Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Peter H]

Hi, I'm restoring a 1978 Carlight Cassetta and the covers on the Labcraft 12v ceiling light covers have become discoloured. I have tried bleaching them and although there has been a little improvement I an not happy with the result. I contacted Labcraft but the light is no longer available. I was hoping someone may have a couple of spares or an idea how the plastic can be lightened. The lights work fine and I don't want to change them for modern ones. C:\Users\Janet\Pictures\carlight light\IMG_3348.JPGThanks.

[Dalek63]

I found this on the net, hope it might help

http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-whiten-yellowed-plastic/
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[christine lowery]

hi if they are the long rounded lab craft cl 13 type we have beem replacing the diffusers with opaque lexon or similar and converting them to led at the same time

christine

[Peter H]

Yes they are. I tried to download a pic but failed. Where do you buy it from ?
Thanks

[christine lowery]

try a shop front fitter the thin size is hard to find you need 1mm or thinner in opal or opaque
you can add the stripes with car piping if you need to
as i said i rip out the guts and fill the inside with led on a roll to give a better light for a 10th of the electric if you use the van withuot hook up

chris

[D4B]

on ebay? ;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xlexan&_nkw=lexan&_sacat=0&_from=R40

[Peter H]

Thanks for your help. I have now managed to find the lexan 0.75mm in opal. I'll also take your advice and change them to led.

[david_rachel]

Hello Peter,

I found the best way to make the chrome effect stripes is to buy a sheet of silver paper/thin card. Attach this to some very thin double sided tape and then use a paper guillotine to cut strips of the desired length. I used a length of masking tape on the light covers to act as a guide line against which to lay my narrow strips so that they didn't end up at some silly angle! Also, make the strips long enough to fold over a good 1/4" inside the lamp cover...
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1972 Triumph 2.5PI Est Royal Blue
1968 MG 1300 Sal Connaught Green
1978 Carlight Casetta
http://carlightrestoration.blogspot.co.uk
1995 Lada Riva 1.5 Est Red

[Margo]

Or you could simply use car pinstripe off the roll - comes in chrome and gold as well an an infinate range of colours

[david_rachel]

....it all depends on how much of an anorak you are regarding the need to replicate the original trim width - I'm a real anorak!
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David Rachel
1972 Triumph 2.5PI Est Royal Blue
1968 MG 1300 Sal Connaught Green
1978 Carlight Casetta
http://carlightrestoration.blogspot.co.uk
1995 Lada Riva 1.5 Est Red

[Crooked_Caravan]

I'm told toothpaste is really good for cleaning lights – might be worth a try?