quicky1980 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Is it possible to refurb the reflector part in the lamps? There must be someone out there with the tech to do it. mine are faded pretty bad. thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nocrap 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Doubt it, the reflectors in the h'lights are very delicate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Pretty sure gsf sell them? i cant just remember how much,but i dont think they were too bad. Neil. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted November 14, 2006 Nope - only new complete units are available Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Damn,i was sure somewhere did them...remember posting a link in an old post i think :? maybe euro car parts? they list glass/insert,not sure what that means exactly... Neil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nocrap 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Nah, you can buy new lenses anything else you need to get the whole light unit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StormchargedVR6 0 Posted November 14, 2006 You can buy them here, http://www.arz-tuning.de , 75 euro a side Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwdeviant 0 Posted November 15, 2006 You can buy them here, http://www.arz-tuning.de , 75 euro a side Strange.. I can see Euro-spec, Angel eyes, French-spec (and Bulb covers..hmm) and stockers, but not the reflectors... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nocrap 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Well I'll be.............http://url.the-corrado.net/a18c11 ...... half way down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted November 15, 2006 cool site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwdeviant 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Well I'll be.............http://url.the-corrado.net/a18c11 ...... half way down That's what I get for looking under "Lighting" :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Tony_ 0 Posted November 21, 2006 I was just going to spray mine silver as i have one headlight starting to go manky and the other has half of the reflective material completley missing where the lens has been cracked. its a yellow/brown colour now. I'm hoping they paint up and work ok with an uprated loom and bulbs, i will let people know. Also, I had also read somewhere VW no longer did the headlight lenses. I went into VW today and asked, and they do. I just have to wait a few days for it to come in from abroad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted November 21, 2006 they still do the lenses, but they have to order them in, bought mine a month ago. thats when i found out my reflector was naff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Tony_ 0 Posted December 4, 2006 I've been looking at my lights today and i think i might be onto something. The reason the reflective material comes so easily off the reflector body itself, with water ingress or tape for example, is because there is no key for it to bite onto and there's no clear coat to protect it. The reflective coating just sits on top if an amber coloured primer/laquer that's really smooth. This primer isn't on the back of the reflector body, but some overspray of the reflective material is. It's not as shiny as on the front of the reflector, a dull silver rather than chrome finish, but it wont pull off with a strip of tape like the stuff on the front. I've used a chrome effect paint a few years ago, the parts were prepped well with a good key and it looked pretty good. After a coat of laquer it turned to a dull silver finish which was a little irritating but it needed the clear coat as it was on an interior handle and would be taking a fair bit of abuse. The reflectors are pretty well protected inside the lamp so shouldnt require the clear coat . Tomorrow i'll try applying this chrome effect paint like VW have with theirs (no key to the surface as well as no protective clear coat) and let people know what kind of results i get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted December 4, 2006 this should be an intersting test. keep us posted Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites