Cloudy Lights
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manicguitarist
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Cloudy Lights
The lights on my RVF are getting increasingly cloudy - this was taken in Dec
and this yesterday
Has anyone else experienced this?
What is a likely cause? Can you dismantle the headlights to clean the inside of the lens?
and this yesterday
Has anyone else experienced this?
What is a likely cause? Can you dismantle the headlights to clean the inside of the lens?
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royster81
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Re: Cloudy Lights
Too string a bulb melting the inside of the lense ?
It's not having what you want but wanting what you've got....Loud ,Proud and Modified ....
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manicguitarist
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Re: Cloudy Lights
To be honest, that's my concern too. It has 55/60 bulbs in - and I'm pretty sure that lots of other people use these bulbs...
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royster81
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Re: Cloudy Lights
I would say there's your fault.
It's not having what you want but wanting what you've got....Loud ,Proud and Modified ....
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manicguitarist
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Re: Cloudy Lights
Hmmm...maybe. I'm running stock UK bulbs - as are plenty of other people - and I'm guessing that they don't have any issues?royster81 wrote:I would say there's your fault.
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royster81
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Re: Cloudy Lights
Keep running your uk bulbs then, what's the worst that can happen?
It's not having what you want but wanting what you've got....Loud ,Proud and Modified ....
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manicguitarist
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Re: Cloudy Lights
An update on this - I took the bulbs out and took out the, what I can only call "bulb nose cone thing*" and rammed a piece of damp sponge inside the headlight. Wiggled it around using a screwdriver - et-voila! Clean lights.
So - no idea what is causing it, but it washes off very easily,
*This was the hardest part of the operation - the screw holding it in was one of those that only allow you to screw in - thankfully it wasn't that tight and a bit of gentle persuasion with long nose pliers worked no problems. Obviously, putting it back in was no problem...
So - no idea what is causing it, but it washes off very easily,
*This was the hardest part of the operation - the screw holding it in was one of those that only allow you to screw in - thankfully it wasn't that tight and a bit of gentle persuasion with long nose pliers worked no problems. Obviously, putting it back in was no problem...