Headlight housing repair

[ainarssems]

I have been looking at this as well for PF D2 headlights with plastic reflectors. And I am thinking of giving it a go with silver coating and then clear 2k lacquer on top to protect silver. Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDtUHo5cSE There are a lot of similar videos on youtube and you can buy chemical kits on e-bay etc but it will work out cheaper to get them individually especially in larger quantities and just use 2 regular spray bottles.

[snapdragon]

Originally Posted by ainarssems

I have been looking at this as well for PF D2 headlights with plastic reflectors. And I am thinking of giving it a go with silver coating and then clear 2k lacquer on top to protect silver.

Someone on another forum (not Audi) did some parts and when they clear-coated it, it lost its chrome effect and went dark grey. There are apparently some coatings/protectants that you can put on top and they are used on some videos..

[paulrstaylor]

When I bought my S4 cabriolet the headlights were like candles, I looked for a long time for a method of refurbishing the reflective surface but in the end I replaced the projectors with bi-xenon units from a Lexus RX350 within the original headlight body. Cost less than 25 % of the cost of new headlights form a dealer and a much better light output, whilst maintaining a legal beam pattern and all of the OEM self levelling features.

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by paulrstaylor

When I bought my S4 cabriolet the headlights were like candles, I looked for a long time for a method of refurbishing the reflective surface but in the end I replaced the projectors with bi-xenon units from a Lexus RX350 within the original headlight body. Cost less than 25 % of the cost of new headlights form a dealer and a much better light output, whilst maintaining a legal beam pattern and all of the OEM self levelling features.

Novel approach, great solution. like it