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[Varche]

What do you mean Rob?
....

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 _____/   _____/ 

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 

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True but is sufficient for the Spanish version of an MOT. The already poor lights become poorer! 

[Anthony in Madrid]

@Varche...What is the Spanish equivelant of "T Cut"? Do you know? Cheers

What do you mean Rob?
....

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 _____/   _____/ 

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 

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True but is sufficient for the Spanish version of an MOT. The already poor lights become poorer! 

[cem_devecioglu]

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 )

lenses are not like the other with xenon

[GaryBC]

Hi guys

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 

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!!

[GaryBC]

Great tip thanks
Now what is the Spanish version of T Cut ? lol

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

Any metal polish (eg Brasso?) will probably work as well.

[Anthony in Madrid]

Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
 

Hi guys

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 

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!!

[Anthony in Madrid]

Hi....did you mean just a metal polisher and elbow grease or sandpaper, metal polisher and elbow grease?

Great tip thanks
Now what is the Spanish version of T Cut ? lol

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

Any metal polish (eg Brasso?) will probably work as well.

[GaryBC]

Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
 

Hi guys

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 

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 !

[GaryBC]

Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
 

Hi guys

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 

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.

[GaryBC]

Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
 

Hi guys

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 

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

[Anthony in Madrid]

@ GaryBC.... PM sent buddy
Cheers

Hi, wont sanding the plastic mess it up?
 

Hi guys

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 

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

[GaryBC]

Try this!!

http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/GaryBC/Headlamps/

[Anthony in Madrid]

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
Ant

Try this!!

http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/GaryBC/Headlamps/