Polishing plastic headlights - part 1 - Toyota Sera 1.5L 1990
I think many owners of cars with plastic optics faced the problem of clouding of headlights, and there is not enough light at once and the appearance, the car becomes somehow tired ...
In general, I encountered this problem, read it on the forums, decided to do it myself, despite the fact that my problem was deeper - I also had some kind of dirt inside (in the photo below)
It turned out to be not a problem to remove the headlights - three bolts on each and a radiator grill, it took half an hour at most ...
Since the inside also had to be cleaned - I remembered my grandfather's way of disassembling the headlights, namely, baking in the oven! It was scary, afraid to melt it or somehow spoil it. Next is the disassembly process.
Naturally we remove all anthers, bulbs, etc.
The crucial moment!
Then 5 minutes at a temperature of 90 degrees)
He cut the old sealant with a clerical knife ... Hemorrhoids, but after half an hour of torment the headlights surrendered!
Next shower with faeries)
The next day I gave the Den78rus plastics for polishing, for which many thanks to him! At first I thought to do it myself by hand, because found on google how and how it is done, but they dissuaded me) A couple of pictures of Dan - how it was ...
It was - It is!
In the continuation of the post - the assembly process and the final result.
As I understand it, the last signature should be read the other way around: it was, was it?
I thought at first to do so, even found a manual in net, but then smart people talked for a long time about temperature regimes and other tricks of professional polishing and I decided to entrust this business to them, especially since it didn't cost me anything.
At 90 degrees, you won't kill anything in five minutes, and you only need to disassemble if there is dregs or dirt or other rubbish from the inside, if the headlights are used only outside, then you can polish them even by car!
Damn, well, there's no desire to disassemble and bake the headlight tembolee. Tell me, is there a real threat to kill the headlamp?
a proven topic, back in Soviet times they did this, take it apart, what's the point of the headlights that don't shine?
This is the whole trouble, that from the inside. Already yellow (cloudy) ... the light practically does not pass.
you can also use a construction hairdryer ...)
"alternative" is not always an alternative to the best!
But then one headlight does not shine =))) Yes, you have to bake ... and how can you not do without a seal?
There is an option to buy alternative optics ... all the same, from the time I am going ... =)