Author Topic: Cleaning headlight lenses?!  (Read 3005 times)

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #10 on: 22 February 2008, 12:14 »
Brilliant, im going to do this as well now! Love these cheap effective mods.

Did you just paint that part black with a paint brush??

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #11 on: 22 February 2008, 12:17 »
Brilliant, im going to do this as well now! Love these cheap effective mods.

Did you just paint that part black with a paint brush??

I dont think you use a brush, probably a spray, otherwise you would get brush lines?

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #12 on: 22 February 2008, 12:20 »
Yeah, might be really difficult to spray though due to overspraying the actual lenses...

Im sure you wouldn't be able to see brush lines any way due to the style of the original lamps ... the lense is all patterned and distorted and isn't clear.

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #13 on: 22 February 2008, 12:22 »
Yeah, your probably right there actually, im just a bit wearing of using a brush. What paint do you use?

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #14 on: 22 February 2008, 12:25 »
Smalish paint brush jobbie and i just bought some Matt Black paint form motor world..

A steady hand and some black silicone to re seal them  :wink:

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #15 on: 22 February 2008, 12:34 »
As we speak im on the floor with a hair dryer tryin to sperate the lens from one of my old headlamps, so it dont matter if i break it.

ands it not cumin off, did you use a big screw driver to prise it off?

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #16 on: 22 February 2008, 12:36 »
Take your time heatin it up.. then just use a wide flat head screwdriver, patience my friend!

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #17 on: 22 February 2008, 12:42 »
Take your time heatin it up.. then just use a wide flat head screwdriver, patience my friend!

yeah, the dog is more interested in the hair dryer than the head light! lol.

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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #18 on: 22 February 2008, 14:00 »
Easy with the screw driver too as the glass chips REALLY easily. Stripped all 3 sets I've had, infact I've still got the glass off one of them, so if you break one let me know!!

Don't pain't them black though, looks :sick:

If you have to phaff with ordinary lights just smoke the inside of the glass! :wink:
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Re: Cleaning headlight lenses?!
« Reply #19 on: 22 February 2008, 14:06 »
If you have to phaff with ordinary lights just smoke the inside of the glass! :wink:

How do you smoke them? this is the effect i want, not painted.