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Fogs + Headlight Clearcoat
After driving around with 2 fish tanks under my bumper I finally decided to refinish my fogs. After taking them apart it was very apparent that the once I had were not salvageable. Luckily I found a used set on ebay in a nice condition and ordered those. Coated them in black paint + primer to prevent them from crumbling like my old once did and then did a full refinish on both headlights and fogs using 2K clear+hardener. Results came out better than I expected and Hopefully I won't need to redo these again anytime soon.
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#139
Well done! I learned my lesson with the 2K clear the hard way. Did my daily like you, wet sanded the whole nine. Lasted about a year before it yellowed. I’ll do the SC soon and follow your example. Great job!
Nick
Nick
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Have come to the conclusion I'm just going to use a cost effective cleaner when ever the lights need. It's a "dark sky" area here at night and need all the light I can get. Pretty amazed how good the 30 yr old lights still look after a cleaning. All the praise to Lexus, as always
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#141
Wait are you saying that 2k yellowed on you or that you didn't use 2k and they yellowed?
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Nick
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Ah, I see. Yeah the stuff I was using would yellow in about a year too but it was a very easy process so I did it for a couple of years. This time I decided to make it more permanent
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#144
Wash+Clay+Polish+Ceramic coat
After finishing up the headlights and fogs I decided to have the car polished to get rid of any small amounts of over spray from the clearcoat. Found a guy that did the wash+clay+polish for a nice price. Brought it home and did a ceramic coating using the Carpro CQ Lite this time around. Application was much easier and it comes in a big 150ml bottle so I have enough for 3 more applications. We'll see how long it lasts compared to Avalon King
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