At 05:14 PM 9/7/96 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings from the red neck riviera,Panama City ,FL. has anyone >addressed the misting or haze that developes inside vanagon headlights ..... Disclaimer up front - fair warnings, etc.: this was a problem with a previous vehicle that also had removable bulb headlights. Typically these are 'aero' headlights, and quite expensive to replace, so I figured I had nothing to lose and put 'em in the dishwasher - upside down of course, & on hottest water setting using Cascade dishwasher detergent. They came out crystal clear & the reflectors looked perfectly polished. It was done to Nissan headlamps, & I'm not sure it'll work on European headlamps, but for the several hundred $'s to be saved by not having to replace the 4 I'll be trying it on my '87 RSN. (*) Incidently, the increase in light output was dramatic - they dim over the years from this misting/frosting so slowly that you think your 'old' vehicle has outdated lights compared to new ones - then you get the original brightness back & you go 'ooooohh - nice'. (*) = RealSoonNow = things I want to do to *my* car wait 'til every other project is done Austin
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