Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this kit...

[DeaconD]

I bought a kit from 3M - Was Dubious but genuinely amazed by it, thought i would take some pictures as I went

So one of the headlights before - Quite a common problem I hear?

So the kit consists of a "restoration kit" more for yellowed lenses but I thought its gotta be worth a go. Within the kit - p500 grit. p800 grit and p3000 - plus a pad to use with a domestic drill and a buffer and compound.

So start with the p500 -- and then promptly s**t yourself wondering how much a headlight costs on ebay...

Keep the faith... Then move to the p800 grit.... a few passes of the drill over the headlight

Then use the p3000 with a spray bottle of water and your left amazed as a your left with something that's clearly still got sanding marks but is a new surface to the light.

and you end up with this....

Use the compound and buff all done..

Makes the front end a lot more fresh.

Hope this is useful to someone.

Cheers.

 

[Kane.]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

You could have just used 3000 lol. No need for 500.

Makes a huge difference

 

[Andi-B]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Can see the difference between the first and last picture.. Looks a lot cleaner.

 

[Dan519]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

You could have just used 3000 lol. No need for 500.

Makes a huge difference

you didn't see them before!!!


When you doing mine for me?

 

[DeaconD]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

you didn't see them before!!!


When you doing mine for me?

 

[Dan519]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

selfish

 

[Kane.]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

you didn't see them before!!!


When you doing mine for me?

If they were any worse than mine were (8 years of Spanish sun, completely grey) then I doubt he needed 500.

 

[Rob]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Only ones that need a harsh grade are the ph1's... they're even worse than the ph2 items!


Good work though.

 

[DeaconD]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Is it just UV that ruins these?

 

[Rob]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Essentially, a mixture of UV destroy the coating and then the weather worsening things once then coating has started to go tits up.

 

[Will.]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Every time someone puts a thread up like this it reminds me I need to do mine. Looking at how cold it is outside and how much of a pussy I am, it can wait til next year now.

 

[Dave Hester]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Some silvervisions would certainly compliment your hard work

 

[DeaconD]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

A whatnow ?

 

[Ralphizzle]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Clear indicator bulbs! -zilva-vi-zion-
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?614122-Silvatec-bulbs

 

[Jake007g]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Wow that looks amazing now, I don't think I'd have the balls to do it though as I seen my friend ruin his lights trying this :/

 

[guysy]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

I started with 800 and wish i didnt do that on my old lights... took me ages to get the deeper scratches out, strangely my 182s lights are in very good condition even though i was fully prepared to have to be doing them this summer coming up...

After i corrected my old lights, they very quickly developed some signs of fading at the top about 8 months after, im just wondering if anyone knows, does the original coating untouched have some UV protection to it? i.e. when they are corrected does it get removed.

 

[st3ve]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

I bought a kit from 3M - Was Dubious but genuinely amazed by it, thought i would take some pictures as I went

Links for this kit?

 

[Kane.]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

I started with 800 and wish i didnt do that on my old lights... took me ages to get the deeper scratches out, strangely my 182s lights are in very good condition even though i was fully prepared to have to be doing them this summer coming up...

After i corrected my old lights, they very quickly developed some signs of fading at the top about 8 months after, im just wondering if anyone knows, does the original coating untouched have some UV protection to it? i.e. when they are corrected does it get removed.

Same, mine started a few months later even though I waxed them.

 

[Bondy 172]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Links for this kit?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-Headli...re_Cleaning&hash=item43a9d5658e#ht_2220wt_944

Found this on eBay looks to be the one..

 

[DeaconD]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-39008-...rcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item519bb48036

Cheaper from the US of A

About £18 then

 

[JMR]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Good results there.

Mine have gone all crackly around the top edge, surface is rough to the touch, otherwise theyre very clear elsewhere.

I will just be wet sanding with a £2 sheet of Megs wet'n'dry and buffing up with Menz polish I have on the shelf with the 3m rotary.

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

Re: Headlight lacquer on your 1*2 gone a bit "funny" ? very impressed with this ki

Looks spot on, my PH1 lights are awful might give this a try.