DIY: Scratched / Delaminating Headlighs Fix
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i also did a write up with pictures
if you want me to post it i can.
bought the film.. 40 bucks from super cheap
i f*cked up .. then got the sh*ts and got it stuck in my hair
that annoyed me even more...
i would have taken my lights out to make it easyer.. but they wont come out untill i repair my front bar.
anyway let me know if you want the diy with about 15 piccies (front page has none)
if you want me to post it i can.
bought the film.. 40 bucks from super cheap
i f*cked up .. then got the sh*ts and got it stuck in my hair
that annoyed me even more...
i would have taken my lights out to make it easyer.. but they wont come out untill i repair my front bar.
anyway let me know if you want the diy with about 15 piccies (front page has none)
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BAHAHAHAdB wrote:i f*cked up .. then got the sh*ts and got it stuck in my hair
DIY: how to get film stuck in your hair
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Oh video footage of that would have been priceless
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did mine over the weekend and im dam happy with the results. i convinced a friend to do his lights too (guess which one is his lol) so tell your fto impaired friends with jap imports
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Hay guys, i did this last night using 1200 grit wet dry sand paper and an angle grinder with wool thing attached and at first it didnt work so i had to take my front bumper off and take the lights out, and after i did that it took me about 1hour and a half for each light, probably 20 mins sanding and then the rest buffing little bits at a time until shiny, so about 3 hours all up, and then it turned out good not absoultly perfect but a lot beter than what it was.
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mine took like 20mins a light, using a perspex cut and polish
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i did this on one light last night but from some angles in the light you can still see the scratches although it looks clear from front on but i want them to be perfect... and when i shone a torch on them the scratches were a bit more obvious so i imagine on a sunny day it wouldnt look to flash...
i used 1200 grit and kitten cut and polish ($10.95)
is there something im doing wrong or should i go over it with 2000 grit?
i used 1200 grit and kitten cut and polish ($10.95)
is there something im doing wrong or should i go over it with 2000 grit?
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yea it would probably make sense to go over the process again with 2000 grit if the scratches are relatively smallValandis91 wrote:i did this on one light last night but from some angles in the light you can still see the scratches although it looks clear from front on but i want them to be perfect... and when i shone a torch on them the scratches were a bit more obvious so i imagine on a sunny day it wouldnt look to flash...
i used 1200 grit and kitten cut and polish ($10.95)
is there something im doing wrong or should i go over it with 2000 grit?
I didn't do any sanding on mine though since my dad was worried about sanding perspex, so i just simply rubbed cut polish into em. Got them close 2 perfect anyway
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What the hell polish did you use for that ?!! i want that clarity!Grue wrote:Just did mine again... buy hand. Don't feel you need to go out and buy an electric buffer for this!
During Sanding:
After Cut and Polish:
Half&Half:
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Sanded mine too, but i did not realize i had 400grit, when i was buying the sand papers i only looked at the price with the grit and took the paper next to the label assuming it was the corresponding one... little did i know the grits are written in the back which i thought were random numbers.
Anyway, i had 400, 800, 2000... >Fail, it turned out good but i wasnt satisfied, maybe coz J picked up that i had 400 and no 1200.. so did it again, this time, with 1200 then 2000, mother's liquid metal polish.. cant say its like brand new, but im really happy with the results, smooth with similar swirls to the body which is ok...
Its a bit wierd as i can see the rainbow in my headlights
credits to J, when i was sanding my lights at his house, he sanded a bit of my weds wheels and the metal stick that holds the bonnet up.. and for letting me use his mothers metal polish and buffer..( you happy man ? shii! )
Anyway, i had 400, 800, 2000... >Fail, it turned out good but i wasnt satisfied, maybe coz J picked up that i had 400 and no 1200.. so did it again, this time, with 1200 then 2000, mother's liquid metal polish.. cant say its like brand new, but im really happy with the results, smooth with similar swirls to the body which is ok...
Its a bit wierd as i can see the rainbow in my headlights
credits to J, when i was sanding my lights at his house, he sanded a bit of my weds wheels and the metal stick that holds the bonnet up.. and for letting me use his mothers metal polish and buffer..( you happy man ? shii! )
97 GPX Icelle Blue
I cant stop driving her!
...and when im not, im looking at her!
... ...and when im not, im freakin thinking about her!
FTO[For The Orgasm]
like For The Win!, but more hardcore...
I cant stop driving her!
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