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09-08-08, 10:27 AM

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.

09-08-08, 02:31 PM

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

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

09-08-08, 03:53 PM

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.

09-08-08, 10:27 AM	#1
Kilted Ginger Guest Posts: n/a	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.

09-08-08, 02:31 PM	#2
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	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 Last edited by Dicky Ticker; 09-08-08 at 02:33 PM.

09-08-08, 02:34 PM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	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 __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

09-08-08, 03:53 PM	#4
Kilted Ginger Guest Posts: n/a	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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