lambertius
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So one of the mysteries of my car is that it had the wrong headlights. There has never been any indication as to why, the car is currently in the body shop and is completely dismantled and there is absolutely no evidence that it has been in an accident. So far my best guess is that they were replaced for compliance reasons. If the original headlights were badly degraded they would've needed to be done, but I've got no records of it so who knows.
In the interests of getting it right, I wanted to get the inserts done as well as restore the lenses. I followed the below guide to open the lenses but with a few notable points:
1 - You cannot open these headlights in the oven. The sealant is silicone based and not a type of butyl rubber. This means the only way to open the headlights is to physically remove the sealant.
2 - The first one took me over an hour, the second one took 15 minutes. It is a lot easier than meets the eye but takes a bit of patience and practice. If someone wants to refurbish their headlights, I'd be happy to separate them for you so I can film the process so long as you cover the postage.
https://www.maseratilife.com/threads/headlight-polishing-inside-and-out.16291/
I'll post my results once it is all done. I'm not 100% sure what I'll do with the inserts. I'm thinking of going body colour, but I've also found some carbon fibre inserts. I like the idea of the CF inserts to match with the CF rear lip but I'm never really a fan of buying from an unknown retailer online. I thought about hydro dipping, but the original paint is super flaky so I would need to clean it all off to be sure.
What do you think brains trust?
In the interests of getting it right, I wanted to get the inserts done as well as restore the lenses. I followed the below guide to open the lenses but with a few notable points:
1 - You cannot open these headlights in the oven. The sealant is silicone based and not a type of butyl rubber. This means the only way to open the headlights is to physically remove the sealant.
2 - The first one took me over an hour, the second one took 15 minutes. It is a lot easier than meets the eye but takes a bit of patience and practice. If someone wants to refurbish their headlights, I'd be happy to separate them for you so I can film the process so long as you cover the postage.
https://www.maseratilife.com/threads/headlight-polishing-inside-and-out.16291/
I'll post my results once it is all done. I'm not 100% sure what I'll do with the inserts. I'm thinking of going body colour, but I've also found some carbon fibre inserts. I like the idea of the CF inserts to match with the CF rear lip but I'm never really a fan of buying from an unknown retailer online. I thought about hydro dipping, but the original paint is super flaky so I would need to clean it all off to be sure.
What do you think brains trust?