste to buff it out so perhaps today's lesson is more about toothpaste and less about your headlights but that is really working and we wipe it off wet paper towel try and get all the toothpaste the toothpaste enos off of it next we let it dry for a bit so I'm going to turn off the camera all right phase 2 I'm gonna hit it with a little bit of regular car wax keep it shiny give it a little protection I've have a wet paper towel trying to do this with stuff you have around the house so bigger car wax in toothpaste most people have give your little car wax this is a 2001 ford focus we're looking at great car get 28 miles a gallon in the city 38 on the highway 10 years old already got the 5-speed just a great car nobody wants to steal it gets me where I'm going looks halfway decent all right so now we let's say car wax dry I suppose you don't have to sit and watch wax drive I'm gonna turn off the camera again and let's buff it off that's much better you can actually see the bulb in there now and the bulb can shine out more so that means more light on the road which means safer and also my car doesn't look old and rotten so now you know toothpaste helps fight headlight decay