Polishing headlights?

[jog5000]

My lights are looking a bit dull - I cant afford to replace, so been thinking of trying to polish them? Any suggestions how, with what?

Thanks...

[oze30]

Take the fillament etc out, take off the plastic then warm water with some fairy liquid, then let them sit abit and hopefully they will be clean and bright.

I havent tried, but ithers have so I'm only going by their word!

[jog5000]

oze30, what about the outside of the lens.... mine are pretty pitted - was thinking of using some fine sandpaper, and then going finer, but how long and difficult would it be? Is there not something else that I could use?

[aceraf]

oze30, what about the outside of the lens.... mine are pretty pitted - was thinking of using some fine sandpaper, and then going finer, but how long and difficult would it be? Is there not something else that I could use?

I was actually going to do this when i smoke mine...

I was going to use P2000 wet + dry, and just take a light skimming off to remove the pitting....

You would then buff with something like Farecla G3!! that would get rid of the hazeness (sp)...

not tried it yet, so not sure how it'll turn out, but in theory, should work!!!

[liam012]

i woud like to think our lights could come up as spanking as the ones in the link below but our e30 bosch or hella lights made of a different tpe of plastic to those lights?

http://vehicross.info/modules.php?name= ... icle&id=26

[buster]

i woud like to think our lights could come up as spanking as the ones in the link below but our e30 bosch or hella lights made of a different tpe of plastic to those lights?

http://vehicross.info/modules.php?name= ... icle&id=26

totally different plastic !! Its called glass

[tylerma]

i woud like to think our lights could come up as spanking as the ones in the link below but our e30 bosch or hella lights made of a different tpe of plastic to those lights?

http://vehicross.info/modules.php?name= ... icle&id=26

totally different plastic !! Its called glass

ha ha ha
I so wanted to put an answer like that
but my brain is being very slow today

[Ziggy]

i woud like to think our lights could come up as spanking as the ones in the link below but our e30 bosch or hella lights made of a different tpe of plastic to those lights?

http://vehicross.info/modules.php?name= ... icle&id=26

totally different plastic !! Its called glass

[liam012]

just so you know i am giving you all the finger.. where is that damn smiley...
i have a couple of sets slit up at home and i am fooked if i am gonna beleive they are all glass, i distinctly remember lots of pastic when i was heat torching them off. mmmm
maybe just this once the rest of the word isn't wrong liam, ooops

[aceraf]

but that should work though!

I'll let you know when i've tried it....waiting for my buffer to come back from repair!

[buster]

i think this is what your looking for.