If its fog (moisture) then just run the headlight on high beam for a while, soon clears. Need to find why moisture has been able to enter the headlight though, that could be tricky.
I had my 355 headlights done recently. The glass lens was very cloudy, affecting the quality of light severely. I had the lights removed and sent to a specialise headlight reconditioning place. They were able to remove the glass lens and clean the inside of the lens. The headlights work perfect now. The cost was AUD 180. This is the place that did the repair, perhaps you could find a place similar where you are. http://www.skyetrading.com/Services.aspx
It is not fog. It is a deposit formed when moisture is baked off by the beams and combined with dust over the years - like limescale in the bath. I took the pods off, unscrewed the bulb holders, then the main beam unit (which incidentally can be twistd for left/right hand road usage. Spray window cleaner in there, let it roll around then get a small wooden peg, wrap a bunch of litn free paper or cloth and go to play until it is all dry in there. Alternatively, you can get a test tube brush (baby bottle brush) brush away in there, then rinse with water, then distilled water, then leave with glass-up over a radiator, and it will be as good as new the morning after. If you're in a warm country, put out a dark towel in the sun, then place the light housing, lens (glass) down for a couple of hours till the hot towel makes all the water evaporate... As good as new and you saved AUD 180 bucks... I'm assuming that's money too right? Marco
Great post, Sir Marco. As always! One other thing you might try is called CLR available at, e.g., Home Depot and Lowe's. It is specifically designed to remove calcium/lime/rust deposits (hence the name). It also contained detergents and surfactants which will clean the glass. As Marco said, do the final rinse with distilled or deionized (even better) water. EDIT: Sorry, Sy. I forgot you're in GB. I'm sure they have an equivalent product to CLR if that brand it not carried there.
Whatever substance you use to clean with must be kind to the reflector coating. Usually anything that removes calcium etc. tends to be an acid - this will murder the chromium in the reflector. If too late, I have found a supplier (m local bus depot and garbage truck supplier) of the same headlight units from hella. Have a different logo, but are identical and cost about USD 90 per unit, brand new. M
Great point. The US CLR is non-acidic. It's primarily used to remove deposits from chrome-plated plumbing fixtures. BTW, how the hell are you, you old "sky-pilot"?
Got a job to head up RedHat's incubation channel for the virtualization product line. Having worked for Microsoft, it is so cool to go to the "antichrist" - they are a great outfit (RedHat that is). The jets are being grounded, as seems to be the case for the only remaining Avro Vulcan. Just throwing in the towel. Enjoying driving while oil prices are low and, as it all turns around, I'll check the options. Had the common sense to not have any debt outside my mortgage, my old man taught me to save then buy, not borrow, buy and then pay off for way longer than the good's lifetime. I figured, that the money I have saved on interest alone over the past 10 years has paid for my car 2 times over compared to the average Jo living on revolving credit... M
Glad to hear about the position. Your fiscal prudence is very commendable. I am, however, very sorry to hear the Avro Vulcan is grounded. I thought that you had found a way around the EU private-use, aviation gas tax?
that happened to one of my Porsches my 348 has the same problem. on the porsche i used denatured alcohol. just pour it in and shake it, not stirred. good as new. dried really quick too....
