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Headlight re-silvering

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:11 pm
by poprivet
There have been discussions for years about locating replacement headlamps. Some good ones do turn up but many have lost their silvering to some degree.

Has anyone here used a company such as
http://www.chromerestorationspecialist. ... silvering/
to refurbish them? I've just plucked the above company out of Google so I have no idea of effectiveness or cost but as long as the glass is undamaged it may be the way to go in the future.

Thoughts?

Re: Headlight re-silvering

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:30 pm
by davidr
It will be interesting to see if this is a viable option.
As I've reported before, Jaguar Classic are working on the tooling to produce these lamps new again. However, it would be interesting to compare the price of a new one from JCP with this re-silvering process.

Re: Headlight re-silvering

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:17 pm
by lilium
I refurbished my headlights by popping the glass and rubbing down the inside and using Halfords chrome paint (£6). Passed its MOT no problem........ how long will it last? Don’t know but 3 months on still looking good.