Hey, is there any way of restoring rear lenses?

They are form a 1970 Mini K.

I've looked for replacements but I'm struggling to find any genuine ones, "LUCAS AL 136 AUSTRALIA"

wouldn't be so bad if they were both the same amount of faded but ones worse than the other so it looks a tad shoddy.. also...I would need some gaskets for in-between the lenses and the actual light, these only seem to be sold with a whole light unit.



Any Ideas?

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Looking for a set of Genuine rear lenses or lights LUCAS AL136

Can you just swap sides so the fading on the other catches up? Ha ha....

Could try this
http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/niteshadesred

Never used it but have used a similar brush on type to turn a clear marker light into a tailight for a motorbike with good results

There is a paint you can buy from car parts shops

I brought some about 20 years ago for a uc torana front blinker lenses
You paint it with a brush on the inside of lense
the bottle was like a nail polish bottle that girls paint there nails with from memory

cool, might look into getting some of that. its the orange too! hmmmm

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Looking for a set of Genuine rear lenses or lights LUCAS AL136

haha, unfortunately not

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Looking for a set of Genuine rear lenses or lights LUCAS AL136

You can buy clear orange and clear red paints from hobby shops. Tamiya make some, there maybe other brands as well.

But wait till daylight saving is over, otherwise the fading won't be even

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"Show me the Mini!"

Daylight savings? Not in our end of the earth!

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Dont know if its the same stuff i got same sort of bottle but

http://turinimports.com.au//index.php?m ... ucts_id=71

http://turinimports.com.au//index.php?m ... ucts_id=72

I bought some orange tint years ago from AutoBarn and redid my Lucas ones. They still look OK...
You can buy new 2 hole lenses from Karcraft and elsewhere, but I found they faded bad within 12 months when parked outside.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Maybe once you have exported the car back to Geordie-Land the reverse hemisphere will even things up!

This looks like it may revive them

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tail-Light-L ... 27ccecd43c

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Slide
1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)

I agree with marty swap them.... and in 44yrs they will look the same. Lol

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

It'll be the floor pans that start to fade in that part of the world haha.....

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Looking for a set of Genuine rear lenses or lights LUCAS AL136