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Kilted Ginger

09-08-08 10:27 AM

help, plastic repair

bike fell over in dads drive last week and the nose scrappd down a wall. The faring and left headlight is scraped.
Reckon I can touch up and polish out the paintwork but is there anyway to remove or polish out the scratches in the headlight?
Really don't want to buy a new headight.

Dicky Ticker

09-08-08 02:31 PM

Re: help, plastic repair

Hi mate,How deep are the scratches,I used 1200 rubbing down paper on mine and then polished it with Aeroshell Plexicoat,but they were more grazed than deep scratches
Not a 100% but eliminated by 95% and didn't seem to affect the lighting whatsoever

northwind

09-08-08 02:34 PM

Re: help, plastic repair

Yeah, likewise with mine, it had a lot of surface damage but nothing too deep. Took a long time to polish it back up, though. I didn't have any plastic polish so I just used paint rubbing compounds, working up to teh really fine halfords aerosol stuff. Probably plastic polish would be easier :)

Kilted Ginger

09-08-08 03:53 PM

Re: help, plastic repair

I'm not going to touch the paintwork or the lens until after the massacre so hopefully get some advice there, had a look at new / 2nd hand headlight but wheesh bit pricey.

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