Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not much
better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally.
There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube.
My garage said that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but I don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills with mop-discs can be too fast.
Any ideas?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

On 26/10/13 22:15, Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not much
better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally.
There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube.
My garage said that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but I don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills with mop-discs can be too fast.
Any ideas?

http://www.powerbulbs.com/store/cate...storation-kits

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not
much better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally. There are
scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher, but I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional drills with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to cutting
back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in more than one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to get the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay might be a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.

--
*I was once a millionaire but my mom gave away my baseball cards

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not
much better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally. There are
scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher, but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to cutting
back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

In article ,
Jim S writes:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not much
better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally.
There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube.
My garage said that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but I don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills with mop-discs can be too fast.
Any ideas?

I got something called Greygate Plastic Polish from CPC a while
ago, which works on mine. It warns not to use on Cellulose Acetate,
for which they have an alternative product according to the label.
I don't think it would work for anything other than the finest
scratches.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not
much better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally. There are
scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher, but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to cutting
back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.

--
*A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut
was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using fine
grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.


After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly, smashing
it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on the
internet for £25. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it was a
good deal.
--
Davey.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may
have made a slight difference or it may just have been wishful
thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut was, but
only marginally. There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive
kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay might
be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.

Can't find any
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Davey wrote in
:

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut
was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using fine
grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.


After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly,
smashing it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on
the internet for £25. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it
was a good deal.

Lucky you. I did look.

--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

"Jim S" wrote in message
...
Davey wrote in
:

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut
was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using fine
grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.


After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly,
smashing it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on
the internet for £25. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it
was a good deal.

Lucky you. I did look.

Get down your local car breaker. They still exist

"harryagain" wrote:
"Jim S" wrote in message
...
Davey wrote in

After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly,
smashing it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on
the internet for �25. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it
was a good deal.

Lucky you. I did look.

Get down your local car breaker. They still exist

"They" being? The OP hasn't named the vehicle.

Tim

"harryagain" wrote in message ...


"Jim S" wrote in message
2...
Davey wrote in
:

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut
was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using fine
grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.


After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly,
smashing it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on
the internet for £25. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it
was a good deal.

Lucky you. I did look.

Get down your local car breaker. They still exist

Tried here yet?
http://www.silverlake.co.uk/
Stick in your reg no and any parts available will be listed.

In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

£430 for a pair - hence.............

That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.

On my previous Fiesta, the glass easily unclipped from the unit
(I stuck it in the dishwasher a few times). However, it was not
available separately - you had to buy the whole unit. You could
get a cheaper version without the motorised level adjust, and
either just unclip the glass front, or use the whole new unit
and move the motor across.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

I was under the impression it was a change in the actual material opacity
itself due to UV that was the real problem in most instances.
Brian

--
From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active
"Jim S" wrote in message
2...
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not much
better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally.
There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube.
My garage said that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but I don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills with mop-discs can be too fast.
Any ideas?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

"Brian Gaff" wrote in
:

I was under the impression it was a change in the actual material
opacity itself due to UV that was the real problem in most instances.
Brian

Indeed and since it is a 2004 Mitsubishi Space Star that was only made for
a few years, used parts are hard to come by.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.

On my previous Fiesta, the glass easily unclipped from the unit
(I stuck it in the dishwasher a few times). However, it was not
available separately - you had to buy the whole unit. You could
get a cheaper version without the motorised level adjust, and
either just unclip the glass front, or use the whole new unit
and move the motor across.

With at least some makes, the actual 'glass' may be available in other
countries than the UK. Which can take a bit of finding.

A forum or car club for your particular model would be a good start for
info.

--
*Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 27/10/2013 07:47, Richard wrote:


Tried here yet?
http://www.silverlake.co.uk/
Stick in your reg no and any parts available will be listed.

I looked at that site and some of the bits are as expensive as the main
dealer, some are more expensive (for a sample of one car).

On 27/10/2013 09:50, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.

On my previous Fiesta, the glass easily unclipped from the unit
(I stuck it in the dishwasher a few times). However, it was not
available separately - you had to buy the whole unit. You could
get a cheaper version without the motorised level adjust, and
either just unclip the glass front, or use the whole new unit
and move the motor across.

