Additionally Steve, the pic you have seen may have had the original sealed beam headlights, which are basically giant bulbs. For the UK, we need the reverse beam pattern and the headlights are of the lens type with an interchangable bulb. In theory this means crap can get in the lens. I haven't tried cleaning mine but they're only a year old. I cleaned and painted the headlight surrounds in the summer too. If you do want headlights off Dave, can I have your old ones? Thanks for the invite Steve, I would really like to take you up on it - the more practice I can get painting these fascias the better. Unfortunately I'm well and truly booked for the time being. James, Rich and I (and Joe) are attending the Esat BT young scientist exhibition in Dublin on January 7th where we'll be demonstrating Mantis and Draven. Mantis hasn't been run since April and as of Sunday, we're halfway through making a fibreglass body shell for Draven so it can carry Mantis. Give me a shout around the end of January. Perhaps I should bring Tinny's fascias along and get them done at the smae time!! Verity was a massive help doing mine BTW. She likes working on cars! I also painted the front grille and spoiler with that bumpre paint. It looks terrific (although now very muddy!) Martin Original Message: ----------------- From: Chris Parnham cp@xxxx Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:14:17 -0000 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [doc] Urgent fixes required..... Buy new headlights, Dave Howarth has them, believe me I know. You cannot clean the internals. If you try you will wipe off the very thin reflective layer and reveal thick brown paint underneath. Chrispy -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Strelczak [mailto:STEPHEN.STRELCZAK@xxxx] Sent: 10 December 2002 09:27 To: 'doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [doc] Urgent fixes required..... How do I get that brand new headlight finish then? I'd really like to get perfectly clean lights for the shoot? I've seen some Delorean pics, and the lights look crystal clear, if I am going to clean the insides, is there a preferred method? Stephen. BTW: Cheers Martin, I can always count on a good response from you J How about getting down to Bath this weekend, and helping me sort the whole lot in one go :>b. I'll provide excellent food, plentiful wine/beer, quality lodgings and your girlfriend is very very welcome too. Hows that? Got any time spare? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .