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I'm NOT recommending anyone try this but... I thought someone might want to hear about it. My daughter's Camry had cloudy headlight lens. The lens was bad enough that I thought about replacing the headlight assemblies. I saw on the internet that you could spray the plastic headlight lens with "OFF - Deep Woods" bug spray and it would make them look good as new. With her lens being so bad, what did I have to lose by trying it? After covering up the painted surfaces I sprayed the headlight lens generously with the Off bug spray and immediately wiped it off with a handful of paper towels. No scrubbing with the paper towels. Just a swipe to remove the excess Off and let it dry. A yellow residue was on the paper towel when I wiped the spray off. To my amazement the cloudy lens now looks like new. I don't know how it works or how long it will last, but after two days it still looks great.

Here is what we know but it doesn't give a clear picture about where the price of Reattas is going. *The price of Reattas offered for sale seems to be going up, especially for convertibles. (Who knows what they are actually selling for.) *The number of Reattas for sale seems to be at an all time high. They seem to be for sale everywhere. *Interest in the low mileage Reattas seems to be high. It looks like collectors are now showing interest in Reattas and are willing to pay good money to get a nice one. Does that help or hurt the price of high mileage Reattas? *Replacement parts are getting harder to find. Even good used parts are hard to find if you are looking for the ones that have been discontinued for a while. *Parts are being discontinued at a rate higher than I've ever seen. Every time you turn around you hear about another part that has been dropped. I expect that is a trend that is going to get worse. As Dave pointe out, buying remanufactured parts is getting to be hit or miss for getting a good one. Yes, if you get a bad one they will replace it or refund your money, but in my experience they don't cover the cost of labor for removal and installation of a replacement which can be expensive of you have to pay someone to do it. I once considered getting a really nice '90 or '91 model because I like the looks of the dash. Looks like I've waited too long to get a lower mileage one at a good price.

he hasn’t gotten back to me yet, i’m waiting on his response.

That's a moisture drain tube. No wiring involved.

The CRT won't tell you why the starter isn't turning the engine over.

Whoever bought the ’90 convertible got a sweet deal even with auction fees as it came with a couple grand worth of spare parts. There were only two people bidding on it near the end. Bottom line is that average Reattas in decent condition are worth 5-8,000. Those super low mileage cars are outliers. Much like Jaguars from the same time period, values are lower than they probably should be due to a reputation of having complicated problems. I expect prices to remain about the same for awhile as there’s lots of supply and low demand.

As a previous owner of Corvettes, I am well aware of cracks in fiberglass. What is unusual here is that there is no bonding strip in the vicinity. Furthermore, it is not in areas which are prone to stress crack such as corners. Perhaps this is a fluke and not seen in many other Reatta, but I thought it was worth mentioning and finding out if others have this problem.