Any suggestions how to get rid of what looks like stone chips (high mileage) on the headlights. I used wet and dry on my old jeep to get the faded headlights thru its MOT, but don't want to try anything quite so aggressive with these.
Thanks
Alan

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Wet and Dry and some polishing compound make sense.

I use this.

But my lenses are very lightly pitted.




If you prefer Powerful UK sells replacement lenses, but the original lenses are held in place by adhesive and you will need to heat the adhesive to remove them.

Let us know what you decide to do.

Good luck

Paul

Yeah thanks, I saw the replacement lenses, although they sell them, they've never attempted it themselves, so I'm a bit dubious to try. Think I'll initially try some t-cut to start with.

I use Brasso, Silvo & tooth paste, what ever is at hand, to polish scratches on acrylic covers. You will not get rid of the scratch, but just polish it so it is a lot less visible. A fair bit or elbow grease is required, but it does look a lot better. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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One of these kits where you basically sand then polish the lenses. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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I've used this Autoglym headlight restoration kit on my previous Freelander 1 to remove the yellow oxidation and it works a treat. Not sure how good it would be on deeply marked lenses though but it gets you to sand the lens and then polish plus seal the lens, so should help. Freelander 2 XS 2013
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Hoppo125 wrote:

Any suggestions how to get rid of what looks like stone chips (high mileage) on the headlights. I used wet and dry on my old jeep to get the faded headlights thru its MOT, but don't want to try anything quite so aggressive with these.
Thanks
Alan

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Do you know what is causing the headlight pitting?

If it is chipping, I have more chips per m² on the duco than the headlights from outback roads! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Nodge68 wrote:

Hoppo125 wrote:

Any suggestions how to get rid of what looks like stone chips (high mileage) on the headlights. I used wet and dry on my old jeep to get the faded headlights thru its MOT, but don't want to try anything quite so aggressive with these.
Thanks
Alan

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If you use any abrasive on the headlamp glass (actually polycarbonate), you'll strip off the anti UV coating, which will mean the polycarbonate will fog over due to UV exposure.

Think carefully before deciding to leave it with a few chips, or spend time before each MOT removing the fogging with a proprietary kit.

I have washed my car about 6 times, about once a year, after outback trips & waxed it once. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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