Before I do anything that might damage them, how do I clean the chrome on the inside of the front turn signals and also the rear tail lights?

I was going to use dish soap and water, but thought I might ask if there was a better way. They are dirty and there are a few spots where the chrome is bubbling/chipping, but it's not bad.

Can I polish them with anything?

For the front buckets i had to do a lot of work.

1 thoroughly cleaned.
2 medium to fine sanding
3 i used a coarse paste on a small (dremmel) polushing pad.
4 i finished them with a fine paste and a large domed polishing pad on a slow speed drill.

They came up very nice. M

My rears were so worn and previously painted that i had to use a chrome reflective vynil to recover the inside reflector wells.

I used Brasso. Wasn't great, but it seemed to make what was there a bit shinier. I may wind up putting some of the aluminum flue tape in so the shiny back of it serves as a reflector.

--DD

chrome spray paint worked for me I bought a small can years ago and it has lasted many a tail light housing

Has anyone ever had them rechromed? I imagine that would be the best way to restore them, but $$$.

Even a fresh coat of a bright silver paint makes an amazing difference.

I was thinking of chrome powder coating for the front turn signal buckets.

I would do chrome cerakote

Bright aluminum colored spray paint looks very good and reflective.

+1, my chrome was gone in the tail lights. I used the "chrome" rattle can. I sprayed every area (even where some of the chrome still was) so the amount of reflectivity is the same across the entire area of the tail light

On the Triumph Experience website, a TR6 owner found a good way to cost effectively "re-chrome" the reflectors. In his words:

I used the Avery chrome vinyl film on the exterior light reflectors to enhance the brightness of the bulbs.

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Wow! The best results I've seen. I did the aluminum reflective had tape and it turned out pretty good.

Thanks for all the replies! So it appears I can use some sort of chrome tape or paint.

What about cleaning it beforehand? Is dish soap and water okay?

In my case, I used Harbor Freight Tools chrome "HVAC" duct tape. Front and back buckets / The same product is available at Home Depot etc. and has returned the interior of each fixture to a very bright reflective surface and is Windex-wipe-cleanable, desert heat doable, and down right seeable.

At the time, I replaced the seals with 914 Rubber seals and have never opened them up again in three years of almost daily driving.

Sidebar: As I was driving home at dusk yesterday along PCH a blue 914-4 passed me up on the #3 lane in Newport Beach headed south then up Newport Coast road. By the time he was 500 feet ahead of me, his rear panel was but a squint-inkling of candle power light. That car needs a bucket-job and thy right soon!

Peace to all in the Christmas Season

Buy some of Spoke’s LED lights. Much brighter than stock and run cooler so they are better for wires and lens

Good suggestion: Do you have a prefered source and are the LED versions plug-n-play?

Spoke's boards are "plug and play" inasmuch as they plug right into the existing bulb sockets, but they are boards of an array of high-intensity LEDs. They far out perform any simple bulb-replacement LED. They take the reflector out of the equation - they fill the entire lens area with LEDs.

They are here: https://www.spokeworksled.com/914-led-solutions

...and he's running a sale right now!

I have them in my 914 and in my 911, and they are brilliant, in every sense of the word.

Outstanding product and customer service and you are supporting a vendor that supports 914’s.

+1 I have a full set of Spoke's lights on my car.

I have front and rear and I think they are great !!