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trailx
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Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: way west of Mareeba FNQ
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Head Light Repairs - Buff & Polish
Has anyone had their headlights buffed and polished - a service offered by The Touch Up Guys, see this link and scroll down the page:
http://www.touchupguys.com.au/owner/product.php
Mine are yellowed almost to the colour of your average smiley face, and will surely disgrace all the new panel work that's about to be done. The panel beater doesn't offer this service.
Will have to check the cost and wondering if it might be worth getting done.
Would headlight protectors do anything to stop it re-occuring?
Wait a minute, I know, maybe it's time to add - eyelids...!
Last edited by trailx, 16/Mar/2010, 12:40 pm
--- Julie X-231(c)
2005 ST Manual Platinum
Yokohama GO12, towbar, roof rack, luggage pod, bonnet protector, weathershields L&R, floormats
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16/Mar/2010, 12:36 pm
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rescue1
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Date Registered: 01-2009
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Re: Head Light Repairs - Buff & Polish
trailx wrote:
Will have to check the cost and wondering if it might be worth getting done.
No do it yourself, all you need is Brasso and Plexus
Would headlight protectors do anything to stop it re-occuring?
No
Wait a minute, I know, maybe it's time to add - eyelids...!
Are they equine proof?s
--- Alan & Phillipa
2008 X-Trail TL White Diamond
Plumpton NSW
Our Mods
X-1112 (C)
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16/Mar/2010, 1:54 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
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Re: Head Light Repairs - Buff & Polish
Hi Julie,
Almost all of the "older" T30 models have the yellowing of the headlights happen at the top section of the headlight due to prolonged exposure to sun and that is exactly why I decided that the solution was the eyelids, to first protect that area of the headlight from yellowing, or provide a nice alternative to those with yellow headlights
The headlight protectors from Nissan will not help with this and am sure if any buffing will help either, certainly not one of the products I tried and nearly destroyed the headlight. You need to remember that the T30 headlights are plastic (not glass) so buffing them is not a good idea. You can use light polish on them, but that's about it.
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16/Mar/2010, 2:57 pm
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trailx
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: way west of Mareeba FNQ
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Re: Head Light Repairs - Buff & Polish
Oops, 6 weeks later, just found this thread again.
Will cancel the headlight polish at $40 per light, and do it myself. Will still get the stone chips done.
--- Julie X-231(c)
2005 ST Manual Platinum
Yokohama GO12, towbar, roof rack, luggage pod, bonnet protector, weathershields L&R, floormats
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27/Apr/2010, 9:43 pm
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trailx
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: way west of Mareeba FNQ
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Re:
I parked next to an exy yesterday. It had headlight protectors on, but the headlights underneath were still yellow.
I got a replacement headlight last year after a sad little wallaby jumped into the left side of my car. The repairers polished the right headlight and it looked great, for a couple months. I bit the bullet at my last service, and paid $315 plus labour to replace the right hand one. Now the car looks balanced again.
I'd hesitated to replace it/them, as I thought replacements were about 3 or 4 times as much. Should have done it sooner. Guess this pair will yellow as well (optimist that I am...).
--- Julie X-231(c)
2005 ST Manual Platinum
Yokohama GO12, towbar, roof rack, luggage pod, bonnet protector, weathershields L&R, floormats
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22/Jun/2013, 4:01 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
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You can now find a brand new set of T30 heradlights for as cheap as $250.00 for BOTH on eBay and used ones in good condition like the ones I sold of my T30 were sold for around $75 bucks a side, so it's really not worth the hassle of spending time and energy polishing them, as it's a temporary solution anyway.
To be honest, I am astonished that cars with such yellow headlights can still pass rego, as the impact on illumination and light spead would be quite significant I would think.
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22/Jun/2013, 4:07 pm
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