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Old Oct 29, 2019 | 08:20 PM
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Does anyone have a lead on a replacement R230 headlight lens? Aftermarket is fine.

I have buffed mine, sanded them, UV clearcoated them, and ceramic coated them all in effort to bring them back to life but they still have a slight haze/yellowing to them.
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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 10:05 AM
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I just sanded and buffed the headlights on my R231. The covers were pitted (from sand, I think). It fixed that problem, but I notice there's a slight image of the xenon bulb "burned" into the cover. That didn't come out. On the R231 it's apparently not possible to replace the cover. The entire assembly is about $2K (each side) so that's out.
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