I am referring to the silver bit of the headlight. Read the following which reminded me that the coating might become fragile. Any experience to share?
http://p-car.com/diy/headlight/
http://p-car.com/diy/headlight/
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Cleaning the headlight reflector
- Thread starter ellistai
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That milky dust is more n likely bodyshop originated.
Id suggest babywipes.
Don't press hard, the chrome will come off.
Clean the leanses inside in soapy water, and clean the outsides with glass cleaner.
Id suggest babywipes.
Don't press hard, the chrome will come off.
Clean the leanses inside in soapy water, and clean the outsides with glass cleaner.
I used a very soft clean microfibre towel then huffed and lightly buffed. It came up like new.
It is very easy to leave specs of dust on the inside of the lense covers which will be noticeable when the lights are tured on so these are best done in a dust free enviroment with an antistatic cloth.
It is very easy to leave specs of dust on the inside of the lense covers which will be noticeable when the lights are tured on so these are best done in a dust free enviroment with an antistatic cloth.
Dom B said:
+1 to Dom
The risk is poor methods, dont try using an old cloth, only a new microfibre will do its just not worth the risk.
Huff and puff to get some condensation and thats enough I found. If you really must use water ensure its filtered so you dont leave trace particles to get baked on.
Remember quality is not about doing one thing right, its about not doing many things badly. :thumb:
This is a job I gave up on as the plastic tabs that hold the lens to the headlight array seemed very brittle .. I was ever so gently prising the first tab to pop the clip and it cracked (not the seal but the hoop) , I've not gone back to the job since ..
Has anyone else found this , or better yet , found a solution to this problem?
Has anyone else found this , or better yet , found a solution to this problem?
ballcock said:
There was no hint of brittleness when I did mine and the originals did not seem to have any less flex in the tabs than the ones on the brand new lenses that I purchased last year.
I do recall that the first time removing the lenses was more difficult though.
Have you tried pushing the lense toward the headlamp body while gently releasing two tabs at a time.
Pushing the lense toward the headlamp body will help release the tabs as there is a compressible foam rubber seal that is seated beween the two parts, therefore compressing it will alleviate the pressure on the tabs.
Tabs are as per the attached pic:
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