cleaning inside of ellips...

[monty]

Does anyone know of a good way to clean the inside of ellipsoid
headlights, mainly the high beams? There is no way of getting a
finger into the high beam to wipe it. Any ideas?

[PiercedE30]

brake/carb cleaner?

[BeirBrennerE30]

how did they get dirty? putting things into or pouring thing in your ellips are the best way to ruin them. I found that out the hard way

[golde30]

also dont wipe the reflective chrome surface very hard, it will wipe rite off.

[monty]

The lights are smoked German Hella's. The glass isn't smoked, the part that is normally chrome is black. This inside of the glass has a film on it like the bulb burnt out and left carbon on it. I took the lights apart so the bulbs and stuff are all gutted.

[Brew]

I've got the same crap on the inside of my smoked hella highs... it'd be nice if there was an easy fix, otherwise they're staying like that until I wreck this car.

[JasonC]

Mine is like that in the highs of my euro ellips. also.

[monty]

WTF? Something needs to be done about this and i'm gonna finger it out

[DarkWing6]

also dont wipe the reflective chrome surface very hard, it will wipe rite off.

QFT


Did this a bit with one of my fogs.

[DarkWing6]

I guess you could disassemble them taking off the lenses etc. That would allow you to clean the elipsoid with a glass cleaner. I haven't messed with headlights much, so I couldn't really tell you where to start with all that.

[dlmpsy]

My Hella high beams (non-elipsoids) have a slight gray film on the inside (a little foggy looking). I sloshed around some water inside the light...no luck, I then tried glass cleaner, later alcohol, CLR, and acetone. Nothing has worked. I stopped before I messed them up.

[Julien]

you gotta stick um in the oven to take the lense off.. no joke

[monty]

you gotta stick um in the oven to take the lense off.. no joke

Have you done this? 325 for 20 minutes? How do you break them apart then re-seal?

[dlmpsy]

I believe you have to warm them up until the rubber sealant starts to get soft (not certain about the temperature), then use a knife to cut around the lens. You then re-seal them (probably a windshield type sealant).