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YOUR RESEARCHWhich is old and which is new and should I care?
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I've used the 3M kits on two vehicles and been very pleased, but both needed it so they are still even.
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I use these for work and I find them to be the best.
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If you try to do them again I'd recommend a kit with the 3M Trizact polishing pads.
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And replace the 3rd brake light with an LED model to match the taillights.
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When I bought my car, it clearly had one new headlight and one old one. Today I finally got around to working on the old yellowed one. I had an ECS Tuning headlight restore kit and one I bought at Advance Auto. Started with the ECS kit. I didn't seem to be getting any results. Switched to the Pittsburgh Automotive (Advance Auto Parts) kit which seemed to work a little better. It had 500, 800 and 3000 grit sanding discs plus a foam polishing pad disc. The ECS kit just had 800 and 3000 discs. I spent about 2 hours working on it. Here are the results:
Question is, am I being too ****? Is there that big of a difference? Should I start over and start with a coarser grit? Should I take it to a pro detailer? Should I say "screw it" and move on?
Definitely looks uneven. I would get another ECS and Pittsburg kit and then switch which side gets which. That way neither side gets jealous and triggers premature bulb failure.
worthwhile 2 hrs to clean up the yellowed one.
Left looks new but they're both in great shape.
Enjoy the fruits of the 2hrs spent and don't sweat it going forward.
Being as it's a Turbo, you had better fix that. Otherwise the difference in drag coefficient between your old and new headlights will have you moving in a circle. Probably OK for us NA types, but in a Turbo, Bad Things could happen.
Too ****? You're a lawyer for heaven's sake. And it's a GUARDS RED turbo! That headlight is disgraceful and looks like a wart on the face of this fine automobile.
I recommend that you sell me the car - at a significant discount due to the massive visual flaw - and I'll just live with the bad headlight. We're clearly much less **** here in Canada eh.
The 3M kit really works well; but...follow the directions! (That's hard for me to do. I tend to plunge in and make a mess of things, Oh, well.)
relinuca
PS: After "restoring" the lights, apply Xpel overlays to maintain the gain.
I got a better idea... give me the new one on the left and I'll give you a nice slightly yellowed one to match the one on the right. That way you have matching yellow'd lights. Problem solved!
tokika, that headlight came out great. I think I'll look into the 3M kit.
Thanks to everyone else for the feedback.
Probably will drop it back to the bottom of the "to do" list for the time being though. Still need to install two new wastegates and try to mend a chewed up lower boost hose. And replace the 3rd brake light with an LED model to match the taillights. And, then there's the 928's to do list (don't even go there
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can you see the difference when the lights are on at night? If not, I think they are good to go. If you try to do them again I'd recommend a kit with the 3M Trizact polishing pads. I use these for work and I find them to be the best.
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