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Old 01-10-2011, 09:45 PM
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Hey Aju, did you use that headlight cream i showed you at canadian tire for the lights?
they do look a hellofalot better!
 
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Originally Posted by InTgr8r
There's only one guy in Cali that has done it successfully.

The problem is they use a different sealant.
The sealant is very close to the melting point of the plastic.

There have been a few that ended up with a pile of plastic goo, after attempting it.

The only other way is to get a couple of donor lights and do the chop method.
Wow I wouldn't even think its worth doing.
 
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Wow I wouldn't even think its worth doing.
I agree.
At least not now, too many other things on the mod list before that.
 
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Old 01-11-2011, 12:00 PM
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^ I always thought BMW lights were meant to open up easily with clips?

My buddy's M3 lenses open right up on the car, apparently in order to service the halos.

I guess that's not the case anymore.
 
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Old 01-11-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnyzee
Hey Aju, did you use that headlight cream i showed you at canadian tire for the lights?
they do look a hellofalot better!
Yeah, that's the one I used. It worked really well, eh? Thanks for that.
 
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Old 01-11-2011, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnyzee
^ I always thought BMW lights were meant to open up easily with clips?

My buddy's M3 lenses open right up on the car, apparently in order to service the halos.

I guess that's not the case anymore.
Yeah, IIRC the E46 3ers were the last ones to do that.
 
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Old 01-11-2011, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 4DGS
Ahh sorry Aju!

Make sure you keep some wax on there to stop the the oxidation this summer.

Aman and I are going to attempt carbon bezels with 3m DI noc vinyl, not sure how it will turn out but we'll see!




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Ian, I'll look into it. The QX56 lights are similar to what you've explained and they were a nightmare!
If I keep the wax on, it won't be as shiny. You still think I should keep some wax on?
 
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Old 01-11-2011, 02:48 PM
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If you wax it and buff it off correctly it should stay shiny.

What wax are you using?
 
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Old 01-12-2011, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 4DGS
If you wax it and buff it off correctly it should stay shiny.

What wax are you using?
Yeah that's what I did, but you said keep some wax on so it won't oxidize as much. I'm using the headlight restorer solution that John showed me (from Canadian Tire).
 
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Old 01-18-2011, 03:16 PM
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Next time you're in so cal you can do mine blain
 
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Old 01-18-2011, 04:52 PM
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You get the swarovskis (or minoosski lol) and I we can VIP the **** outta them.
 
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Old 01-18-2011, 07:25 PM
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Swarovski foo! And yes, that's one of the ideas I had. Instead of halo's i'd line up with swarovski's. Maybe I can put that inside the projector too. Hrmm....
 
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