the Blind and the Beauty

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zckid

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Hi friends

I got to work on a BMW, my first German ride. In our small island, it embodies beauty, quality, comfort and pride.

However, its eyes have gone from worst to blinded. i had to restore the same with a little patience and a lot of passion.
Please enjoy the transformation..

Upon arrival

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Headlights washed and clayed

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THE LEFT SIDE


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Nearer... not appearing a much damaged as the right side...


Let's see what close inspection reveals :inspector:

From different angles

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Extreme close-up


A medley of defects from swirls to deep scratches and...

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.... stone chips ... so many of them

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starting to turn opaque.... and

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... OMG..... this hurts :(


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a very deep scratch...


Correction in progress...

:inspector: Localizing remaining defects... and :inspector:

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TA DA

same same but new.... only restored with Almighty's grace


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Transparency is the only acceptable standard

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the LED is not forgotten

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Hello!

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Remember

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Now

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THE RIGHT SIDE

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Close -up

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:cool: Blinded beauty :cool:

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Like a brick wall, it should have a very high score on the opacity scale.


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Can you see the LED? :wall

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Another view

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close-up

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and surprisingly it was hiding many more defects underneath it.

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The Afters

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Transparency is the key

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Light allowed to travel

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Right side done

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The ex-brick-wall headlight :wall


Remember

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Now

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Beauty revealed

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Thanks for viewing. your comments and thoughts are most welcome.

cheers ;)

Zaid
 
dc52nv said:
Amazing save. Care to share your process and products used?
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thanks for your kind words bro.

Basically an inverse zenith method after headlights have been washed and clayed.

  • Washed with a MPC available locally
  • clayed with Uber clay
  • Wetsand 1500 grit mirka sandpaper with megs sanding block
  • Got down to 800, then 600 (still little done in terms of correction)
  • Coarser grit 400 then 320 grit mirka sanspaper
  • moving up to 600, 800
  • Still higher 1500 grit (at this point i mad sure i removed the 800 grit marks)
  • Refined with 2000 grit and finally with 2500
  • Compounded with Menz PG S34A on 4" LC orange pad via Makita rotary
  • Polished with Menz 203s on 4" LC wool via the rotary (to get the best of both the cutting power of the wool pad and the smoothness of 203s)
  • Finished with PO85rd on 4" LC white via the rotary
  • sealed with Menz PowerLock

hope it helps

cheers
 
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