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AlekJazz

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Headlight lens removal
« on: July 23, 2019, 12:25:06 PM »
Hi guys, I was wondering has anybody done headlight lens removal to clean durty lens from inside?
here is mine



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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2019, 04:09:12 PM »
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2019, 08:07:27 PM »
I was thinkg the same, untill i tried to polish outside. It seems that the seller kept the adlight without any bulb, and I also found some bugs inside of the headlight.
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2019, 08:31:01 PM »
I think you will find the headlight unit is moulded and cannot be split. It is one piece in the catalogues.



Items 1 and 8 are Left and Right unit.
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2019, 10:05:02 PM »
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2019, 09:46:19 AM »
Looks interesting, as long as you can get in the hole to clean.
Missed that thread as it was pre-Jazz for me. Only became a Jazz owner in late July 2016.
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2019, 04:26:17 PM »
I just did it, without baking it, only using hair dryer :)



But after cleaning the lens from inside its stll foggy ....

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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2019, 09:05:19 PM »
Hazing of the plastic is a common problem for aging vehicles with plastic headlights and probably made worse if the vehicle has spent a lot of its life parked facing southwards. It's now time to try your luck with a headlight restoration kit (eg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headlight-Lens-Restoration-Kit-Car-Motorbike-With-DRILL-ADAPTER-JL/392306217787 ) which, I believe, grinds away the outer layer of plastic which has gone hazy. I've never tried using one of these kits so I can't warrant for its effectiveness.

If that doesn't work then you can hunt around the scrap yards for a pair of good condition Mk 1 headlights (not this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Jazz-Mk1-Drivers-side-headlight-O-S-F/193008269065 which looks worse than yours).
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Re: Headlight lens removal
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2019, 09:38:08 PM »
Thanks for your reply, I think i will try first with ceramis coating, I bouught this few months ago
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