General 500 headlight restoration

[John202020]

I’m gonna have to do that anyway but prob spring now there’s some crap in 2 of my lights and misting in one drl any ideas how to unscrew a threaded star like screw? It’s under bumper [emoji848]

There's a total of 9 Torx bolts and small screws, the wing to bumper Torx can be an issue as can the small screws due to rust

 

[Baglady1990]

The Mothers Mag looks like a metal polish.. which I guess must be similar to Solvol Autosol or similar. I didn't go that aggressive yet... I started on toothpaste, then tried Safe-T Cut and then Full Fat T-Cut and none of them do any damage or make toooo much of a difference, the way I polish it (by hand). I get the impression that all I'm doing is removing bugs and stuck on road grime, more than removing old polycarbonate.

I might dig out my old tube of Solvol and give that a try...


Ralf S.

Honestly mother’s is brilliant!! I bought a buffer head for drill that made it so much easier as hand rubbing was getting me no where fast [emoji23]

 

[TrevC]

Worth keeping an eye on the centre isle at LIDL for tools - last year I bought a large set of screwdriver bits and a ratchet handle for under a tenner, and it includes the security Torx bits as well as many others. Three-limbed posidriv bit anyone?
I haven't any complaints about the quality of the various tools I've bought there either.

 

[jrkitching]

Three-limbed posidriv bit anyone?

The counterpart screws turn up from time to time.

Last one I had to deal with was on a water pump I bought from Screwfix.

 

[John202020]

Honestly mother’s is brilliant!! I bought a buffer head for drill that made it so much easier as hand rubbing was getting me no where fast [emoji23]

They also do plastic polish not sure if that would be as good/abrasive?

 

[John202020]

So it's only takes almost a year, I've noticed a slight deterioration of the lenses on my wife's 500 not that bad but maybe next year they'll need some work, this is what I managed on our old Mazda

 

[Baglady1990]

So it's only takes almost a year, I've noticed a slight deterioration of the lenses on my wife's 500 not that bad but maybe next year they'll need some work, this is what I managed on our old Mazda

I got my buffer on my drill and used metal polish on my headlight
A bloody stone put a big scratch down lense! Took a bit of buffing but got it out!