Ben Carufel
04-26-2003, 02:19 AM
I noticed the thread on polishing plastic headlight covers, but unfortunately all the headlights in my family are either plastic and covered with StonGuard or glass and pretty pitted (as on my 1989 325i and our 1992 735il).
Is there any way to increase the opacity of the pitted glass lenses with polish? I heard of someone painting on several coats of some kind of lacquer (clear obviously) to fill-in the pits (which I suppose would be intended to reduce the amount of light defraction) but didn`t give it much credibility at the time. Now I can`t find the write-up.
Do you guys have any suggestions? European Ellipsoids are $400 for the pair and I won`t be getting those on my 325i until I get HID`s. With those at $600 or so, I`m not ready to spend a grand on headlights just yet...
Is there any way to increase the opacity of the pitted glass lenses with polish? I heard of someone painting on several coats of some kind of lacquer (clear obviously) to fill-in the pits (which I suppose would be intended to reduce the amount of light defraction) but didn`t give it much credibility at the time. Now I can`t find the write-up.
Do you guys have any suggestions? European Ellipsoids are $400 for the pair and I won`t be getting those on my 325i until I get HID`s. With those at $600 or so, I`m not ready to spend a grand on headlights just yet...