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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: mr_elite on 22 November 2009, 11:49:41

Title: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: mr_elite on 22 November 2009, 11:49:41: hello friends... :y

once again i am in need of all of your wizdom and guidence lol..

i have a facelift 2000reg and my headlight glass has misted up? so i want to replace the buggers lol

i've checked ebay and places and theres plenty going but my question is this?
mine are the xenon headlights with the hid packs etc mounted behind the headlights will all the glass headlight housings fit or do i have to ask for special xenon ones??

thanx for all replys brothers of the omega round table lol... :y :y :y 8-)
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: amba on 22 November 2009, 12:10:06: Any similar age model(in your case facelift) headlight lenses will fit.
I have done the exact thing to my mini facelift 1998 elite.I bought a very cheap pair of good condition standard headlights...got the hair dryer out and heated them up to melt the black goo and then pulled off the plastic lenses..did the same on my existing "hid" headlights and just stuck it all back together.
Result is 2 almost brand new headlights will all original ballasts/bulbs etc.
Just make sure you only get genuine VX replacements as the cheap Deapo aftermarket replacements have their lenses held on with a curved sprung clip which does not re seal aginst the VX hella bodies.
Quite a straight forward job but make sure you get the black sealing goo quite hot or it won,t release from the lenses,and when you put all back together double check you have no dirt or dust inside the headlights or you will end up pulling them all apart again.
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: Omegadoha, Desert Member on 22 November 2009, 12:25:27: You can clean them up depending on how badly they have misted up. First have a go with brasso, rubbing compound and or polishing compound. See if that takes off the misting. You can also use sandpaper but you have to finish off with 1200 and a plastic polish.

Mine were really badly gone and sandpaper did the trick, however, the adjusters were busted, so I replaced them with cheapo Depos.
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: mr_elite on 23 November 2009, 00:43:41: ahh...i.ll look into this melting the glass lense off and the polishing trick!! :y :y
but wot your saying is all the headlight housings on the facelift are the same?..so if i had ne joy with polishing or (knowing me broke 1 trying to melt the glass seal)then i could buy any face lift head lights and mount my xenons into them??

once again lads all replys greatly appreciated. :y :y
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: Jimbob on 23 November 2009, 08:02:07: 1 other thing thats gone unnoticed...the lens 'glass' is plastic :y
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: Omegadoha, Desert Member on 23 November 2009, 16:19:11: Just wanted to add the fog lights don't appear to be as easy to clean up as the headlight lens. i.e. sandpaper doesn't quite work - in my opinion.
Title: Re: replacement headlight glass??
Post by: Radiomarko on 23 November 2009, 17:27:52: Greygate plastic polish from Ebay and some sweat sorted mine out, they were very dim as covered in tiny surface scratches = MOT pass.