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Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:24 am
by yakob
always looking at my headlights they look quite foggy..
i was wondering if theres a way to polish them from the inside so they come up as new.,
and idiots guide would be nice.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:00 am
by Mr Morlock
You can polish them with car polish and this works very well but do not over do it with a heavy cut. The polycarbonate lenses are coated at time of manufacture but they tend to deteriorate with time and weathering.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:22 am
by philz
mothers plastic polish
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:29 am
by Jeo
philz wrote:mothers plastic polish
+1
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:48 am
by bruce
Inside?
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:12 pm
by sliq
on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:46 pm
by Mr Morlock
You clean the lense from the outside. The lense is hot melt glued to the housing.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:49 pm
by GP
Brasso works a treat
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:01 pm
by 16bit
going to give mine a go with micro fibre this weekend.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:43 pm
by irwin83r
Jeo wrote:philz wrote:mothers plastic polish
+1
+2
on the outside
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:01 pm
by PUR157
Just make sure you don't jump straight to the most abrasive compound you have... I've read that it's best to work your way up to consecutively rougher compounds if you find the finer ones don't work... coz then you'd just spend the rest of the day polishing back the swirls
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:15 am
by yakob
sliq wrote:on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.
is there a tutorial anywhere? coz im sure most of the grime is on the inside. but i cnt get to that anyway can i.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:00 am
by sliq
yakob wrote:sliq wrote:on NB's, you'll have to rip off the front bar to clean the lights from the inside.
is there a tutorial anywhere? coz im sure most of the grime is on the inside. but i cnt get to that anyway can i.
from big forum
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:26 pm
by Mr Morlock
Gents trust me- this is just a case of applying a light polish to a cloth rub on and rub off- apply again if not satisfied- but do not rip it into it- you do not want to completely remove the unseen hard coating on the lenses which provide long term life. I recently did this on badly weathered headlamp lenses on a Festy and the job was done in 5 minutes. It is the same process as polishing your paintwork. As an aside I have often seen taillight lenses buffed to remove marks in OE manufacture and it recovers otherwise reject parts. Too easy they say.
Clean Headlights.
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:11 pm
by yakob
Mr Morlock wrote:Gents trust me- this is just a case of applying a light polish to a cloth rub on and rub off- apply again if not satisfied- but do not rip it into it- you do not want to completely remove the unseen hard coating on the lenses which provide long term life. I recently did this on badly weathered headlamp lenses on a Festy and the job was done in 5 minutes. It is the same process as polishing your paintwork. As an aside I have often seen taillight lenses buffed to remove marks in OE manufacture and it recovers otherwise reject parts. Too easy they say.
i always just wash the headlights as i wash the rest of the car, soap and rinse. but i noticed that they seemed dull on the inside. can be fixed?