Thread: Headlight Glass Repair

I've been going over my Defender following to find any damage after my recent trip and I've found the my passenger side headlight has a hole int he glass.

The hole is about 6mm across and explains why there is an inch or so of water sitting in the bottom of the unit.

Is there a way of repairing the glass reliably or, is it not worth the hassle? Should I just replace the whole unit (or pair) with something newer and better (if so, what?).

Thanks in advance!!

Sam

I ended up with a little "bullet type" hole in one of my headlight lenses on our Cape York Trip last month.

I ended up getting the new Trucklite LED headlights for $400 pr.

I'm not sure I'd recommend buying them if you already had good lights, but they're worth considering if your lights need replacing.

They're mil-spec with a polycarbonate lens and aluminium body. They fit and plug into the Defender with no mods. It took me about 15min to fit both.

They draw 1.8amps (low beam) and 3.6amps (high beam) each.

They light is way better than the Halogen.

What I don't like about them, is there's a narrow band of shadow just in front of the car (probably from the bullbar, as the low beam uses the top part of the reflector to angle the light down). Also you don't notice it except in closed quaters, there are two bright X points that mark the focal point of the lights.

The JW speaker lights were another option, but they would have been $1,200 pr.

The new phase 7 Trucklites look good too.

On our road trip I saw several fuel trucks with the JW Speaker LED headlights, and they had a bright light without the directional dazzle of projector HID lights seen on new cars. They seemed easy on the eye, driving toward them.

If you don't have an upgraded wiring loom, the LED headlights will save you the hassle, as well as save the electrical wear (heating) on your headlight switch.