This is a typical restoration
job that is quite easy to perform at home. But to do it properly takes a fair
amount of time. Some pictures, first the rear lights as they came of the car
...
From these pictures it is quite
clear that a fair amount of dirt has accumulated inside the rear lights over
the years. Mostly pretty easy to remove with a mild detergent, warm water and
some assorted brushes. But with a car that has been repainted somewhere in the
past it is almost inevitable that there is some overspray on the lenses due to
inept masking (lazy buggers). I used a surgical knife to scrape of the overspray,
after that the affected areas were polished with #1200 and #2000 (wet) emery paper.
For the final polishing I used tooth paste, works a treat ...
The housings/reflectors also had
collected a fair amount of dirt over the years. So much that I needed heavier
equipment to remove dirt and corrosion, and prepare the surface for painting. A
friends shot-blasting-cabinet proved perfect for the task ...
After which it was time to add
some bling with chrome paint from a rattle can (VHT Plate Finish) ...
Assemble everything using new
gaskets ...
And fit them to the car together
with the new licence plate and production tags ...
After that I searched through my
cable looms today, more on that later ...
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