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CARTOYS use to do the outsides, if not check in the cosmetic section, pretty sure there's a couple of ideas in there. Doing the inside will require heating the sealant in an oven to soften it, so you can pull them apart.

there was a deal available on here, where you send your headlights off interstate, they clean and polish em up inside out, respray the inner plastics, assemble them and send em back.

was around $150ish if i recall correctly. but it meant no driving for 5 or so days while it was getting done.

You need to heat up the glue that holds them together. eg, put them in the oven/ heat gun. Pull them apart, get some wet and dry sand paper and go for it. Finish it off with a polish and Sikafelx back together.

you dont need to send them off

2000 grit wet sandpaper will fix em up if bad, use lots of water and make sure its clean

Megiuars M105 on a buffer will fix up all except real deep scratches, restores to new look.

then go up to a long lasting quality car polish , stabilized for use on plastics, some will cloud them back up in days and can soften plastic so becareful, I use megiuars NXT 2.0

to do them right, perfectly new looking , contact aircraft supply store, ask them for windscreen polish for lexan, use care and some elbow grease , no worries

to split them(not recommended ?only if wet or dull inside) use exacto knife to cut gasket and heat gun very carefully to separate clear parts, then use 100% silicone in black, suitable for plastic (fishtank stuff works if you can find black) to reseal, leave to dry overnight then install, some lights have clips too, use a thin butterknife wrapped in a thin clth to lightly pry them off

do not get silicone drips or fingerprints on clean lens or you will need to start over

my outside one not too bad but inside r the problem :banana:

use care and go slow. its not hard just takes a bit of time

use as above will fix them up lisa, on R34 it looks stuffed on the inside but its reflections being created by the outside, mine did that too

unless you have a water leak do the outsides first on the car, then take a look to see if inside needs it.

ps.

tape off the rubber around the edge first, to keep in good shape and open bonnet while doing it to avoid hitting the bonnet

the ONLY way to fix the inside is to chuck them in an oven, so the glue softens, remove the lens, clean, re-apply.

On a similar note, i have been trying to find replacement lenses for a while, no dice.

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