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Hi guys, I thought I'd post up some pics of a pair of headlights I repaired and restored. They arrived to me in average condition with damaged rear housings, some severe yellowing and previous internal lens coating work. The damage on the rear housing was tidied up and the sharp broken edges were cut away. Some new plastic of a suitable shape was found and cut out to suit. Once I was happy with the shaping, I plastic welded the replacement plastic into place. (The green is a ball of tape to stop any cut off plastic falling into the housing) The outside of both lenses were wet sanded, starting off at 1500grit and working up to 2500grit (In the future I would go up to 3000grit). This revealed the coating on the inside of the lens which meant the headlight had to come apart. It's hard to see, but there is an odd shape on the surface. That is where I've started wetsanding. Once done I then polished the inside of the lens. The reflectors and internals were given a tidy up and the loose indicator lenses were fixed into place. Here they are back together ready for external polishing. I used Scratch-X to begin with and worked my way up from using Menzerna 1000, 2500, 5000. From this they were then hit with Menzerna UF, followed by 4 layers of AMMO Skin and AMMO Creme. Enjoy!!

R32-4 Bee-r style bodykit & R34 XENON Headlights to match - Sell the lot for $2000 non negotiable Marine Coated Fibreglass - Never been fitted: Front Bar Front Guards Bonnet Side Skirts Rear Quarter Panels Rear Bar Located on the Mornington Peninsula VIC.