Nissan Micra Headlight Restoration

[Deranged_9n3]

During the course of last week I got a call from my local Nissan dealership to go and restore a set of lights for them on a Nissan Micra that came in for a service. When I got to the car I immediately got excited as I knew that this was one of the worst looking sets I ever got to work on opcorn:

Before

The passenger side light wasn't THAT bad

I sanded down the light, ranging from 600 up to 3000 gritt sanding paper, polished it twice with my machine ( compounding followed by polish ) and then lastly I sealed it up with my own mixture of UV coating. It's hard to believe telling from pictures, but after a year of doing this, I am still getting better and better with each set that I restore

After

Comparison

Fortunately I was packing up my stuff as the client of the vehicle arrived to fetch it. The client couldn't believe that it was the very same set of lights and couldn't stop thanking me for the work I have done

 

[SameGuy]

Awesome! They look new.

 

[lawrenceSA]

:urtheman:

 

[SameGuy]

Where are you both located? Jburg frightens me, but I've thought about a quickie holiday to Capetown and the wine country...

 

[JMP]

What kit did you use?

 

[lawrenceSA]

Where are you both located? Jburg frightens me, but I've thought about a quickie holiday to Capetown and the wine country...

I am based in Durban, which is on the East Coast.

Etienne is up in Joburg.

 

[SameGuy]

Beach City! Hmmm... Very interesting!

 

[Moldavite]

very nice!

 

[lawrenceSA]

Beach City! Hmmm... Very interesting!

Well if ever you are in my part of the world, you are more than welcome to come say hi. Would be awesome to have a fellow Geeker over:dblthumb2:

 

[jamesboyy]

Excellent work on those headlights

 

[allenk4]

Nice work

What does a dealership pay for this type of service

How long did this set take you?

 

[g35_coupe]

Sweet results, man!

 

[oldmodman]

Best turn around I have ever seen.

And I use the exact same steps that you do. Except for the final step. I am still using diluted Marine Spar varnish.

 

[LatinFG2]

Excellent results!

 

[Rsurfer]

Nice job...would you like to share what your UV coating is made of?

 

[Deranged_9n3]

:urtheman:

:xyxthumbs: Thanx buddy

Where are you both located? Jburg frightens me, but I've thought about a quickie holiday to Capetown and the wine country...

Yes I am more in the highveld, Pretoria to be exact, about 40mins away from Joburg. Like L said, whenever you visit SA, give us a shout, maybe we could meetup or whatevs Im the MAN

What kit did you use?

Not a kit, individual stuff. Wet sanding paper, my Menz compound and polish, and my own UV coat

very nice!

Thank you

Excellent work on those headlights

Thanx alot man

Nice work

What does a dealership pay for this type of service

How long did this set take you?

Well the dealership doesn't really make a cent out of it as they just connect me and the customer. The customer pays around 40-45$ I have seen that we charge WAY less than the US detailers for the service we provide. Guess it has to do with the economy. I recently detailed a badly damaged C2 for a friend of a friend, charged him around 110$ for the detail. Found out 3 weeks later that the dude only gets paid 350$ per month.... I felt SO bad

Sweet results, man!

Thanx alot !

Best turn around I have ever seen.

And I use the exact same steps that you do. Except for the final step. I am still using diluted Marine Spar varnish.

Thanx alot dude :dblthumb2: If your sealant works, that is great !! We here in SA don't have the same products you have in the US, so it's very hard to compare

Excellent results!

Thank you

Nice job...would you like to share what your UV coating is made of?

Thanx. Same as the helsman spar uretheyne ( spelling ) mixture, just with local available products we have