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Holger 05-05-2014 10:54 PM

Thank you for the tutorial Hydrocket!

Had to do the same for my Toyota Yaris.
The dealer wanted 250 Euro each light for new ones :eek:
A professional car-polisher did this repair for 100 Euro in total.

Before:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1399359233.jpg

After:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1399359248.jpg

BReif61 05-06-2014 04:06 AM

I did this to the lights on my 996 with fantastic results. And I'd like to thank whoever engineered the headlight release mechanism on those cars. No worries about sanding paint, just give one bolt a half turn, and take the headlight inside with you.

mistertate 05-06-2014 09:29 AM

Automakers: this **** sucks!
Bring back glass and/or pop-ups!

1990C4S 05-06-2014 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mistertate (Post 8051273)
Automakers: this **** sucks!
Bring back glass and/or pop-ups!

Automakers don't care as long it fails after warranty. The vast majority of their customers never deal with this problem. The problem occurs after the original owner has unloaded the car.

june82000 05-06-2014 04:56 PM

Thanks, I've been needing to do mine too. This thread motivated me to spend about 15 minutes on mine this afternoon with some basic rubbing compound and a rag. 100% better now!!

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p911dad 05-06-2014 05:04 PM

Did the Toyota 4Runner today, took about 1/2 hour, used stuff I had lying around, like an old jar of Mother's Mag polish, DuPont polishing compound and some Eastwood fine polish, one course of each. Literally looks like new! Thanks for the idea!

Bill Douglas 05-06-2014 05:14 PM

Excellent work guys.

And maybe a coat of carnauba wax to stop oxidisation/UV problems.

Brando 05-06-2014 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 8052041)
Excellent work guys.

And maybe a coat of carnauba wax to stop oxidisation/UV problems.

Is that the best option to prevent the plastic lenses from corroding again?

petrolhead611 05-07-2014 04:14 AM

Did my Clio headlights this weekend, well actually one headlight as the job was such hard work for someone only a week out of hospital. Used a Quixx kit bought on eBay for about $19. It was for use by hand, and came with 2000,3000, and 5000 grit wet/dry paper, several polishing cloths, a small sanding block,the abrasive polish and the UV protectant.

Bill Douglas 05-07-2014 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brando (Post 8052262)
Is that the best option to prevent the plastic lenses from corroding again?

I don't know. But carnauba was does prevent oxidisation of paintwork.


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