Head Lamps Cleaning

[garthy327]

Does anyone have tips or good ideas on how to bring my headlamps back to there former glory?

they are looking really quite dull....

Gareth

[BEERBOY123]

T-Cut?

[toby]

Clean the inside out with cotton buds and methylated spirit.

[Kos]

T-Cut?

[E30123]

There's two ways, see links below:

[BEERBOY123]

T-Cut?

No, seriously, for just shining up the glass it is spot on

[toby]

Agree on the T-Cut too. It gets a undeserved bad reputation rather like Autoglym products.

[Kos]

T-Cut?

No, seriously, for just shining up the glass it is spot on

its vile and there are better products for that

Agree on the T-Cut too. It gets a undeserved bad reputation rather like Autoglym products.

certain detailers and smaller manufacturers give AG a bad rep, but its decent stuff. i love their glass polish which is ideal for the job.
i also think their acid free wheel cleaner is excellent, much better than the over hyped billberry crap

[Kos]

There's two ways, see links below:

the e30's head lamps are glass unlike the civics

[omens]

You can get headlight restoration kits that supposedly work really well on glass. Wetsanding is another option.

[polsta]

toothpaste ive read is good, worth a try ?

[Idol]

Resurrecting an old thread, I've also heard toothpaste but it has to be whitening as its slightly gritty as it has something in it. Although I used t cut on the Mrs focus as her headlight went hazy and failed mot on light projection/pattern. T cut worked wonders!

[Speedtouch]

The gritty stuff they add is bicarbonate of soda.

Soda crystals diluted in warm water would probably work well too.

[polsta]

or crystals mixed with toothpaste ?

saw something somewhere , a kit that was £10 from machine mart, that had great results,. really need to do mine

[eko]

Are we talking inside or outside of the light here?
I use fairy liquid/thinners on the insides,works a treat

[Rav335uk]

Some heat from a heatgun usually works.
Depending on how bad they are too.

Is it the main beam? or high beam?

[BFC]

G6 cutting compound works a treat too!

[PG325]

Careful if cleaning the inside of the glass, the white pattern beam deflector can rub off quite easily, ask me how I know......doh!!!!

On the outside I used Cerium Oxide mixed to a paste and machine polished, they came up almost perfect.

[Gavla]

Gtechniq products.

[jimmymig]

An old bit of Clay bar you will be suprised how much crap it pulls out the glass! I use it on wind screen to much better than any paste or polish;-)