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Offline Steve_B

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Refurbing headlights?
« on: 27 March 2006, 15:14 »
Is there any way to clean up the headlights so they are as new, or is it the plastic itself that goes dull?
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Offline Agreeable Slick

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2006, 17:15 »
you can take them off and rinse some petrol around the inside of them, i did this to my old ones, and they were nice and sparkly afterwards. Just be careful though as it is muchos flammable.
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Offline Haribo!

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #2 on: 30 March 2006, 12:43 »
if you dont fancy petrol then fill them with hot soapy water, mine looked nearly crystal clear after that
 
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Offline steviem

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #3 on: 05 April 2006, 12:41 »
That takes away the risk tho!

howabout Cillit Bang?
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Offline Organisys

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #4 on: 05 April 2006, 13:56 »
yeah, or wonder wheels
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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #5 on: 03 May 2006, 22:42 »
carefull with the petrol or u might just get cillit BOOM!!!!!!!! :laugh:
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Offline steviem

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #6 on: 03 May 2006, 22:45 »
haha,

'why did your car explode when you turned the headlights on?'

'Oh, erm, because there was petrol in them  :embarassed:'
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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #7 on: 03 May 2006, 23:02 »
DOH, lol
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Offline barkstar

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Re: Refurbing headlights?
« Reply #8 on: 06 May 2006, 11:16 »
If they've just got muck in them then hot soapy water should do the trick - I used a bit of sponge on the end of a stick to encourage the crap to shift poked through the bulb hole. But if they're tarnished then its new ones I'm afraid.
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