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Feb 22, 2008 | 12:27 AM

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Headlights - Removed tabs and polished.

Hey guys, I pulled of my headlight and ground off the tabs on them as well as polished them all up. I am done with the outside completely so now I am gonna turn my sights on the inside to get rid of the numbers printed on the inside. Figured I would post a pic of the front of the lights done and see what you guys think! I will get pics of them back on the car hopefully this weekend.

The flash seems to make them look cloudier than they actually are.

Feb 22, 2008 | 12:37 AM

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what did you use to polish them?

Feb 22, 2008 | 12:42 AM

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Tons of sandpaper grits and a few levels of Meguiar's plastic polish.

Feb 22, 2008 | 02:54 PM

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Ive heard somewhere that the tabs on the headlights were meant to do something, cant remember what though??? HMMMMMM............

Feb 22, 2008 | 03:39 PM

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Yeah, exactly what tabs are you talking about? Or are you talking about the little nipples

Feb 22, 2008 | 03:57 PM

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Yeah, exactly what tabs are you talking about? Or are you talking about the little nipples

I think he means the nipples

Feb 22, 2008 | 04:02 PM

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nipples, they are used to adjust the headlight for optimum lighting.... but now a days all the new cars have HID's so no one has that tool to adjust them. like the whistler job btw

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Feb 23, 2008 | 12:50 AM

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Nicely done.

Feb 23, 2008 | 01:41 AM

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Haha very true and thanks for the compliments. I have a few local people that want me to do it for them now. What do you think is a good price to charge guys?

You could charge pretty high because I spent a good 8 hours on one headlight and polished with a high speed buffer and it never came out the way I wanted. Had to order a whole new pair.

Feb 23, 2008 | 11:22 AM

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That sucks, you guys have any particular dollar amounts in mind? I mean if you guys were gonna pay me to do this what do you think would be reasonable?

Feb 23, 2008 | 02:03 PM

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You could charge pretty high because I spent a good 8 hours on one headlight and polished with a high speed buffer and it never came out the way I wanted. Had to order a whole new pair.

yeah but you also baked the fkk out of it, you took crispy to a whole new level!

i'd pay like 65-80 if i was to get that done, honestly it's just a pref and you would have to find those picky people that dont like em

Feb 23, 2008 | 02:32 PM

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So is $75 shipping back included a good price for internet buyers?

$60 for local people, I was thinking.

Feb 23, 2008 | 05:43 PM

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it's all in what you believe your time is worth. i know that polishing headlights would bring in some big money for you thouhg, and i mean the whole headlight

Feb 23, 2008 | 05:48 PM

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it's all in what you believe your time is worth. i know that polishing headlights would bring in some big money for you thouhg, and i mean the whole headlight

Kinda confused by what you mean for the whole headlight?

Well, is anyone viewing this thread interested?

Feb 23, 2008 | 07:26 PM

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whole headlight, like if it has the hazy **** on it and you sand it all and get it to clearness again, that would be a good side gig

Feb 23, 2008 | 07:31 PM

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That is what I did with those, that is what I am talking about doing for people. I also just removed the tabs on these.

Feb 23, 2008 | 07:34 PM

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oooo thought you were just talking about removing the nips and that was it

Feb 23, 2008 | 07:37 PM

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Nope, mine just weren't that dirty to begin with. I ground the tabs down and re polished the whole headlight.

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