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Little bit of love.Lots of elbow grease

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Old 07-16-09, 07:59 PM
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Default Little bit of love.Lots of elbow grease

Well after pricing new headlights for the 2JayZ I decided it was time to experiment.Let me know what you guys think.




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Old 07-16-09, 08:08 PM
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night & day...good job!....grease up the elbows again for the fogs.....
Old 07-16-09, 08:08 PM
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Nice work bro. Looks worlds better
Old 07-16-09, 08:48 PM
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Looks amazing! What else was used other than elbow greese??
Old 07-16-09, 08:58 PM
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awesome.... get a hold of a buffer, and it'll be even clearer
Old 07-16-09, 09:00 PM
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Looks great. Nice work!!!
Old 07-16-09, 09:20 PM
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those are nice pictures
Old 07-16-09, 09:35 PM
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nice................
Old 07-16-09, 10:01 PM
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Looks very good! Nice work
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damnnnn very nice
Old 07-16-09, 10:28 PM
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My experience was lots of wetsanding, 800 and 1500 grit then Meguiars PlastiX. Afterwards they still had a hit of yellow which is similar to 2Jay's after pic but like Peter said buffing them will make a huge difference I'm sure. I need to try buffing myself. I'm sure they'll look as close to brand new as possible. When I get around to it (soon) I'll post a before/after thread (after using a buffer) unless 2Jay beats me to it. Either way, they look amazing compared to before so good job!
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looks great. good job.
Old 07-17-09, 08:48 AM
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Projectors are still dirty? .... outer lens looks great.
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Looks great, what did you use?
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Maguiers Plastix with 1500grit then 2500 grit and a whole lot of love
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