deankenny Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 My headlights had been misty, condensated, mucky or whatever its called since i had the 350. I tried everything to clean them, but just came back up 10 mins later. Took it to a specialist Valet in my area, at £20 a light, hes made them look brand new, its changed the whole front look of the car alot smarter im well happy. Although car was sold before i had them done and deposit left by new buyer, i still went ahead and got them done because im good like that. Heres how it was before, looked alot worse to the eye than this pic does. Then after Quote
coldel Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 £20..hmmm...wasso did mine some time back, bit of Megs Compound and 2 mins with the polisher and got the same effect. Quote
A9H-RX Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 £20 a light is a bit steep but hey ho, looks good, proper job Quote
KyleR Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Did he recoat them for that price too? Quote
ZMANALEX Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Good job and fair price, and kudos to you for doing this after the car was sold. Alex. Quote
deankenny Posted September 20, 2013 Author Posted September 20, 2013 Good job and fair price, and kudos to you for doing this after the car was sold. Alex. Thank you, yes he did spend over an hour doing them, prepping them, etcetc, was no rush cowboy job i can tell ya. New owner is from this forum, and i wanted the lights done for a long time regardless if it was sold or not, ive sent him pics of them also Im more than happy with the outcome, considering how they did look like before. Quote
coldel Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Absolutely, fair play to you for doing it for the next owner, hope they carry that Karma on to any further owners! But £40 to polish a couple of headlights, sat here shaking my head. I do this myself on my current car takes ten minutes not one hour, think you have had £40 stolen out your wallet. Sorry Quote
Stutopia Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Look great and I don't think the price is too high. If you called out an emergency plumber he'd want £75 just to arrive, this job is way more important Quote
Whazza22 Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 I'm the new owner and will defo continue the karma 😀 They look awesome mate, thanks for getting them done 👠Look forward to picking it up! Quote
coldel Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Welcome Whazza, yep defo keep the karma going good bunch on here and they all love their Zeds! Quote
HAMLNJ Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 I did my with T cut paste, had horrible yellow stains on mine! apply...let it dry...polish off....repeat until clear. took about 30 mins. should of done a before and after. Quote
coldel Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Good job and fair price, and kudos to you for doing this after the car was sold. Alex. Thank you, yes he did spend over an hour doing them, prepping them, etcetc, was no rush cowboy job i can tell ya. New owner is from this forum, and i wanted the lights done for a long time regardless if it was sold or not, ive sent him pics of them also Im more than happy with the outcome, considering how they did look like before. Seriously, it doesn't take an hour and it doesn't need lots of prep and effort. Ian and I stood there and said 'hey I wonder if Megs Compound would work on those lights' and 5 mins later they looked like yours. Just to confirm, we were not wearing cowboy hats. 1 Quote
Zed devil Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) Looking good! Edited September 20, 2013 by Zed devil Quote
coldel Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Welcome Whazza, yep defo keep the karma going good bunch on here and they all love their Zeds! Cheers mate. This is my 2nd Zed, been a member for a while now Just adding to the collection í ½í¸ I so nearly bought another Zed, just given that I spent so much on the previous one, felt I had to start anew on a different car! Love Zeds and still go along to meets. Whereabouts are you located? Quote
dbass Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 £20 for both lamps I would say was more than enough but for both, that is to much IMO. fair play for getting it done and looking after them , but very steep price. Quote
deankenny Posted September 21, 2013 Author Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) I did try alot and i mean alot of things to clean them, all the high quality stuff from halfords, normal valeters the works nothing worked, the place i got them done deal with Porsches, Ferraris, Lambos, GTR's etc, its quite a premium place, i knew the price and am happy to pay for a job well done. Edited September 21, 2013 by deankenny Quote
Vik54 Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 Nice job - and as Alex has already said that was kind of you to do if you had already sold Quote
greg tl Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 £20 doesn't sound too bad considering how annoying it would be if you polished thru if you didn't know what you were doing!! Good Karma too. Quote
gillywig2 Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Good results. Did he tape the surrounding areas of bodywork? Quote
cs2000 Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Good results. Did he tape the surrounding areas of bodywork? Looks like not, which would have concerned me, but tbh I would have paid £20 for that, the horrible yellow headlights look nasty. Quote
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