Foggy headlight

[GS1100GZ]

My headlight glass lens is foggy on the inside. I seem to remember trying to clean one with alcohol before and it didn't come out well. Has anyone cleaned theirs and what did you use? Any tips? Thanks.

[Cipher]

Mine is silvered on the inner surface of the reflector. Kike an SLR mirror. Take care as its easy to damage
If use room temp distilled water swish and drain.
Invert so bulb hole is on top an give time to dry

[bwringer]

Yep, you can't touch the silver bit; it's pretty delicate. And try not to get any liquids on it.

I've used a small piece of cloth soaked in a bit of alcohol, then used chopsticks to swab the clear glass. Keep changing the cloth until things are clean. Gun cleaning patches are about the right size if you have any.


My Dad was stationed in Okinawa in the Air Force, so he taught me to use chopsticks very early in life... if you don't have the same advantage, then you'll need some other method of securing and manipulating the cloth pieces.

[GS1100GZ]

I'm dangerous with chopsticks but you gave me an idea. I think I have some hemostats somewhere and I'll give those a shot.

[GS1100GZ]

I used a hemostat and a gun cleaning patch. It made quite the difference! I didn't think that it was that foggy. Since bwringer said not to get any fluids on the reflector I didn't try to get any fluids on it to clean it. It's tempting now. I would but it sure is hard to find a replacement in case it gets messed up. Seems that they are LED, sealed beam, or have a metal tab that interferes with the fit.