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Nov 21, 2006 | 01:25 AM

duffman2

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Headlights before and after

It took a few hours but I think its well worth it.

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Nov 21, 2006 | 03:44 AM

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Nice job

Nov 21, 2006 | 05:48 AM

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looks like somebody needs to clean their kitchen.

JK - headlights look good.

Nov 21, 2006 | 12:27 PM

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what u use to get them polished???

Nov 21, 2006 | 01:27 PM

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I like

Nov 21, 2006 | 01:27 PM

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I did the same thing this weekend and my headlights look just like yours. Time well spent. Nice job

Nov 22, 2006 | 04:42 PM

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I did the same thing. I used 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 grit sandpaper, plastic polish, and Whistlered them. A month later I bought Halos. Stupid me!

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Nov 22, 2006 | 08:20 PM

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Would it be ok to use 600 grit sandpaper for the whistler mod?

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:25 PM

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what u use to get them polished???

I started with 400 grit sand paper, then went to 800 and 1200 then finished with 2000. For the actual polishing I ordered the novus plastic polishing kit http://www.noscratch.com/novus/index.shtml after both my brother and I used other brands that didn't work as well. I started at the #3 polish then used the #2 and #1 although the #2 seemed like it did all the work. For the Whistler mod I baked the lights at 200f for 20 minutes, split them open, roughed up the plastic with medium steel wool, taped everything I didn't want painted ,sprayed with regular medium gloss black and used black rtv silicone with a pointed tip to close them back up. Including installing clear corners it took around 4 hours to complete.

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:29 PM

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Would it be ok to use 600 grit sandpaper for the whistler mod?

I would use medium-soft steel wool but if you are going to use sand paper I would start with a 400-600 then go to 800 and finish with 1200-1500 so it doesn't look to rough inside the lenses.

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:46 PM

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looks like somebody needs to clean their kitchen.

Nice job man!

Nov 24, 2006 | 08:54 PM

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its actually my brothers kitchen, but mines not much better.

Nov 24, 2006 | 09:56 PM

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Looks great! Now get installed pictures!

Nov 25, 2006 | 07:55 PM

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I snapped a few pictures tonight with the lights installed. I also did the clear corners and grill.

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Nov 25, 2006 | 08:57 PM

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i just did mine ...thanks to this thread.

Nov 25, 2006 | 09:01 PM

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glad i could help, it really is well worth the work.

Nov 26, 2006 | 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pjb

looks like somebody needs to clean their kitchen.

JK - headlights look good.

that was my kitchen, dishwasher is broke and the trash can was full, lol what can i say......

healights turned out awesome, definatly worth the effort

Nov 26, 2006 | 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pjb

looks like somebody needs to clean their kitchen.

JK - headlights look good.

Nov 26, 2006 | 07:51 PM

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I'm lazy so I'll just order some new ones.

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