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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 10 April 2014, 10:42:17
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Does anyone have an inexpensive tip for bringing the headlights of my MV6 back to their former glory?
The MOT is due in June and the lights have taken on a dull opaque appearance of late. :-\
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im sure theres a how to on this opti. :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90643.0
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Some kits on ebay / amazon that do the job.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Headlight-Tail-Light-Restoration-kit/dp/B002FUOFOK/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1397123353&sr=8-7&keywords=headlight+restoration+kit
Needs plenty of elbow grease or a battery drill though ;)
If they are not too bad, t cut or any cutting compound like G3 will improve them :y
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Any mild abrasive cream/paste will do the job. If you already have such a thing then you'll get the job done in the time it takes to have a coffee.
T-cut is probably too mild, which just means more effort.
A few minutes with some G3 easily restored my yellow and rough lights
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Just done one of two on my MV6 and as said abrasive cream, but it took longer than one coffee. I got some from e-gay but you could use any. They come up OK, but don't look new. They will pass an MoT OK IMO :y :y
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Does anyone have an inexpensive tip for bringing the headlights of my MV6 back to their former glory?
The MOT is due in June and the lights have taken on a dull opaque appearance of late. :-\
Here we go. One thread 'Back on the road', next thread 'How much will this cost?' ;D
And an MOT to follow. Cut your losses Mr. O. Would £300 buy it? ;)
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Flat down the lenses with 1200 grit then superfine(2000 grit) After the panic has gone at how they look, polish with G3 compound. Brings them back to near new look.
Keith B
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Try this. £15 iirc: http://www.meguiars.co.uk/blog/?p=419 (http://www.meguiars.co.uk/blog/?p=419)
(http://www.meguiars.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_9013.jpg)
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G3 paste seems to be consistently mentioned. Where can I get this from?
The Meguiar's 'headlamp correction kit' also looks interesting. :y
I've only used T-Cut/Colour Cut so far, but as mentioned, it doesn't seem quite abrasive enough to make much difference.
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3M headlight restoration kit :y
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if you want a quick result which wont be shorter than a few hours in total ;D you have to use 1500 grid wet sanding and than a orbital polisher with farecla g3.. polishing by hand will be too long.. I'm afraid..
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if you want a quick result which wont be shorter than a few hours in total ;D you have to use 1500 grid wet sanding and than a orbital polisher with farecla g3.. polishing by hand will be too long.. I'm afraid..
I might be wrong, but I've got a feeling that they might have taken that into consideration when designing the kit...
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Vim? :-\
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G6 rapid on a power polisher is better than G3, less messy & only took me about 15-20 mins to do both sides :y
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G6 rapid on a power polisher is better than G3, less messy & only took me about 15-20 mins to do both sides :y
.......mind you, my lenses are only 1mm thick now. ;D
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G3 compound available from car paint suppliers (not halfords!!!) I got the U pol equivalent of Farecla for around £6 for the tube
Keith B
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if you want a quick result which wont be shorter than a few hours in total ;D you have to use 1500 grid wet sanding and than a orbital polisher with farecla g3.. polishing by hand will be too long.. I'm afraid..
I might be wrong, but I've got a feeling that they might have taken that into consideration when designing the kit...
some chemicals work wonders some not, just a hoax( and lots of them) .. so I cant comment as I didnt use that product..
however, the codition of headlights and how deep the damage decides the total work time.. but even cleaning the mess that paste creates takes half an hour ;D
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if you want a quick result which wont be shorter than a few hours in total ;D you have to use 1500 grid wet sanding and than a orbital polisher with farecla g3.. polishing by hand will be too long.. I'm afraid..
I might be wrong, but I've got a feeling that they might have taken that into consideration when designing the kit...
some chemicals work wonders some not, just a hoax( and lots of them) .. so I cant comment as I didnt use that product..
however, the condition of headlights and how deep the damage decides the total work time.. but even cleaning the mess that paste creates takes half an hour ;D
How many gallons of the stuff are you using? It's only a small area, and easily done by hand. 10 minutes to get a nice clear lens, and 30 seconds to wipe off the surplus. That's another reason not to use a mop, as that does fling compound everywhere.
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if you want a quick result which wont be shorter than a few hours in total ;D you have to use 1500 grid wet sanding and than a orbital polisher with farecla g3.. polishing by hand will be too long.. I'm afraid..
I might be wrong, but I've got a feeling that they might have taken that into consideration when designing the kit...
some chemicals work wonders some not, just a hoax( and lots of them) .. so I cant comment as I didnt use that product..
however, the condition of headlights and how deep the damage decides the total work time.. but even cleaning the mess that paste creates takes half an hour ;D
How many gallons of the stuff are you using? It's only a small area, and easily done by hand. 10 minutes to get a nice clear lens, and 30 seconds to wipe off the surplus. That's another reason not to use a mop, as that does fling compound everywhere.
your headlights probably not much damaged :)
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As i recall, pre polishing, Nicks car looked almost French ;D
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As i recall, pre polishing, Nicks car looked almost French ;D
Omega lights by Cibie ;D
They were rough enough that you could probably have used them as an emery board too.
I''ve cleaned several other plastic lenses, and never had any problem with G3 by hand. It's quick, easy and effective. As I have repeatedly posted, it's only worth buying the specific kits if you have nothing that will do the job.
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Vim? :-\
:D
You never know , give it a try on a bit :-\
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I've managed to get them half decent by using a brillo pad followed by two or three applications of T-Cut.
They shouldn't be a problem at the MOT now. :y
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I've managed to get them half decent by using a brillo pad followed by two or three applications of T-Cut.
They shouldn't be a problem at the MOT now. :y
Needs must mr opti :D now whats mrs opti going to do the dishes with :-\
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I've managed to get them half decent by using a brillo pad followed by two or three applications of T-Cut.
They shouldn't be a problem at the MOT now. :y
Needs must mr opti :D now whats mrs opti going to do the dishes with :-\
When I say 'brillo pad' what I actually mean is 'Sainsbury's VALUE soap filled pad'.... ;D
Times are hard, Mr Emd, and the taxman makes the terminator look like Mary Poppins. ::) ::) :)
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I've managed to get them half decent by using a brillo pad followed by two or three applications of T-Cut.
They shouldn't be a problem at the MOT now. :y
Needs must mr opti :D now whats mrs opti going to do the dishes with :-\
When I say 'brillo pad' what I actually mean is 'Sainsbury's VALUE soap filled pad'.... ;D
Times are hard, Mr Emd, and the taxman makes the terminator look like Mary Poppins. ::) ::) :)
The Omega will save you a bob or two on your fuel bill now you have 2 pots less :y