Over my lifetime i used to re-seal many headlight units for people who could not afford new ones, and polish out the glass, and now plastic lenses to brand new again, no fogging, scratches, or hazy or milky lenses any more.
I am a bit of a perfectionist, as in I want the item to look as good as new, or sometimes better.
Stubborn and keeping going till the end gets me doing things until complete.
I will show how I now restore headlights, which you can do yourself at home.
The biggest problem is the oven needed to place the headlights into. So make your own, as I did in the images soon to follow.
The sealant on headlights is a product called Butyl.
It comes in various colours, and you must use the same colour as the original factory did, or your headlights will look funny. Normally black or grey.
First step: Make a box big enough to hold one unit at a time, and enough room inside to allow hot air to move around. Make a baffle inside to direct the heat gun around, so as not to have the heat gun putting all the heat in one area. As you look through the images, you will see how a built a baffle inside out of cardboard.
The lining with tin-foil was to keep the heat inside longer, rather than having to keep the heat gun on, as the heat gun is not controllable on the heat it gives out, so you will see how I managed this part.
I am a bit of a perfectionist, as in I want the item to look as good as new, or sometimes better.
Stubborn and keeping going till the end gets me doing things until complete.
I will show how I now restore headlights, which you can do yourself at home.
The biggest problem is the oven needed to place the headlights into. So make your own, as I did in the images soon to follow.
The sealant on headlights is a product called Butyl.
It comes in various colours, and you must use the same colour as the original factory did, or your headlights will look funny. Normally black or grey.
First step: Make a box big enough to hold one unit at a time, and enough room inside to allow hot air to move around. Make a baffle inside to direct the heat gun around, so as not to have the heat gun putting all the heat in one area. As you look through the images, you will see how a built a baffle inside out of cardboard.
The lining with tin-foil was to keep the heat inside longer, rather than having to keep the heat gun on, as the heat gun is not controllable on the heat it gives out, so you will see how I managed this part.