Hope you all can help me!
Recently got a Spyder RT-L 2016.
The lamps are hazed just above the projector lens.
Tried to use water-sanding and then polish, but it seems to be on the inside.
Have anyone got this issue before, and how to overcome it?
Is it possible to remove the lamp and disassemble so that I can polish the inside?
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/DeVille from Sweden.
DeVille, that
IS on the inside, and
NO, it's not condensation, it's a defect in the polycarbonate developing due to heat produced by the halogen lights behind the projector lens! :lecturef_smilie: .
That haze issue was a known problem in the earlier Spyders, even those still running the factory light globes; I don't know what years beyond 2013 were included, but I feel it was certainly 2014 and possibly as far as 2016... :dontknow: . Many of us here in Oz had those lights (which are our Lo beam headlights & likely yours too if that's an EU spec Spyder
) replaced free of charge by BRP as a goodwill gesture..... You can't readily pull the lens/light assy apart to polish it out, but I'm not sure that'd work anyway - I reckon that because it's a defect in response to heat from the lamp globes, the haze/fogging permeates the
entire depth of the polycarbonate! :cus:
I say that cos when I checked my lights for the haze, I noticed that my Hi beam lights also had similar haze spots, only up there they weren't where heat from the lamp shining thru projector lens would rise to like it is in your lower lamps, the hazy bits were directly in the focus spot of the light emitted thru the projector lens, sorta like the focus spot of the sun shining thru a magnifying glass - those upper hazy bits started out as maybe 30-35mm dia haze spots on the inside of the poly directly in front of the projector lens where the light beam hit the polycarbonate; but a few days later, after a
very hot day (high 40's °C) that I spent ryding on heat reflecting asphalt in a Toy Run Procession at low speed with the Hi beams on for about 6 hours straight, I discovered the haze had
melted the focus spot in the upper lights out from the inside, distorting the poly all the way thru & on one light, actually melting a 10-20mm dia hole right thru the poly lens!! :shocked: .
By then, I'd already been waiting about a month or so for word on when the replacement Lo beam lights would come in for the dealer to swap them over, but when I showed the tech the melted spots in the upper lights, they very quickly added the upper lights to the 'replace' order & put a hastener on it all! So both my upper and lower lamp assemblies on both sides were replaced not too long after that haze progressed into a hole!! So do carefully check your haze spots for any distortion/deterioration,
and check your upper/Hi beam lights just as carefully too! :lecturef_smilie:
You
might try asking your dealer if they'll start a case with BRP for you to get them replaced FoC; maybe include the info that here in Oz most lights with haze spots like those were replaced as a good will gesture because it was such a prevalent issue! :dontknow: . I really don't think it was a recall, but
sooo many 'still factory spec' Spyders here in Oz suffered from this haze issue that it was pretty obviously a production problem/failure & not anything else, so they replaced them! And as soon as we got them home, most Spyder Ryders who hadn't
already done so immediately swapped out the high temp halogen type lamp globes & replaced them with much cooler running LEDS! :thumbup:
Haven't had a real problem since, altho maybe now, 5+ or something years later, I'm not completely sure that there isn't a very light haze juuust starting to develop on those Lo beam lamps again?!
Good Luck! :cheers:
That won't work, cos as I said in my earlier post/response, the haze is on the INSIDE, & it's effectively cooked into the polycarbonate cover from the inside - so nothing you do on the outside of the polycarbonate will even touch it! :lecturef_smilie:
