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Old 08-20-2017, 12:11 PM   #220 (permalink)
Stubby79
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Headlight restoration

Didn't want to work on the electrical side of things today. Wanted to work on the car itself, so I "restored" the headlights with a 3M headlight restore kit.

What I started with:



500 grit: (remainder of lamination removed)


800 grit:


3000 grit, wet sanded:


Buffing compound:


Waxed, installed:


Parking lights on:


Opted to replace the LED headlight bulbs with apparently better ones, while I was at it. Had to re-arrange the wires to get them to work:


Decent output:
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