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Old 02-09-2014, 09:34 PM   #1
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Guys, can you use Plastx to remove a light scratch on the inside of the lens? I have a small "smear" of light scratches on the inside.

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Hubert, you certainly can however not recommended. If you go ahead think about surgically clean microfiber cloth when doing so. There are no scratch (& UV) protective film on the inside part of the lens therefore any hard-dust on your cloth will make it worst (scratch the lens).

Polishing (finishing) will need to be done using a "camera lens polishing cloth'. Doable but again, got to be done in a very clean environment.
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Hubert, you certainly can however not recommended. If you go ahead think about surgically clean microfiber cloth when doing so. There are no scratch (& UV) protective film on the inside part of the lens therefore any hard-dust on your cloth will make it worst (scratch the lens).

Polishing (finishing) will need to be done using a "camera lens polishing cloth'. Doable but again, got to be done in a very clean environment.
Thanks for the tip,,,The dreaded happened to me,,I thought that the headlights where adjusted properly. This was sadly not the case (by a very small margin!)

The projector scratched the inner lens!

So, I am looking to see if somebody that is an expert in headlight restoration can remove the scratches. The scratches are fairly deep and won't just buf out with scratchX.
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Old 02-10-2014, 04:28 PM   #3
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Thanks for the tip,,,The dreaded happened to me,,I thought that the headlights where adjusted properly. This was sadly not the case (by a very small margin!)

The projector scratched the inner lens!

So, I am looking to see if somebody that is an expert in headlight restoration can remove the scratches. The scratches are fairly deep and won't just buf out with scratchX.
That's a bummer. Sorry to hear about your trouble man.

regardless on how severe the scratch is, the only way I see one of those lens coming back close to original is under-water polishing, or micro filling (vacuum?). An eyewear professional locally or the-like will be able to advise on the correct procedures I'm certain. Just pray one is not too busy and happy to take your lens job quickly.

My dad had an old collection Pentax (glass) lens restored from the dead once and it came out 98% almost perfect. He sent it to one of those guys in the trade, and got it back polished the following day. I'm only hoping there must be similar ways to restore a poly lens

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Is the parking light still functional after installing the projector? Even if the reflector bowl is painted black?

Otherwise I might use the wire for another purpose.
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Old 02-22-2014, 09:16 PM   #5
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Is the parking light still functional after installing the projector? Even if the reflector bowl is painted black?

Otherwise I might use the wire for another purpose.
Yes. The PL bulb, location, circuit... all remains the same and functional (as stock).

Although with the reflector painted black, it still gives this nice glare of light behind the projector. Fancy looking indeed.

What other purpose? you got me curious! Any great ideas/innovations must be shared Norm
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No great innovations, Fred, just still trying to find a way to make all functions work including the infamous required-here DRL.

If the high beam power supply is used for flashing, with either halogen or LED, does the resulting short on/offs of power to the cutoff shield solenoid create a problem?

Otherwise I was thinking of maybe using the park light wire to separately activate the flash of the bulb in the high beam position. However, I just checked the wire size of the park light and see it's only half the size of the low, high and fogs, so maybe not an option after all.
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If the high beam power supply is used for flashing, with either halogen or LED, does the resulting short on/offs of power to the cutoff shield solenoid create a problem?
This question is to all of you folks that have done Fred's projector install and left your original high beam functional.
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