Skilled headlight restoration - GIF

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Skilled headlight restoration.




Previously:

1965 Buick Riviera clamshell headlights - GIF
Clearing a foggy headlight with acetone vapor - GIF
Flying road debris punches through headlight - GIF
Headlight polishing technique - GIF
Lightning lights up truck headlights - GIF
Pop-up headlights compilation - GIF

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Then IMMEDIATELY sell the vehicle, as all the original UV coating that has crazed, is now gone to protect that plastic so it last's ~7-12 years, and without it, next year the plastic will be UV damaged that will be noticeable.
As per this video, advertising a budget (assumed) right angle grinder, as well I think, they skipped some of the 400-600 grit wet sanding parts, that took a LONG time to do. Then some sort of acetone hot vapor melt of the plastic.
I wonder if an UV coating could be found to be sprayed on (to extend it out to three years )?

But if some professional detailer did this work, I bet it would cost near as much as buying new aftermarket replacements.

For my 2013 Nissan, I paid $85 each this past Feb. I hit a deer, and one got shattered, and I had just polished out the driver side lens the previous fall. All the dang plastics shattered, as it was below freezing. The bumper cover, and all the plastic splash shields took a hit. Pushed the radiator and AC condenser into the alternator, so the radiator saddle support got bent on the right side. I was able to straighten all that, do some corrosion preventative work, as I had just dropped all the over priced coverage for collision and comprehensive. No frame damage other then the bracket. The shop manual has multiple sections on measuring cross reference points to get the reference points in place.

I fixed a long time problem where I hit a pot hole on the right front wheel, and it shattered this odd plastic ball joint of the lower A arm suspension bracket.
So there is no camber or caster adjustments, other then bending the automotive body frame on this. Only toe-in/out. I thought that odd.
The irritating part, I wanted to replace the front wheel drive spindles, but they do not have the brake caliper dust shields as part of the assembly. They are pressed on. And the spindle comes with the bearing installed with preload. The dust shield is procurable, but has to be pressed on with a minor jig to make on a lathe, but other fixtures to press out the perfectly installed new bearing has to be done, as the dust shield goes on first. Even OEM has them sold as separate parts (dang you Datsun!!@).