with my wife driving it!
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to do list so far
1. polish headlights
2. clean MAF
3. fix rattly heat shield
4. some sort of mid brace
i'll keep a record here of my progess.
Love the colour! s:) :) s:)
What can we say...Sable is the best colour by far.
Very nice, lovely edition this.
First 3 seater I have seen. s:D :D s:D
Top choice of colour.
Thanks all
I had a day off, and so decided to have a go at my headlights today.
The previous owner had had a go at polishing them, so they didn't look too bad, but they were cloudy round the top of the lenses.
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I bought the 3M lens restoration kit. basically a wet and dry sand and polish kit that fits on a hand held drill.
I was a bit worried that perhaps some of the discolouration was on the inside of the lens, and as such I was wasting my time, but nothing ventured .....
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first i masked off the light
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Then I went at the first lens with the heaviest sand disc, was more than a little worried I might just ruin the whole light.
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even on the next pass with the lighter sanding disc the lens looked ruined.
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gladly the next grade (a wet sand) started to make things look better
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Finally a polish with a sponge disc and paste and miracles happen s:) :) s:)
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The finished result
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I am delighted with the result, all the discolouration seemed to be on the outside of the lens and is gone.
I would say though, if I were doing it again I would cover the car in sheets, as splatters of the paste got everywhere.
Lets see how long it lasts.
Hi Barry. Great car - I just picked up the same edition myself last year. Get some uva/uvb surface sealant on the headlights. Should make them last much longer. I read about it elsewhere on here and it seems to really help.
To both of you - Have you got some uv sealant to protect your hard work?
not yet, but looks like I will soon.
is there a brand name to look for??
Quote from: "StuC"To both of you - Have you got some uv sealant to protect your hard work?
Yep Stu
This is good stuff
m http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom ... db_pid=257 (http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom.cgi?Command=ShowProduct&db_pid=257) m
linky (http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom.cgi?Command=ShowProduct&db_pid=257)
:-) :-) :-)
This is what I and others have used.
thanks.
StuC, I read you can also use UV resistant clear coat. Which would you say is better in long term protection?
EDIT: Very nice job OP. It's given me some motivation to restore my thoroughly yellowed light units.
Nice job:-)
Job well done. Reminds me I really need to do mine again and this time cover them in a power permanent UV protection. I failed to keep on top of the UV protection out of sheer laziness and now they're yellow again s:( :( s:(
Great job! s:) :) s:)
Thanks all.
The lights have not turned of perfect. In my garage under the artificial light they look different colours. Although out in the sunshine they look the same?? Not sure there is much I can do about it, but just a curious thing.
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Got a quick trip to the seaside in this week. This time with the dog driving!!
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Is that just where you paws'd for a photo?
Sorry... Overtired! s;-) ;-) s;-)
View is pretty cool. :-) :-) :-)
lol!
Hi, haven't posted in a while, but more because I was busy doing things than anything else!
firstly i bought a friend for my red edition s:) :) s:)
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next, my hood was ripping on both sides in the drain
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so I took it off to try and save it!!
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I tried to sew it up while it was out of the car, so far with reasonable sucess. we will see how long it lasts!
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one of the drains was almost blocked, I had tried to clear it previously with the roof on, but with roof off I found I hadn't done a very good job. At least it was a doodle to clean at this point and is now like new s:) :) s:)
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with the roof back on we made a new blue friend s:) :) s:)
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It has not been all work at least, a couple of trips on a ferry
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and a couple more to the seaside s:) :) s:)
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and one to a field?
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then I got my georgebrace fitted s:) :) s:)
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I confess to being a bit dissapointed with my georgebrace. It certainly stiffens the car and takes away some of the scuttle shake, but there is still more scuttle shake in the car than I would like. But I don't want a hardtop so I will live with it.
next up I have ordered some KYB shocks s:) :) s:)
Got the KYB s fitted, very pleased, really shows how tired the old ones were.
Then got the chance to give the car a good clean inside and out s:) :) s:)
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With an upcoming weekend trip I decided to do the alarm move to create some extra luggage space.
Thanks again to the how to on this site s:) :) s:)
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the weather wasn't great, but the mr2 was, and I even felt like it handled better with my wife in the passenger seat and 25kgs of luggage in the front. got me considering some ballast!
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Next consideration are some tein springs. since fitting the new shocks I think the front sits even higher. Although it would only be for the looks as I am delighted with the handling at the moment, especially as where I live the roads are really bumpy and she handles the bumps really well.
Got the tein springs fitted, they certainly are good for what they are. Then I couldn't resist this s:) :) s:)
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I was planning a track day and this came up locally, so just couldn't pass it up.
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I thought I would have a go with the matt black vynil paint that is supposed to peel off.
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very pleased with the result, 2 cans @ £10 each did a decent job s:) :) s:)
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then we headed off to our track day
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Really had a great time on track and the car performed great. No issues at all just lots of fun s:) :) s:)
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