Coilpack Resistance And Headlight Restore!

[cr4ig0]

Hi all, im currently doing minor things with my car and im wondering what resistance is alright (higher or lower?)

I tested my original 6 set (have a second hand set in atm until can get new packs) and readings vary 1.3-1.5 ohms but one reads 2.0.

This has me curious about whether more is better or worse?

My idea is to try combine the 6 best working coilpacks to try reduce the misfire as much as possible until i can get my hands on new ones.

And one of my headlights gets condensation in it quite bad (the other does a little but not to the degree of it being a problem) and from this condensation there is a residue i wanna get rid of, i recently had my headlights polished and im wondering if i need special polish to do it or will car polish work i dunno, dont think i need to go to the degree of sandpaper but yeah, dont wanna stuff anything up.

I've already removed the headlight and i know how to dissassemble so that not a problem.

Thanks for any help.

[mad082]

if you are getting moisture into the light then it has a leak (or has had a leak in the past) and not all the water that has gotten in has gotten out.

[cr4ig0]

Yeah i was going to use a hair dryer on it? to dry up any water. At first i thought there was a hole letting moisture in but i was told (and then shown) theres meant to be a hole there anyways so im just going to dry it up, clean it and then hope thats all it will take. (and seal anything that looks a bit dodgy.

[Birds]

95% of the time, plastic headlight covers will be suffering from an external build up or yellow tinge of the plastic from UV rays and corrosion in general - it appears to be on the inside but that's because it's in the plastic itself. Glassylite kit off eBay will fix this...or if you don't want to fork out $35, some fine grit sandpaper and plastic polish will take care of it (basically what comes in the Glassylite kit).

The other 5% will be a leak and moisture constantly getting in behind the headlight...in which case, disassemble and wipe the inside, then seal the hole with silicon. I'd try the Glassylite thing first though, because it's the easiest thing to do and even if it doesn't solve your issue it'll still have removed some crap because almost every R33 and R34 has the external build up issue.

[mad082]

cut and polish works well on the lights to get rid of the hazyness too apparently. i just used meguires scratch-x and a woolen buffing pad on a drill and it only takes a few seconds per light. takes longer to get the drill sorted and find an extention lead that it does to actually clean the lights.

as for the hairdryer trick, try to get as much of the water out of the light first with cotton buds or something like that as that will make the process much quicker.

[cr4ig0]

Yeah i had Mark (Dr Detail) who i heard about on here come over and clean em up for me (and engine bay too) he did a great job and i saw how he was doing it (only didnt wanna do it myself the first time in case i stuff anything up) and its good but one headlight has a build up inside, im going to open it up soon and try clean it, then i was going to re seal it and sylicone it and any openings that dont look normal, and even if the condensation persists, atleast the yellow on the inside should be gone.

My friend also did his lights recently with the $40 kit from autobarn and it looks great!

But im hoping a nice firm wipe could remove the residue in my light this round.

Anyone have any thoughts on the coilpack resistance also?