My wife's headlights got a serious working over..., Hi beams on!
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My wife's headlights got a serious working over..., Hi beams on!
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Dec 26 2014, 08:24 PM
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Idiot Savant Group: Lifetimer Posts: 9,573 Posts Per Day: 1.41 Thanks Received: 256 Trader Stats: 4 (100%) Joined: 20-September 05 From: Trumpistan Member No.: 1,406 Mood: Uncertain |
On the Elantra... (Daft Punk doesn't play often in our house lol)
Pulled out the Meguire's polishing kit and worked those babies over good! They really needed it and honestly they'll need it again in 6 months I'm sure because it's tough to remove the top layer, I'll need to try 800 grit to start next time. I also washed and vacuumed out the poor thing, man women are tough on cars! No pics tho because my phone has been dead all week (going for replacement in a few hours - that's another thread). -------------------- To Helena Handbasket! |
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Dec 27 2014, 03:41 PM
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No pics tho because my phone has been dead all week (going for replacement in a few hours - that's another thread). Dave... no digital camera or anything? For something like this, before and after would have rocked. -------------------- |
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Dec 29 2014, 10:25 AM
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I will second the "women are tough on cars" statement. It is amazing what I find in my wife's car when I clean it. Granted she runs our 3 kids plus friends all around town so I don't blame her, but there normally is a suitcase worth of clothes, a giant bag of paper, a couple pairs of shoes and food crumbs in every crevice that comes out of her car each time it's cleaned!
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Dec 29 2014, 10:29 AM
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My ex used to use the door pockets as a garbage bin. Really ticked me off.
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Dec 29 2014, 03:22 PM
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I have to agree. I don't trash my car or really leave stuff in it. But friends of mine leave so much junk and trash in their cars. Lots of clothes and things like that.
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Dec 29 2014, 05:39 PM
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I have to agree. I don't trash my car or really leave stuff in it. But friends of mine leave so much junk and trash in their cars. Lots of clothes and things like that. And why do you keep your car clean again? -------------------- "This may be true but it is a chrysler sebring which is synonomous with being a p.o.s. car. Personally I gotta say it's getting really tiring having to clean off the sopping wet panties from my Hyundai Elantra every morning. Bitches love Hyundais." "Sometimes you wonder how the sperm that made that idiot was the fastest swimmer. . . Must've had a "race motor" in it with nass under the hood. . . " - Alex2013gt |
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Dec 29 2014, 07:35 PM
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Power Poster Group: VIP Members Posts: 289 Posts Per Day: 0.07 Thanks Received: 85 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 15-February 12 From: Neenah WI Member No.: 12,110 Mood: Chipper |
And why do you keep your car clean again? I leave less junk in my car than you do haha -------------------- |
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Dec 29 2014, 08:49 PM
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For Mitch:
After much elbow grease: IMG_7013.JPG ( 85.38K ) Number of downloads: 2 Although this is an 'After' shot, from this angle (top) it really looks like I've little to show for my efforts, and this side was worse than the other. Essentially this was how they both looked when viewed straight on! IMG_7014.JPG ( 79.84K ) Number of downloads: 1 And now the Driver's side: IMG_7015.JPG ( 80.79K ) Number of downloads: 1 Top shot shows the work that still needs to be done to make them really standout: IMG_7016.JPG ( 65.36K ) Number of downloads: 1 Also, I should do this more often... wink, wink lol -------------------- To Helena Handbasket! |
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Dec 30 2014, 11:53 AM
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Good work Dave!
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Jan 1 2015, 11:25 PM
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They look great
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Jan 2 2015, 11:17 AM
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looks good. get yourself one of those headlight restoration kits with the foam pad attachment for a drill, a slow drill (600-1000 rpm), a tube of plain Crest toothpaste, a tub of Turtle wax polishing compound with scratch remover. mix a 50/50 blend of toothpaste and compound, about a silver dollars worth, soak the foam pad in water and apply the mixture to the pad, place pad centered on the headlight and begin buffing the compound in to the headlight. polish for about 3-5 minutes. DO NOT let the foam pad run dry, dip it in water every 30 seconds or so and try not to remove too much compound with the water until polishing is complete. wipe clear with water. It is very difficult to damage the headlight with this super light abrasive compound, i would imagine its somewhere around a 3000-5000 grit. only way you could do damage is polishing without water, or letting the pad run dry.
doing this will remove the remaining damaged UV protecting clear coat, so you will have to apply a nice carnuba wax to the headlight every 3 months and re-polish once a year. or you can buy a UV protection kit which comes with a proprietary UV clear spray, and a UV light setup that you will need to cure the UV spray. that kit is about 75-100 bucks for the spray and you will need a UV light kit, i think they guarantee 1 year protection... but there are many of these kits emerging in recent years. good luck. -------------------- 2003 Elantra GT Hatch
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Jan 2 2015, 12:25 PM
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Idiot Savant Group: Lifetimer Posts: 9,573 Posts Per Day: 1.41 Thanks Received: 256 Trader Stats: 4 (100%) Joined: 20-September 05 From: Trumpistan Member No.: 1,406 Mood: Uncertain |
looks good. get yourself one of those headlight restoration kits with the foam pad attachment for a drill, a slow drill (600-1000 rpm), a tube of plain Crest toothpaste, a tub of Turtle wax polishing compound with scratch remover. mix a 50/50 blend of toothpaste and compound, about a silver dollars worth, soak the foam pad in water and apply the mixture to the pad, place pad centered on the headlight and begin buffing the compound in to the headlight. polish for about 3-5 minutes. DO NOT let the foam pad run dry, dip it in water every 30 seconds or so and try not to remove too much compound with the water until polishing is complete. wipe clear with water. It is very difficult to damage the headlight with this super light abrasive compound, i would imagine its somewhere around a 3000-5000 grit. only way you could do damage is polishing without water, or letting the pad run dry. doing this will remove the remaining damaged UV protecting clear coat, so you will have to apply a nice carnuba wax to the headlight every 3 months and re-polish once a year. or you can buy a UV protection kit which comes with a proprietary UV clear spray, and a UV light setup that you will need to cure the UV spray. that kit is about 75-100 bucks for the spray and you will need a UV light kit, i think they guarantee 1 year protection... but there are many of these kits emerging in recent years. good luck. Thanks! I think if I can remove all of the top layer that is damaged and then get some film reasonably (cut to fit myself) that may be what I do in a few months. I saw some restore kits with UV spray for around $40 and they claimed either UV light or the big ball in the sky would do the trick ;-) -------------------- To Helena Handbasket! |
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