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Hello fellow R1200RS lovers,
I have a 2015 model on the mid north coast of NSW, Australia. Love it! However I have noticed of late the headlight glass is looking a bit crazed and pitted, including the centre light. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions and any recommendations of good light covers? Thanks

I have this film on our headlights.
https://lamin-x.com/bmw-r1200rs-16-19-headlight-covers.html

On my wife's car I used Mothers NuLens Headlight Renewal Kit to remove the haze.

https://mothers.com/collections/power/pr...wE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Anyone know if those headlight restoration kits (sanding discs from 3M) are for glass only or do the work on plastic too? Mind you, a YouTube video pointed out that even after you need a spray of clear coat to seal the surface as the discoloring is caused by oxidation getting into the fine scratches in the surface.

All of the restoration kits that I know of are for plastic. I also have a protective headlight film from Xpel on my '16RS.
https://www.xpel.com/

I used the Auto Glym restoration kit on my 2000 Astravan. It’s scary sanding a plastic headlight, but great results and 4 years later it’s still good. (Sadly the van supporting it is crumbling, no kit for that!)

Zitat von Oscarguitar im Beitrag #6

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I used the Auto Glym restoration kit on my 2000 Astravan. It’s scary sanding a plastic headlight,

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If using a restore kit I would remove the headlights from the fairing.
You could tape off the fairing but I would worry about sanding through the tape and paint before I knew it.

Very good advice. It’s easy to stray with the disc running.

Zitat von Kellie im Beitrag #1

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Hello fellow R1200RS lovers,
I have a 2015 model on the mid north coast of NSW, Australia. Love it! However I have noticed of late the headlight glass is looking a bit crazed and pitted, including the centre light. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions and any recommendations of good light covers? Thanks

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I recently did a great job on my 10yo Mazda with meguires scratch-x.

Much less impact, elbow grease instead of sanding, but crystal lenses as a result

Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #5

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All of the restoration kits that I know of are for plastic. I also have a protective headlight film from Xpel on my '16RS.
https://www.xpel.com/

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #12

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Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #5

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All of the restoration kits that I know of are for plastic. I also have a protective headlight film from Xpel on my '16RS.
https://www.xpel.com/

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Perhaps, they've dropped that product. I can't find a pre-cut kit for the R1200RS on their website.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #12

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Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #5

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All of the restoration kits that I know of are for plastic. I also have a protective headlight film from Xpel on my '16RS.
https://www.xpel.com/

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Perhaps, they've dropped that product. I can't find a pre-cut kit for the R1200RS on their website.

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I have just removed a yellow film haze from the headlight plastic of a 15 year old Ford Fiesta.

The google method my sister-in-law found for her car was to use Colgate toothpaste(the old style white stuff) and it works!

I applied it to a woolen type polishing disk in the chuck on my dril, rub in well in before switching on and use very little pressure BUT plenty of movement.

Keep the pad flying all over the plastic to avoid any heat transfer and the headlights that would have failed the MOT (UK yearly safety test) are again clear.

It got rid of all the scratches as well as giving a nice polished finish, very surprised it worked.