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just wondering, i am trying to fix up the colour of one of my headlights on a 96 fairmont tryed that sanding back but it does not look as good as the new one. how much is a new light lens? are they easy to remove/replace? what price are they? Is it worth sanding it again?
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You can't but just the lens, you would have to buy a whole Headlight assembly. Yes they are pricey, sorry I haven't got a price.
There is a doc or post around here somewhere on polishing the lenses. Its usually quite effective
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theres a doco on it some where, but try using scratchx polish...
or something like that sand them back a little with the finest sandpaper... and put the scrathx polish on the sandpaper... and yeh buff it too if not $65 off ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 26213&rd=1
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i have already sanded it back but it didn't come up like new as i expected, as i have one brand new one i could compare. i am going to try it again and use plexus this tim. you say pu t the polish on the sand paper? thanks for the feedback
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Have faith, you can make a headlight look new again through sanding/polishing. It just you gotta make em worse before you make them better again, and it takes fking ages.
Im currently doing mine, First I sanded with 400 grit wet&dry until it was evenly dull, then 800, and finally 1500. All with Scratch X and then finally buffing the crap out of it with a cloth and more Scratch X and Plexus. So far it looks almost new, and im confident with more buffing it will look new. Previously there was nasty crows feet s**t and it was rough as guts.
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It is important to initially remove enough of the crappy surface to make the end result better. When you're sanding, ensure you also sand alternately at 90 degrees so you get a cross hatch sanding pattern - you'll find it won't take as long to reach the finished product. When you pour clean water over the lens, it gives you an idea of the end finish - the water fills the scratches. Conversely, if you wipe dry the lens, it will give you a better indication whether you've removed initially enough of the degraded surface.
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I was also finding there was a distinct (yet very thin) film of plastic, which when sanding hard could be seen breaking off in segments revealing an almost new looking surface under it.
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Age: 39 Posts: 637 Joined: 25th Nov 2004 Ride: Toyota Surf, EF Fairmont Location: Melbourne, Northern Suburbs |
justs as easy to buy a new (out of the box) headlight. paid $75 for one after i hit a kangeroo
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| Ugly Igley |
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http://www.fordmods.com/phpBB2/documents.php?doc=58
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Ugly Igley wrote: http://www.fordmods.com/phpBB2/documents.php?doc=58
Yay! Benn got his doco up! |
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