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NevadaVandal Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2016 Posts: 123
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:55 am Post subject: 2001 Golf TDI HeadlightLens |
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Have tried cleaning/polishing the oxidation on the headlight lenses. A source for new? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12848 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: 2001 Golf TDI HeadlightLens |
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Try sanding all of the oxidized plastic & previous attempts of restoration off first, this is how I restore them.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=671526&highlight=headlight+restoration
Or try the parts resources here...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=490494 _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Butcher Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2015 Posts: 1285 Location: Right Here
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:52 am Post subject: Re: 2001 Golf TDI HeadlightLens |
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Restoring lens is a lot like restoring paint.
Wet sand off the bad stuff and then keep sanding off the scratches left with finer sand paper grit. When you get to 2k grit, you get to a polish and then you are done. It does take a lot of work. Using power tools can help but the plastic will melt if you are too impatient. Get a wet sanding pad too.
It's not something you can do in a few minutes like you see on TV. |
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ach60 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2001 Posts: 4139 Location: Santa Maria
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: 2001 Golf TDI HeadlightLens |
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I had mine "restored" at the dealer 5 years ago, it was a good deal, but they weathered again so last December I replaced them with new Hella ones I found at ECS.
There is a lot of garbage on ebay so be careful in your selection.
They were about twice the price of "replacement brand" but had much better reviews than replacement brands.
This was not a cheap repair on my 17 year old Passat, but I work swing shift so 50% of my driving at night.
https://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Golf_IV--TDI/Search/SiteSearch/Headlight/4 _________________ Good Luck
Al |
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