If your clear coat you choose to use doesn’t have UV filtering it’s a waste of effort.
Polish using Aerogard, then use a kit. You can also apply 3M UV clear film on the outside to prevent it reoccurring
Hi Jeremy - thanks for that - what you did is what I was intending to do.
However the Premium Rain X kit has all that in it - including the drill sanding pad - so everything that is needed.
Problem is I cannot find any one in Aust who sells the Premium Kit - sellers just have the basic one that would not work on my heavily oxidized and cracked lights.
Cheers
Garry
REMLR 243
2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
1977 FC 101
1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
If your clear coat you choose to use doesn’t have UV filtering it’s a waste of effort.
Polish using Aerogard, then use a kit. You can also apply 3M UV clear film on the outside to prevent it reoccurring
Yes I agree - that has what caused the excess oxidation in the first place - I had foolishly polished off the coating (not knowing better) when have to cut back nearby paint on the car. Hence my newer query of what to use to reapply once the lights had been sanded.
Is this just the clear version of the material used to wrap a car? If so I assume it can get around the tight bits of the lights.
Thanks for the input - great stuff.
Garry
REMLR 243
2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
1977 FC 101
1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
That’s the stuff. A bit of heat will help mould it.
Looks great - what coating did you put on at the end to stop UV discolouring the cleaned lens.
Also why didn't you remove the entire light fitting from the car to do the work - just unclip the power plugs and pull up the lever and out pops the entire fitting.
Cheers
Garry
REMLR 243
2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
1977 FC 101
1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
This is the Coating I put on it, 3 coats, 10 mins apart and then left for 24 hours before waxing up.
Thought about taking out the lights, but decided easier with them being held in place and taped off. Used the supercheap drill sanding kit, 240gsm graduating up to 2000gsm.spray.jpg
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The finished product
I've done plenty of lights without those stupid expensive kits, for any vehicle detailing things I always see what Larry at AMMO has done. You can use any clear on headlights after you clean the old coating off and polish the lens but some have UV ratings and should last longer than others. Removing poly lenses from headlights is very easy too, I've done that before to install some DRL in a Magna I had for a while, you just need a big enough oven.
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