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by CJ » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:19 pm

http://www.wolfslairmodels.com/peeling.htm

Stolen from FTOOC forum

CJ

by **kevinod** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:45 pm

Nice one, that'll come in handy, my right headlight needs a bit of work.

Kev.

by CJ » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:44 pm

The above link no longer works, the same process is also described in an FTOOC thread:

http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=33154

CJ

by **kevinod** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:57 pm

New link is

http://www.atrg24.dsl.pipex.com/peeling.htm

Kev.

by **alloywheelsinternational** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:39 am

i hae tried the link you gus gave me for the headlamp peeling and i cannot popen it. is there any reason you know aof for this?

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:53 am

Try this link here:

http://www.batfink.clara.co.uk/ftogpvr/rll.html

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:41 pm

I've now done one of my headlights... This procedure works.. It's hard work - but it works!

That's 2.5hours well spent!

(Hint..make sure to protect your fingers while doing this! I have sanded off part of my thumb!! (Not kidding now have something that looks like a nasty burn, didn't feel a thing but there was loads of blood..Handy for wet-sanding!)

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:15 pm

sorry to uncover dead topics .. can u post a valid link lads ? one of my headlamps is peeling ! 10nx for understanding !

by CJ » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:22 pm

More BMW than Mitsi but very good guide all the same:

http://www.nseconsulting.com/bmw/hpt.pdf

CJ

by CJ » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:23 am

Results of mcgon1979's attempt can be seen here:

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=5013

CJ

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:38 pm

my results :oops:

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http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=5211

by **kevinod** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:10 pm

Updated link..... giving this a go again today...

http://www.myfto.co.uk/peeling.htm

by **Mickthepieman** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:56 pm

I did mine it does work but takes some time and hard work, but it's worth it.

by **steelroe** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:06 pm

i have done this to several headlights with varying results. THe finer the wet/dry the better. 2000- 2500grit finishing is best

by CJ » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:47 pm

Mickthepieman wrote:I did mine it does work but takes some time and hard work, but it's worth it.

I disagree - took me about 45mins for the last set of lights I cleaned up.

CJ

by **steelroe** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:21 pm

[quote="steelroe"]Agree with CJ here. If you start with say a 800 grit you will get there a lot quicker. Trick is to keep rubbing until the entire light has the same dull look. Then work you way up to 2000grit. Maybe 1000,1500 and then 2000.
Compound and polish.

Max 1 hr for set

However I was very wary the first time round.

by **colm_mcm** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:54 pm

halfords do a film for preventing peeling/scratching. might be a good preventitive measure to take straight after the fix.

by **Masa** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:31 am

nice thread, I'm going to try asap.

by **MR. FTO GR** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:46 pm

Did mine on the weekend and they came up well nice

(only did the one) well worth doing. I used the halfords 1500 grit and the cutting paste and also t-cut for after.

I found you really have to work in the cutting paste as the head light seemed really cloudy even after cutting for 10mins +

by **colm_mcm** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:51 pm

here are the results of mine:

BEFORE:

DURING

AFTER:

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:54 pm

nice job Colm ! :lol:

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