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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Anthony in Madrid on 15 August 2011, 09:51:55
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Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
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Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
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Hi Tunnie
How ya doin?
Do the replacements have the clear class?
ps Im in Spain dont forget.
Regards
Anthony :y
Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
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Hi Tunnie
How ya doin?
Do the replacements have the clear class?
ps Im in Spain dont forget.
Regards
Anthony :y
Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
Yes they do, they are fitted to cars post 1998, and should just slot straight in:
(http://www.carlamp.com/product_pics/1LL-007-950-255.JPG)
Its up to the breaker if they are willing to post to Spain, parts have been sent abroad before. :y
Perhaps some arrangement can be made via Varche? (spanish member)
:y
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Thanks Tunnie :y
But they're OK for my MIGGY right? 96'? Hi Tunnie
How ya doin?
Do the replacements have the clear class?
ps Im in Spain dont forget.
Regards
Anthony :y
Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
Yes they do, they are fitted to cars post 1998, and should just slot straight in:
(http://www.carlamp.com/product_pics/1LL-007-950-255.JPG)
Its up to the breaker if they are willing to post to Spain, parts have been sent abroad before. :y
Perhaps some arrangement can be made via Varche? (spanish member)
:y
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Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
I`ve only got F/L. Anthony will need the LHD versions ;)
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I have some European Spec Projectors in pretty good nick, I got them while in Germany to pass the TUV but dont need them any more.
PM me if interested :y
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Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
I`ve only got F/L. Anthony will need the LHD versions ;)
D'oh forgot they don't have the switch lever like HID's :-[
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Until you replace them...you can clear the ones you have with normal T-Cut and a fair bit of elbow grease...may need 2 or 3 coats if they are really bad but should come up like new :y
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Great tip thanks :y
Now what is the Spanish version of T Cut ? lolUntil you replace them...you can clear the ones you have with normal T-Cut and a fair bit of elbow grease...may need 2 or 3 coats if they are really bad but should come up like new :y
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What do you mean Rob?
Replace them (the whole light unit) with projectors, fairly cheap and will improve output considerably.
Try one of the breakers here, maybe RobG? :y
I`ve only got F/L. Anthony will need the LHD versions ;)
D'oh forgot they don't have the switch lever like HID's :-[
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What do you mean Rob?
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F/L = facelift ie later cars. Their headlights are a different shape from yours
HID headlamps have a lever inside which cut off the up sweep of a dipped headlight ie for RHD they appear something like \_____ \_____ when shone against a garage door. Your LHD lights will appear _____/ _____/ :y
When the lever is moved across the beam you'll get ____ ____ whether RHD or LHD. The lever won't make a RHD headlight into a LHD light or vice versa :y
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So ....I need them with the levers right? (Sorry I have newbieitis at the moment ;) :D :-/
Also Rob wrote..."D'oh forgot they don't have the switch lever like HID's" HID'S??? Is that a specific model for specific Omegas or specific years. What do the letters stand for?
Cheers a lot :y
What do you mean Rob?
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F/L = facelift ie later cars. Their headlights are a different shape from yours
HID headlamps have a lever inside which cut off the up sweep of a dipped headlight ie for RHD they appear something like \_____ \_____ when shone against a garage door. Your LHD lights will appear _____/ _____/ :y
When the lever is moved across the beam you'll get ____ ____ whether RHD or LHD. The lever won't make a RHD headlight into a LHD light or vice versa :y
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Anthony, send a PM to Guffer, as he has a pair of lights from a Left hand drive :y
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Done!!!
Thanks Tunnie :y :y :yAnthony, send a PM to Guffer, as he has a pair of lights from a Left hand drive :y
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What do you mean Rob?
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F/L = facelift ie later cars. Their headlights are a different shape from yours
HID headlamps have a lever inside which cut off the up sweep of a dipped headlight ie for RHD they appear something like \_____ \_____ when shone against a garage door. Your LHD lights will appear _____/ _____/ :y
When the lever is moved across the beam you'll get ____ ____ whether RHD or LHD. The lever won't make a RHD headlight into a LHD light or vice versa :y
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True but is sufficient for the Spanish version of an MOT. The already poor lights become poorer! ;D
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@Varche...What is the Spanish equivelant of "T Cut"? Do you know? Cheers :y
What do you mean Rob?
