Hella 128 reflectors

[tomkirkcis]

I have been searching for an hour and haven't found a thread regarding restoring Hella 128's. I just bought some period lights and found one of the reflectors to be just rust beyond use. With the lights being reproduced, is anyoone selling parts? Is there any source for replacement reflectors?

tom

[jaldeguer]

So true I have the same problem. Subscribed.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Jay

[super9064]

Try going online and searching for re-silvering, mirror repair. There are companies that restore vintage headlights, they should be able to restore yours, no problem.

[kentf14]

+1 for the resilvering. New reflectors are uber rare. I've been thinking of trying the following company for my own project.
http://www.realsteel.com/headlight.php

Cheers
Kent

[kentf14]

OK, so Steve's apparently does a real silver plating process that is more what older cars (30's etc) had used. I haven't contacted the shop below, but they are supposed more modern in their technique.

Uvira, Inc.
310 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Merlin, OR 97532
Telephone: +1.541.956.6880
Fax: +1.541.476.9096
email: uvira@terragon.com
Bill Atwood owner. "Uvira has a process to put a glass covered polished aluminum coating on headlight reflectors. They will stay in good condition for years (perhaps decades). Much better than silver plating."

[tomkirkcis]

My reflector is well beyond resilvering or recoating. It is toast. I was surprised it was so bad. The chrome housing and bezel looks like they will clean up to an accptable driver level.