Monday, March 20, 2006 - 07:17 am, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
Seats look to be quite good which is a bonus. But yes, get those headlights cleaned up. Two nuts under the guard (you have to move the plastic guard covers back from around the front of the wheel arch) - then just one bold in the top of the headlight under the bonnet. Once you get em out, pop all the clips off, into the oven on 100C for about 5 minutes, and they should leaver apart easy enough with a butter knife. Then use the same knife to scrape all the grey gooey crap off, polish up with some silvo, autosol or whatever using a very soft cloth, and re-assemble with some clear silica. Easy!
Monday, March 20, 2006 - 09:42 pm, by: Kev LeLeu(Kev)
I cleaned up my headlights with Mr.Sheen and soft cloth. The right side came up great but I noticed the left side was cloudy. Upon closer inspection it was covered in hundreds of tiny scratches #@?%$! You can kind of see it already in the 3rd photo. I dont think Mr.Sheen's gonna scratch •••• and the cloth is 100% cotton,so I expect it's from the previous owner. Does anyone know if you can buff out scratches from the plastic cover?Thanks
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 07:12 am, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
I think the lowbeam lenses are polycarbonite, so it should be possible to polish out scratches. As mentioned, start with something fairly abrasive such as silvo or autosol - if the scratches are too deep for that you might try a courser cutting compound and then work your way back to the silvo. I guess you could even try glass polishing rouge to finish up with.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 08:39 am, by: Perry Morgan(Uzz32)
The scratches you are talking about is called crazing. Very common on polycarb of this age. The BEST way to get it to look as good as it can it to put a bit of masking tape around the light on the paint to protect it and get some 2000 grit wet and dry. Trickle a bit of water on the light as you sand away the broken down uv film which is what the cloudy bit is. Once you get a consistantly cloudy look to the light then let it dry and polish it with the plastic polish.
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Seats look to be quite good which is a bonus. But yes, get those headlights cleaned up. Two nuts under the guard (you have to move the plastic guard covers back from around the front of the wheel arch) - then just one bold in the top of the headlight under the bonnet. Once you get em out, pop all the clips off, into the oven on 100C for about 5 minutes, and they should leaver apart easy enough with a butter knife. Then use the same knife to scrape all the grey gooey crap off, polish up with some silvo, autosol or whatever using a very soft cloth, and re-assemble with some clear silica. Easy!
