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I decided to wetsand my headlights

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Old 11-02-11, 07:31 PM
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Puff... I think you should of traded in the wife instead of the evo.. just kidding.

I will get new headlights... But I couldn't stand looking at these anymore. My evo should get tuned by next weekend... 600 on e85 or I'm lighting a match and throwing it in the car. Lol
Old 11-02-11, 07:33 PM
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Clear... I have 0 patience. That's why I used one grit paper and skipped the compound. I'm an anxious s.o.b.

Puff the evo looked great. I need a jdm rear and is be set.
Old 11-02-11, 10:36 PM
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I bet you have a lot of fun with the Gs when you walk on v8's huh? Love the true sleeper look... Stock wheels.. Would've fooled me
Old 11-03-11, 03:33 AM
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I'll take a pic tomorrow and post it up, might be hard to get the small scratches in focus but ill try.
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i did the same thing with my ligthts except i just went right to 2000 and used a compound and polish to buff it out and it worked fine, but i also tend to do things the lazy way. it may come out better if i started with a lower grit. i would recomend not going below 600. 100 grit would murder your headlights. make sure to mention to hand sand. might also want to reccomend not using an electric sander youll also mess up the headlight

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Old 11-03-11, 09:37 PM
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I meant 1000 grit. I just re-read my post
Old 11-03-11, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Gr8Gs4
I bet you have a lot of fun with the Gs when you walk on v8's huh? Love the true sleeper look... Stock wheels.. Would've fooled me
What are you talking about? I have no clue what you mean about fooling you...

It's stock... I swear
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Originally Posted by G0TB00ST
I meant 1000 grit. I just re-read my post
ok lol figured it was probably just a typo
Old 11-04-11, 06:41 AM
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100 grit... Might as well sand it with a rock!
Old 11-04-11, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by G0TB00ST
100 grit... Might as well sand it with a rock!
haha
Old 11-04-11, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by G0TB00ST
100 grit... Might as well sand it with a rock!
Originally Posted by tn96dc
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I just did this on my moms ls430 and I need to do this to my GS300. I only went down to 800 and back up to 2k. I wouldn't ever go past 400 grit!

Looks good. Whats up with the mix matched rims on the GS? Front driver is diff than others.
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tint the clearcoat green so it has the look like the new ones...that way you dont have to bake em and paint the chrome reflectors
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Originally Posted by bigjussin
tint the clearcoat green so it has the look like the new ones...that way you dont have to bake em and paint the chrome reflectors
they make a tint?
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Originally Posted by 850lexus
i just did this on my moms ls430 and i need to do this to my gs300. I only went down to 800 and back up to 2k. I wouldn't ever go past 400 grit!

Looks good. Whats up with the mix matched rims on the gs? Front driver is diff than others.
got the car last week. The guy has the 4th wheel in the trunk with a bad tire. I will eventually get new wheels and tires for the car. Right now im taking all my attention to my evo. After its tuned next week, i can worry about getting a new wheel setup on this.

I would love to get a set of supra tt wheels on them to match the motor setup


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