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Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« on: Aug 12th, 2009, 3:49pm » |
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There is a guide here on how to tint the early headlamps to make facelift ones, but I've found an easier option:
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/headglass.htm
The chrome that you normally sand off and paint over is only very thin and polishes off the insert in the headlamp glass very easily. Underneath the chrome is smooth shiny black plastic.
The only awkward bit is getting into the edges where the glass is close to the chrome insert, but it just needs a cloth pushing into the space and rubbing up and down a couple of times.
Once it's done you have a facelift looking headlamp and you haven't risked breaking the glass or have to worry about it not sealing up properly as you've not had to remove it.
I used T cut for metallic paint but I'm sure any kind of cutting polish would do it.
If you look closely on a certain online auction site at 'facelift' headlamps you might think someone else has discovered this method already as there appears to be some on there with a small amount of chrome still showing at the edges..
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 12th, 2009, 5:11pm » |
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only a few days ago I gave somebody here a link to a polish site with exactly the same method...
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #2 on: Aug 13th, 2009, 8:28am » |
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Post the link up here for everyone 
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #3 on: Aug 13th, 2009, 8:33am » |
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Chris. The post is Here but the Polish link doesn't want to work for me. 
Perhaps the Polish computer wants a new or rebuild fusebox!!. 
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #4 on: Aug 13th, 2009, 9:05am » |
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It looks like that Polish site is down at the moment.
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 14th, 2009, 5:40pm » |
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yeah, they went down a few days ago, probably have a server problem as it's wroking for 5 min and then dead for 5h 
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #6 on: Aug 15th, 2009, 1:56am » |
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The facelift lenses aren't actually tinted, it's just the black inner that makes it look that way  ..... Although as far as I know (never compared them though), the facelift lens is slightly less convex 
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 16th, 2009, 6:33pm » |
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Hi, I was sent link about facelift headlights, that I am after. You said you took the chrome off the plastic reflector, did you also take the chrome off the reflector where the headlight and side light bulbs fit, or did you leave that on?
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #8 on: Aug 16th, 2009, 6:42pm » |
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on Aug 16th, 2009, 6:33pm, ultima66 wrote:Hi, I was sent link about facelift headlights, that I am after. You said you took the chrome off the plastic reflector, did you also take the chrome off the reflector where the headlight and side light bulbs fit, or did you leave that on?
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Pretty sure he meant on the outer part directly attached to the glass. If you remove the chrome on the actual reflector inside the headlight, the headlight will not work properly anymore.
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 16th, 2009, 9:36pm » |
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Hi if this is done to a non facelift unit would it pass a mot
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Re: Facelift Headlamps - Easy How To
« Reply #10 on: Aug 17th, 2009, 1:48pm » |
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You only remove the chrome from the outer part, not the bit by the bulbs.
It then looks the same as the face lift lamp so will still pass an MOT.
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« Reply #13 on: Aug 19th, 2009, 4:03pm » |
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Hi people lights made to look like facelift ones and look nice car colour is dark auberguine fitted with facelift bumper it goes in for mot tomorrow so lets hope
thanks for all the imfo ultima66
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