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Old 10-19-09, 07:19   #1 (permalink)
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Headlights Cleared

Did another set of lights tonight, fiance's sister so it was a free bee, but I hope to get paid in other ways ....

The only thing I used from the 3m kit was 2 pieces of 800 grit paper on their holder. After that I went to my wet sandpaper from Meg's. 1500-2000-2500-3000. I finished up with Meg's mirror glaze #10 to polish out the headlight once I was done wetsanding

This is what I was dealing with...









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Wiped down to check my work







Finished up with the polish, then I sealed them with Opti-seal...:thumbsup: Although not perfect at least their a huge improvent and FREE



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Re: Headlights Cleared

Nice! I just did the headlights and tails on my mom's 2002 Altima yesterday (no pics), and they came out excellent. Here's what I used:

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I wish just compund would have taken these back but they were so bad I had to wetsand

Before you guys get going...Paid from the Fiance NOT the SISTER
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I wish just compund would have taken these back but they were so bad I had to wetsand

Before you guys get going...Paid from the Fiance NOT the SISTER
lol I knew what you meant but I was also thinking how many people would think otherwise lol.

Great improvement for sure.
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I wish just compund would have taken these back but they were so bad I had to wetsand

Before you guys get going...Paid from the Fiance NOT the SISTER
Kill joy.

Looks like it will take a bit more than wet sanding on those fenders!
 
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The fender and the bumper marks came off...I tried clay, no go...I used some tarminator and "scrubbed" with a MF and they dissappeared... Just some scuff marks. If I got paid to do her car 20+ hours easily....But I know the Fiance won't "pay" that much
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