With at least some makes, the actual 'glass' may be available in other
countries than the UK. Which can take a bit of finding.

That might explain why some cars have left hand drive light patterns on
one light.

The most common reason is that some people just can't fit a bulb
correctly. Maybe a part P for car electrics?

Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not much
better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally.
There are scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube.
My garage said that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but I don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills with mop-discs can be too fast.
Any ideas?

I used clear nail varnish.

In article om,
dennis@home wrote:
With at least some makes, the actual 'glass' may be available in other
countries than the UK. Which can take a bit of finding.

That might explain why some cars have left hand drive light patterns on
one light.

It would depend on whether it has a fresnel lens as part of it or is just
plain. Thought that would be too obvious to state.

--
*I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

When my motorcycle screen was completly opaque I took the view that I
couldn't make it worse so tried polishing it.
Using 50/50 Tcut and water plus angle grinder with a polishing mop it was a
total success! It looked like new after twenty minutes... but took the same
again to clear up the mess.

Jb

Most car write offs are due to frontal collisions as a belt up the rear is usually easily fixed hence the shortage of front lights at these sites

Jim S writes:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on plastic
headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving elbow-grease and
toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it may have made a slight
difference or it may just have been wishful thinking. Brasso was not
much better, but I think T-Cut was, but only marginally. There are
scary videos using fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher, but
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional drills
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?

Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to cutting
back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in more than
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to get
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.

Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay might be
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.


£430 for a pair - hence.............

Don't you wish car designers still used the standard sealed beam units
of long ago?

--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ S c o t s h o m e . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

Davey writes:

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in=20
:
=20
In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think T-Cut
was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using fine
grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage=20
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric polisher,
but=20
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills=20
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?
=20
Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes in
more than=20
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get=20
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.
=20
Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be=20
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check anyway.
=20
=20
=C2=A3430 for a pair - hence.............
=20
That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses on
their own for some cars.
=20

After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly, smashing
it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit on the
internet for =C2=A325. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I think it was a
good deal.


I hope there was enough left of the pheasant to have it roasted for
supper :-)


--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ S c o t s h o m e . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:08:58 GMT
lid (Windmill) wrote:

Davey writes:

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:26:45 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Jim S wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in=20
:
=20
In article ,
Jim S wrote:
Has anyone found a successful way to polish out the 'haze' on
plastic headlights? There are lots of suggestions involving
elbow-grease and toothpast on YouTube, but I tried that and it
may have made a slight difference or it may just have been
wishful thinking. Brasso was not much better, but I think
T-Cut was, but only marginally. There are scary videos using
fine grade abrasive kits on YouTube. My garage=20
said
that the showroom next door uses T-cut and an electric
polisher, but=20
I
don't have an electric polisher and I believe conventional
drills=20
with
mop-discs can be too fast. Any ideas?
=20
Any such polishing is hard work by hand. Since it's similar to
cutting back car paint, Farecla is the best for that and comes
in more than=20
one
grade - although you'd likely have to go to a paint supplier to
get=20
the
coarser stuff. Halfords do the common one.
=20
Have you checked if you can buy new lenses on their own? Ebay
might be=20
a
source - they're unlikely to be a dealer spare, but check
anyway.
=20
=20
=C2=A3430 for a pair - hence.............
=20
That's presumably the complete units? It is possible to buy lenses
on their own for some cars.
=20

After a pheasant attacked my Renault Laguna headlamp assembly,
smashing it comprehensively, I bought a complete used working unit
on the internet for =C2=A325. Since a new unit is in the hundreds, I
think it was a good deal.


I hope there was enough left of the pheasant to have it roasted for
supper :-)



I suppose if I had wanted to risk my life by stopping at the side of
the dual carriageway and rushing out amongst the traffic to scrape it
off the ground, I might have been able to do that, but as it was, I was
in too much of a hurry!

OT: When I look at my message, I see that I used the sign for a UK
pound, but when I see it in your Reply, it is very corrupted. Maybe I
need to do some character conditioning to my newsreader. How does it
appear to you, in both messages?

--
Davey.