Safety note
Clean cloudy headlights with toothpaste and a cloth
A genuinely mild abrasive that works here, unlike on a phone screen.
SafetyRinse and dry the lens fully afterward; driving with a wet, still-hazy lens at night is worse than the original haze.
Why it works
Headlight haze is oxidised clear-coat plastic, not glass, so a mild abrasive genuinely polishes it away instead of damaging a coating worth protecting. The same trick ruins a phone screen because that surface has a coating worth keeping — a headlight lens does not.
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