the Blind and the Beauty

[zckid]

Hi friends

I got to work on a BMW, my first German ride. In our small island, it embodies beauty, quality, comfort and pride.

However, its eyes have gone from worst to blinded. i had to restore the same with a little patience and a lot of passion.
Please enjoy the transformation..

Upon arrival




Headlights washed and clayed





THE LEFT SIDE




Nearer... not appearing a much damaged as the right side...


Let's see what close inspection reveals

From different angles





Extreme close-up


A medley of defects from swirls to deep scratches and...




.... stone chips ... so many of them




starting to turn opaque.... and








... OMG..... this hurts




a very deep scratch...


Correction in progress...

Localizing remaining defects... and




TA DA

same same but new.... only restored with Almighty's grace





Transparency is the only acceptable standard








the LED is not forgotten




Hello!




Remember




Now





THE RIGHT SIDE




Close -up




Blinded beauty




Like a brick wall, it should have a very high score on the opacity scale.





Can you see the LED?




Another view




close-up




and surprisingly it was hiding many more defects underneath it.




The Afters







Transparency is the key




Light allowed to travel




Right side done

[zckid]

Right side done




The ex-brick-wall headlight


Remember



Now




Beauty revealed



Thanks for reading. Your comments and advice will be most welcome.

cheers

Zaid

[Circa40]

Thats a hell of job you did saving those head lamps!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nice work on those lights. They were begging for it.

[umana2482]

Awesome job.

Sent from my PC36100 using AG Online

[NickZ28]

What was your process? What products did you use to achieve those amazing results?!

[Sicoupe]

Great fix!

[FUNX650]

Hi Zaid...

Thanks for sharing your excellent job on these headlamp lens' transformation.

I got to work on a BMW, my first German ride.
In our small island, it embodies beauty, quality, comfort and pride.

Did the owner go off-roading through a briar patch with this BMW?!?!

Besides "Almighty's grace" (Alas...My prayers don't always get answered)...

TA DA

same same but new.... only restored with Almighty's grace

...Would you care to share what 'other' products, tools, processes,
"The Final Coating", etc. you used for this restoration?

Thanks.



Bob

[zckid]

Thats a hell of job you did saving those head lamps!

Nice work on those lights. They were begging for it.

Awesome job.

Sent from my PC36100 using AG Online

What was your process? What products did you use to achieve those amazing results?!

Great fix!

Hi Zaid...

Thanks for sharing your excellent job on these headlamp lens' transformation.

may be such a small phrase, but i really appreciate your encouragement friends. still learning here, and sometimes struggling too

[zckid]

What was your process? What products did you use to achieve those amazing results?!

...Would you care to share what 'other' products, tools, processes,
"The Final Coating", etc. you used for this restoration?

Thanks.



Bob

Basically an inverse zenith method to go least aggressive

• Washed with a MPC available locally
• clayed with Uber clay
• Wetsand 1500 grit mirka sandpaper with megs sanding block
• Got down to 800, then 600 (still little done in terms of correction)
• Coarser grit 400 then 320 grit mirka sandpaper
• moving up to 600, 800
• Still higher 1500 grit (Mike Philips' at this point i made sure i removed the 800 grit marks- didn't have the 1200 grit paper)
• Refined with 2000 grit and finally with 2500
• Compounded with Menz PG S34A on 4" LC orange pad via Makita rotary
• Polished with Menz 203s on 4" LC wool via the rotary (to get the best of both the cutting power of the wool pad and the smoothness of 203s)
• Finished with PO85rd on 4" LC white via the makita
• sealed with Menz PowerLock

hope it helps

Besides "Almighty's grace" (Alas...My prayers don't always get answered)...

sure it does bro, but sometimes it takes time

i've read it somewhere that when we face difficulties and think it's over, God Above says it's not the end, it's only a bend

cheers