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Old 28th November 2010, 20:13   #1
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I have a headlight which the perspex has gone cloudy ,any ideas on how to refurb it please.
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Old 28th November 2010, 20:38   #2
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I have a headlight which the perspex has gone cloudy ,any ideas on how to refurb it please.
I polished the cloudy effect from the perspex on mine with Auto-sol chrome cleaner. Worked great..

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I'm in the process of doing mine, won't be for the faint hearted at I'l be sanding them.

I could put together a how to if there is enough interest?
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Old 28th November 2010, 22:54   #4
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I'm interested as i need to change one headlight unit so will have one new and one cloudy
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As long as I don't scrap the car because of this oil leak I'l have some time on my hands next weekend.
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Old 29th November 2010, 02:18   #6
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I have a headlight which the perspex has gone cloudy ,any ideas on how to refurb it please.
If it's not too bad, any clear plastic restorer will do. It's a simple process (just watch your paintwork) - such as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3-bQCHBqY

If yours are really bad you may want to wait for the how-to from empsburna.
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Old 29th November 2010, 17:13   #7
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I have a headlight which the perspex has gone cloudy ,any ideas on how to refurb it please.
Both of mine were cloudy when dry, but appeared fine if you ran a wet finger over them. I gave them a polish up with Brasso, but any fine mildly abrasive polish should do the job - like T-cut or maybe even ordinary toothpaste.
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Old 29th November 2010, 18:26   #8
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I use Meguiars Plastx. It is very good and easy to use. my headlamps are nice and clear now. I have also used it on the screen on my motorcycle.
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T-cut does this job very well brings them up like new but makes the elbow ache!
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