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He is not really into cleaning/detailing but I gave him some help recently.
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So my brother in law has a Carrera , lovely car in silver. He is not really into cleaning/detailing but I gave him some help recently. Clay barred the entire car, then 2 stage paint correction and waxed. He was over the moon with it.
So he mentioned his headlights which were discoloured, hazy and looked awful. No problem I say, bring them around and I will wet sand them and bring them back to shiny.
I chuck them in the garage for a few days and then start work on them. Now normally , on other headlights, I start with 600-800 grit, wet and dry , work my way up to maybe 1500, quick polish and protect. Job done.
These ones for some reason seemed to have some bastard lacquer on them which was impossible to shift. I went down to 240 wet and still no joy. So had to go dry and 240 at that, never gone that low but needs must.
This is what I was dealing with
After sanding. I sent him some pictures going dont panic, it will be fine
Then worked my way up dry to 1500, then wet from 240, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 and finally 2500.
Followed by compounding heavy cut, polish and some sealant.
Think he was happy with the final results
Now this is the funny part. He didn't actually tell me how much these lights are worth !!! He let me blissfully sand away and only when I handed them back did he mention that they are around �4000 , about $5000
If I had known that, there was no way I would have touched them. Thank god they turned out ok but christ never again.
Oh, and I'm sure your work was "on the arm" right? Brothers in law...
better you than me - sounds like it was a LOT of work (I've done mine, so I know it was)...
He did buy me a nice bottle of vodka to say thanks but I told him it should bloody be crystal champagne after finding out the price ! It was a lot of hard work, I just couldn't get the scratches out from the dry. Had to go over them with about 3-4 passes ...think I will stick to cheap **** ones next
$5,000?! If so, I think I'll start buying rollers just for the headlights...problem is, finding rollers is only slightly easier than finding unicorns.
I wonder how much my MKI lights cost?
The lights are only that much if you order them new from a dealer. You can get them used for under $1000. Still a lot of money though.
Also, you should clear coat or at least seal those in some way or they will just go back to how they were. Since it sounds like you've done this before, you probably know that, but figured I'd mention it anyway.
I bought two spare headlights recently for $250 each. (working Xenon headlights!)
They were badly yellowed, but after 30 minutes or so they look fine.
By the way, if you put a bicycle pump in the rubber hose in the back and pump once or twice you can get the chrome headlight cleaner covers off safely.
That's much easier than covering them with painters tape.
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