Cleaning the inside of headlamps or driving lamps.
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Cleaning the inside of headlamps or driving lamps.
My four lamps are still original Hella's and I would like of course to keep them but two of them are 'foggy' white inside. One headlamp and one driving lamp, on opposite sides (not that it matters).
I don't want to start messing around until I'm sure of what I'm doing :dontknow:
It's not as if I can just chuck them in the dishwasher.
I looked for posts on this but maybe my search criteria was wrong but I'm sure I'm not the only thinking about it
Thanks for looking!
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i think some people have popped them in dishwasher before, but if doing that i thinks its better to heat up lamps so you can remove lenses, wash lenses and then seal lamp units back together
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richyhill said
i did my hella spots, i just removed the electric part that holds bulbs put them in a bucket of soaps water washed the water round in side, tried to get bit of cloth on end of screwdriver and then put them in airing cupboard to dry all water out
i think some people have popped them in dishwasher before, but if doing that i thinks its better to heat up lamps so you can remove lenses, wash lenses and then seal lamp units back together
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If I remove the lenses, what should I use to glue them back?
They are in excellent good and to be honest I don't trust much of the materials like adhesives I've found over here in Austria.
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The sand method can also be used to clean up the coolant tank too, top tip from my spray shop owner.
Obviously you need to take the parts out of the car!?
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learn a new trick every day :-)
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richyhill said
wow love both those idea's above, love this club!
learn a new trick every day :-)
Well they all sound great ideas and the best thing is now I know it can be done
The sand idea sounds great and that's what I'll try on the water tank but I'll try the tent peg (coat hanger) idea first on the lamps I think!
Not going to be trying it for a couple of week so please keep the ideas coming and as always thanks for sharing your expertise with me.
I'm a good distance away from you all but through this club I feel like I'm just round the corner and could join you for a pint anytime (none alcoholic of course) :wink:
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I just cleaned out my brake fluid resevoirer with soapy water first, then coke and now it's in the dishwasher, with the dishes, lol!!!
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Now that's something I have to try Chris.Massbad69 said
Dishwasher is always a good start and also a can of coke.
I just cleaned out my brake fluid resevoirer with soapy water first, then coke and now it's in the dishwasher, with the dishes, lol!!!
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dik-van-dub said
ive used baby bottle brushes before now and good old fashioned fairy liquid
That sounds like the easiest, I'll give that go!
Baby days are over for us, so I'll pop down the shop and buy a baby bottle brush.
Should get some interesting looks though.
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Limelite spray through the bulb hole all over the glass.
Leave a minute for the magic to happen.
Rinse.
Rice, washing up liquid, warm water.
Shake.
Rinse (cold water, to save the washing up liquid from keep frothing up!)
Dry on radiator.
And then the magic bit:
Slosh round with meths to get rid of water marks inside (seems to take any remaining water out and dry VERY quickly too - ready to refit after a few mins!)
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Nice one!fonzooorooo said
I was having a play with some of these yesterday… Great success with:
Limelite spray through the bulb hole all over the glass.
Leave a minute for the magic to happen.
Rinse.
Rice, washing up liquid, warm water.
Shake.
Rinse (cold water, to save the washing up liquid from keep frothing up!)
Dry on radiator.
And then the magic bit:
Slosh round with meths to get rid of water marks inside (seems to take any remaining water out and dry VERY quickly too - ready to refit after a few mins!)
Keep this up and we can write, all be it a small book on the subject.
Cheers Mate.
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First of all you need one Smokey headlamp.
Hard to see in these pictures taken from my Handy but the Lamp looks like it needs a Cataract operation.
Now apart from fairly hot water but not too hot, you'll need some normal house hold washing up liquid and one of these!
No it's not just a section of coat hanger and a bit of plastic sponge on the end, it's a high tech design.
Which took all of five minutes to think of and build.
I can supply a limited number (that makes them even more special) for 7.99 INCLUDING POST!
Following that excellent purchase you will need one of these.
No, sorry wrong picture and NO we don't take the perfectly designed cleaning device and put the two together (We love animals).
This should be the picture.
This Chinchilla sand for bathing the cute little Rodents was the finest I could find and washes out with water really easily.
Now put a teaspoon full of the sand down into the lamp, a squirt of washing up liquid and about 100ml of hottish water.
Swirl it around and then take your high tech brush and shove it down inside. Bend it around from time to time to make sure your covering the whole area.
Wash it all out and do it again if necessary.
Once you happy that the lamp is really clean, turn the water to cold for a minute or two to cool the lamp down.
Empty as much of the water as possible and then use the Wife's hair dryer (low heat) to blow dry the drops that remain.
Finally hang the lamps up by whatever method you choose in a warm place for a day or two and they should look something like this.
Here's one I made earlier!
And yes it really is the same lamp, just that I've added the 'Hella' sticker.
So off you go and get your Lamps but don't forget to order the 'High Tech Lamp Brush', taking orders now!
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Brand new Grill Badge as is the AA Badge, well Happy.
These lights were fairly smokey but now as clean as a whistle.
Oh, not all the tools in the top picture was used to perform this job!
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