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davetherhino

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Hi people,
My Freelander1 has an advisory on new mot. My headlights lenses are faded.
So I was wondering what you would recommend putting on? Do I have to just replace them like for
Like or is there a better brighter headlamp I can upgrade.? I have issues with my hands so I would be buying
rather than rubbing down the ones I have. Thanks...

davetherhino
 
It's really not that hard to polish them by hand to be honest but alternatively, use a power polish fitment in a drill...piece of **** to do and far cheaper than replacing lights or bulbs (assuming you have a drill).
 
davetherhino said:
Hi people,
My Freelander1 has an advisory on new mot. My headlights lenses are faded.
So I was wondering what you would recommend putting on? Do I have to just replace them like for
Like or is there a better brighter headlamp I can upgrade.? I have issues with my hands so I would be buying
rather than rubbing down the ones I have. Thanks...

davetherhino
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meguairs do a kit for this have a look at halfrauds
 
Just bought myself a polishing kit for the dremel, got a right hand attachment so easier to use , comes with 3 x inch Velcro pads as I also want to do my headlights

heard that brasso works well

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Disco1BFG said:
Me too - get some help to do it - BIL asked me what to about his lenses on his CR-V - we (he*) used bicarbonate toothpaste to polish all the crud orft - and it worked a treat :)

I've done the same on our (none LR) daily driver, wouldn't describe the result as a 'treat' but the process certainly improved the clarity of the lenses.
For just £1.00 you won't get better value for money.
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Thanks everyone for your help. I never thought of doing it with a drill.thought it would be to rough.
I will look out for some discs. Thanks again.
 
norseman said:
I've done the same on our (none LR) daily driver, wouldn't describe the result as a 'treat' but the process certainly improved the clarity of the lenses.
For just £1.00 you won't get better value for money.
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+1 on the value ;) - If you're not happy with the results so far, just keep going - that's what BIL did :)
 
gstuart said:
Just bought myself a polishing kit for the dremel, got a right hand attachment so easier to use , comes with 3 x inch Velcro pads as I also want to do my headlights

heard that brasso works well

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Expect the dremel to burn out. I've tried all sorts of stuff from brasso, t cut, toothpaste and the proper stuff sold by Euro car parts. None of it worked that well and the hazing returned fairly quickly.

Col
 
I dunno how bad your hands are - mine are bad enough for me to get rid of my guns - but I used Meguiars back in October before the MOT. It worked fine., 10 minutes a side.
 
Colthebrummie said:
Expect the dremel to burn out. I've tried all sorts of stuff from brasso, t cut, toothpaste and the proper stuff sold by Euro car parts. None of it worked that well and the hazing returned fairly quickly.

Col
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The coating that’s applied over the polycarbonate headlamp during manufacture has now been removed, ( polished away ).
So the haze will return unfortunately, there’s nothing that can be do about it, other reapplying a protective coating similar to that used when the vehicle left the factory, and the best of luck with that. :)
 
2000 grit wet and dry, use it wet with some soap for lubrication, keep washing the paper in the water/soap. When its all nice and smooth it will look very dull , so , you then buff it up with either a cutting paste or TCut, brasso or similar.
Those restoration kits work but take all day!
Or, save yourself a lot of faff and bring it to a garage, they will have air tools/polishers that make short work of headlamp lenses.
 
nobber said:
2000 grit wet and dry, use it wet with some soap for lubrication, keep washing the paper in the water/soap. When its all nice and smooth it will look very dull , so , you then buff it up with either a cutting paste or TCut, brasso or similar.
Those restoration kits work but take all day!
Or, save yourself a lot of faff and bring it to a garage, they will have air tools/polishers that make short work of headlamp lenses.
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many thks

have got air tools, polishers etc so will try, if all else fails will be replacing them with xenons
 
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