Lan-Trim front grilles, lights, indicators

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front grilles, lights, indicators, renew all

as winter shows his abilities, wind, water, and cold, coupe hibernates

so, it is time for the to-do list

front area needs some care,

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using FLUID FILM:
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I sure hope your car is an Auto going to a 5spd soon?Great job again. Tim
 

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headlamp supports

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dirty and a little rust

some months ago i bought a second hand ones from a scrapyard:

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and i started preparing them for renewal, sand blasting

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and these are the renewed ones, first galvanised and then epoxi painted in black

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galvanised cupoles
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connectors and rubber cleaned

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chromed rings too

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springs and little rubbers

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first dissasemble of actual headlamps

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start assembly ;

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compare:
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i bought a NOS passenger side headlight unit this summer, and i also have an extremely good drivers side. i guess now i'll take the good one and follow DQ's advice.
 

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special procedure to clean the interior of the lamp glass, using special powders, dry cleaning and no residuals, see that the glass is blurred

Hold on! Wait a minute! did i miss a chapter? What are those magical special powders?

they are glass fiber powders, used in sand blsting equipment
 
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