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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Default High beam refinish

Has anyone ever re-finished the high beam light on an sc400. I just got done with my low beams. They were pretty messed up so I ended up blacking them out and they look pretty good now. With all of the horror stories I have heard about eBay lights I decided to fix mine. Now I want my high beams to match.

At any rate I removed the high beams tonight and it looks like I can do the heat gone trick to peel the lens back than I can paint these out as well so everything matches. I have searched and searched but haven't found a thread where anyone did this.
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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I have re-done many of mine, most of the yellowing is on the outside of the lense. Use the 3M headlight refinishing kit and it works WONDERS. I just did my low beams yesterday and I believe I took a before picture, but haven't taken an after picture. Let me know if you have any questions about it. Generally the high beams dont have leaking seals, so thats what its mainly on the exterior of the light.
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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Yeah the insides don't look bad, but I painted the low beams a dark metallic, so now I would like the chrome on the inside of the high beams to match. For that reason only. The 3m kit was the one I bought and it worked very well. I like using a drill. Much faster.
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