If you restore old cars, old vintage Hella lights go for a premium price. This light assembly was made in Germany. The markings on the lens read K4556 1-101670 Hella made in Germany. On the inside back of the light reflector are numbers 142 ZFH ~~K 4556 Giuhlampe H3 on a yellow oval paper label. As you can see by the before photo below this was a barn find and was pretty dirty. In fact you could hardly read the lettering on the light. After taking the lamp apart, it was washed down with a mild soap, rinsed with clean water and dried. It was still impossible to see through the lens and the back of the assembly which is chrome was heavily tarnished. We decided to see what some Simichrome polish would do. On the lens itself, all that was necessary was about an inch or so dab of Simichrome polish right out of the tube. That was spread evenly with the finger tips of our hands. After letting it sit for a minute or two, the polish was wiped clean with a paper towel. That removed all the lingering caked on crud that had collected over the years from the ridges, mold lines and lettering. The inside of the lamp and the back side were tougher jobs. The inside cleaned up the easiest with a dab of Simichrome on a soft microfiber cloth. We had to be gentle with it as some of the plating on the inside of the reflector was flaking. On the back of the lamp, again we used Simichrome, spread evenly over all the chrome surface and buffed it to a clean shiny finish with the microfiber cloth turning it often to a clean section. Two applications were needed. The light was then buffed with a clean cloth and re assembled. Take a look at the pictures and see for your self what a little time and some Semichrome can do. You can buy the products we used in this post by clicking here from our recommended Simichrome polish distributor.
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