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    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.

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    Head light lens

    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    If your clear coat you choose to use doesn’t have UV filtering it’s a waste of effort.
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    You can also apply 3M UV clear film on the outside to prevent it reoccurring
    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.

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    That’s the stuff. A bit of heat will help mould it.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 101RRS View Post
    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
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by surfingooner View Post
    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.
    Thanks for that additional information - the end result looks great

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    light left.jpglightright.jpg

    The finished product

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    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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