[AT] restoring tractor lights

[Robert L. Holtzer]

At 12:02 PM 2/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>I've used a heavy coating of chrome spray paint after cleaning the 
>>housing thoroughly.  Certainly not as good as chrome but it does improve 
>>the lighting and looks pretty good.  Probably won't last indefinitely!
>>Bob Holtzer
>
>         Bob, I wondered if a chrome spray might work. The reflectors were
>originally coated with a silver compound that was very good at relfecting
>light. Do you use the lights that you have restored this way or are they
>just there to look original?  Just curious?

I don't do much night driving but I have tried them -- they seem to be 
pretty good but certainly not the same as seal beams!


>         Someone mentioned that the reflectors could be re-silvered but did
>not elaborate. I wonder if anyone really does this as a service and if so,
>who and where are they?

Don't know.

Bob Holtzer


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