Thread: headlight glass td5

Originally Posted by frostyblue

Thanks guys, just for the record mine are glass, damn looks like I gotta buy the whole thing, anyone wrecking one in brissy

cheers

ken

cheers

I just bought a VGC second hand headlight from Jag & Rover Spares at Newmarket for around $50.


Much easier

Do you mean you cut and polish the outside of the lense and what is the correct stuff?


Very interesting.


Cheers, Jerry

Originally Posted by Road Stone

Do you mean you cut and polish the outside of the lense and what is the correct stuff?


Very interesting.


Cheers, Jerry

I tried the proprietary lens cleaning kits, but found the lens returning milky/opaque after a month or so.

So I hunted around on the 'net and found a tip for using Autosol metal polish. Smear a 25mm bead onto the lens, polish with a soft cloth for a minute or two, then get a polisher on it.

Has lasted a couple of months so far, and I've not even used a quarter of an $8 tube. And I was going to spend $800 on a new set of headlights.

My Td5 has the milky look, and was going to do the same, change the lenses as it really annoys me.

Si I take it Autosol can be had in autobarn or super cheap?

When u say polish, do you mean just with a soft cloth?

Cheers jerry

Originally Posted by Road Stone

My Td5 has the milky look, and was going to do the same, change the lenses as it really annoys me.

Si I take it Autosol can be had in autobarn or super cheap?

When u say polish, do you mean just with a soft cloth?

Cheers jerry

Autobarn, supercheap, bunnings, it's quite widely available for under ten bucks.

I started with just a soft cloth, but then I finished off with an electric polisher. You should be able to get away without using a polisher, just give it some elbow grease with the soft cloth.

Note that this is for the polycarbonate lenses only. Not the glass ones

Hi Bud

Have a look in automotive stores and eBay for a Headlight lens repair kit or the alternative is to rub the lens back with 1600grit - 2400grit and then hand rub with tooth paste as a buffing compound.

Headlight lens repair kit is the way my father in- law went with his car
And I saw the other way on TV on one of the American car restoration shows.

Originally Posted by Road Stone

My Td5 has the milky look, and was going to do the same, change the lenses as it really annoys me.

Si I take it Autosol can be had in autobarn or super cheap?

When u say polish, do you mean just with a soft cloth?

Cheers jerry

Cheers

Steve