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F/L = facelift ie later cars. Their headlights are a different shape from yours
HID headlamps have a lever inside which cut off the up sweep of a dipped headlight ie for RHD they appear something like \_____ \_____ when shone against a garage door. Your LHD lights will appear _____/ _____/ :y
When the lever is moved across the beam you'll get ____ ____ whether RHD or LHD. The lever won't make a RHD headlight into a LHD light or vice versa :y
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True but is sufficient for the Spanish version of an MOT. The already poor lights become poorer! ;D
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wet sand them with 2000 grid ..
then use G3 (a kind of paste) and polisher or hand buffing..
and add xenon.. [smiley=evil.gif] (admins will jump now ;D)
lenses are not like the other with xenon ;D
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Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
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Great tip thanks :y
Now what is the Spanish version of T Cut ? lolUntil you replace them...you can clear the ones you have with normal T-Cut and a fair bit of elbow grease...may need 2 or 3 coats if they are really bad but should come up like new :y
Any metal polish (eg Brasso?) will probably work as well.
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Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
:-*
Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
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Hi....did you mean just a metal polisher and elbow grease or sandpaper, metal polisher and elbow grease?
Great tip thanks :y
Now what is the Spanish version of T Cut ? lolUntil you replace them...you can clear the ones you have with normal T-Cut and a fair bit of elbow grease...may need 2 or 3 coats if they are really bad but should come up like new :y
Any metal polish (eg Brasso?) will probably work as well.
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Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
:-*
Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
It does at first, yes. But as you work down through the grades - getting finer and finer - the surface gets flatter and flatter. The final T-Cutting brings it back to it's sparkling old self!
If you just polish them all you'll get is polished (but still pitted) plastic. I believe there's a "How To" on here somewhere.
Let me see if I can somehow get the photo off my phone !
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Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
:-*
Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
It does at first, yes. But as you work down through the grades - getting finer and finer - the surface gets flatter and flatter. The final T-Cutting brings it back to it's sparkling old self!
If you just polish them all you'll get is polished (but still pitted) plastic. I believe there's a "How To" on here somewhere.
Let me see if I can somehow get the photo off my phone !
I've got the photo's into my e-mail - it would be easier to mail them direct. If you want, pm me with your e-mail addy.
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Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
:-*
Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
It does at first, yes. But as you work down through the grades - getting finer and finer - the surface gets flatter and flatter. The final T-Cutting brings it back to it's sparkling old self!
If you just polish them all you'll get is polished (but still pitted) plastic. I believe there's a "How To" on here somewhere.
Let me see if I can somehow get the photo off my phone !
Sorry, I was wrong. It's not a "How To" here, it was another site I found when looking to fix the same problem as yours.
Take a look here http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/maintenance/4252611
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@ GaryBC.... PM sent buddy
Cheers :yHi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
:-*
Hi guys
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/aschneider2010/ForumResizeOO1-1.jpg)
Anyone know I can get those headlamp covers to get clear. They are cloudy plastic. I heard from someone that you can buff them up with a special solution and some elbow grease. Is this true? Your help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Anthony :y
Ingredients required:- Orbital sander. Eight sheets of Wet & Dry (two each 400, 600, 1200, 2000). Bucket of water with a dash of fairy liquid. T-Cut. Turtlewax. Halfords cost about a tenner.
Work down through the grades of wet n dry keeping it wet to avoid clogging and overheating. Finish off with T-Cut and a wax. Takes about half an hour a side.
I did mine last weekend - what a difference! I've got a 'before & after' photo on my phone and would post it here if I knew how!!
It does at first, yes. But as you work down through the grades - getting finer and finer - the surface gets flatter and flatter. The final T-Cutting brings it back to it's sparkling old self!
If you just polish them all you'll get is polished (but still pitted) plastic. I believe there's a "How To" on here somewhere.
Let me see if I can somehow get the photo off my phone !
Sorry, I was wrong. It's not a "How To" here, it was another site I found when looking to fix the same problem as yours.
Take a look here http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/maintenance/4252611
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Try this!!
http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/GaryBC/Headlamps/
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Looks great Gary cheers for your help!! Everyone else too!! Have a virtual beer on me [smiley=beer.gif]
Better start training the elbow!!! ;)
Best regards
AntTry this!!
http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/GaryBC/Headlamps/