Decided to treat the jalopy to a pair of new headlamps. Will have them fitted when the weather allows me.

 

what was up with your old ones?

Just now, clarendon462 said:

what was up with your old ones?

 

Started to fade again. Can't be bothered to sand them down again. Hoping these new ones will last the life of the car.

Ah i see, did you keep them waxed? I use a UV resistant wax on mine which seems to be keeping them looking smart.

I’ve just listed mine in the for sale section 

13 minutes ago, clarendon462 said:

Ah i see, did you keep them waxed? I use a UV resistant wax on mine which seems to be keeping them looking smart.

 

I regularly applied Meguiars headlight protectant but they are now fading - particularly the passenger side which gets a lot of sun on my driveway during the summer.

Edited 20 October, 20178 yr by TMB

1 minute ago, hutchysrs50 said:

I’ve just listed mine in the for sale section 

 

Bugger

UV wax- more details needed, as mine have for the first time had an advisory and it's time to start polishing off the problem, but I want to hold back the problem of UV .

I'm worried at what MOT man missed, as when changing the so called faulty droplink, we noticed one brake disc down to a few mm, and breaking up.

I can’t remember the name of the wax but it’s specially designed for plastic I think 

as for your brake discs, if they were worn down to a few mm and braking up I would be very concerned and you wouldn’t have very effective brakes!!!

1 hour ago, TMB said:

Decided to treat the jalopy to a pair of new headlamps. Will have them fitted when the weather allows me.

 

So, next June then...

Just now, sepulchrave said:

 

So, next June then...

 

Quite possibly

Done it. Have aligned the beams roughly to where the old ones were but will get it properly aligned soon.

 

 

 

Some handy videos here if anyone needs them. No need to remove the bumper to do the job.

 

Part one:

 

Part two: 

 

Part three:

 

Edited 21 October, 20178 yr by TMB

What you doing with the old ones?  

40 minutes ago, gfwc said:

What you doing with the old ones?  

 

Sorry but I've cut the sidelight bulb holders and headlight bulb plugs out of them with wires attached for spares.

Edited 21 October, 20178 yr by TMB

On 10/20/2017 at 22:08, clarendon462 said:

I can’t remember the name of the wax but it’s specially designed for plastic I think 

as for your brake discs, if they were worn down to a few mm and braking up I would be very concerned and you wouldn’t have very effective brakes!!!

Correction -should read pad, but I've long left leaving braking down to the last minute ,preferring to polish shoes. I've never rated the 1.4 brakes highly and tend to use other ways of getting speed down ( and never getting my self in a situation of emergency /hard braking) as I've noticed 1.4fronts tend to fade .

Will look out for that wax, after I try some TCUT ( for starters) on the lenses. Advisory was not affecting light output, but I'd like the lenses clearer, even though I seldom do much night driving theses days ( seldom do any night anything these days, but that's another tale )

Looks great. Will do same job soon, too- but thinking about version with black frame.

TYC or DEPO- still don't know. Both costs ~same in Latvia.

On 10/21/2017 at 14:28, TMB said:

Done it. Have aligned the beams roughly to where the old ones were but will get it properly aligned soon.

 

 

 

 

Am aligning them by myself- ruler, even ground, 10m from wall...

...because here in Latvia workshops usually aligns light bit' too low- to be 110% sure that client passes MOT.

As result, MOT is passed- but light on road is poor.

Aligners usually forget that light's fading spot is permissible abowe horizontal line of regloscope.

 

 

6 hours ago, indars said:

 

Am aligning them by myself- ruler, even ground, 10m from wall...

...because here in Latvia workshops usually aligns light bit' too low- to be 110% sure that client passes MOT.

As result, MOT is passed- but light on road is poor.

Aligners usually forget that light's fading spot is permissible abowe horizontal line of regloscope.

 

 

 

Yes I know what you mean. I haven't had them aligned yet as I can't decide where to take it as I don't trust most people in garages. Have to say that I aligned them to where the old ones were and it does seem fine though.