my HE project

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love the leather look.

NZ'ders know how to do cars better than most australians.[/b]

well we can do lots of things better than youhahahahaha
just kidding!
to be honest we cant modd cars,
all we do is chop springs put 5% tints and cheap chromes and call it a day
and you guys are hard into your sex spec cars with mint paintjobs and interiors.
but im into classy style(vip)
i like to be different and my car do almost break necks, even old guys in their fancy benzes do compliment and that makes me appreciate my car even more
i like simplicity
plus in real life my car looks almost stock, well possibly something that has been made in a factory like amg mercs or something.

for how low it is, i never been pulled over or done for it)
thank

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check this out))


and comparing to original headlight

they look cloudy but they are not...just iphone pics do suck!
but there is still a few scratches left but i think i will give it to a panel shop or something so they can polish the living **** out of it.

well now its time to start my 2nd one haha
yeah i know but i couldnt wait to see how it looks like on car

[nitros13]

Looks great.. what did you do to get it like that?

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Looks great.. what did you do to get it like that?[/b]

lots and lots of sanding(approx 4 hrs or so)
and the polishing with all sort of compounds available

[mazdaspeed929]

Wow looks bad ass dude. Are the lenses on your headlights plastic or glass?

[Goliat6288]

lots and lots of sanding(approx 4 hrs or so)
and the polishing with all sort of compounds available[/b]

hey man that look amazing.... and u kinda got me to want to do it on mine... wat sandpaper did u use?

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hey man that look amazing.... and u kinda got me to want to do it on mine... wat sandpaper did u use?[/b]

started with p80 and after it was smooth i started wet sanding with 240-->320-->800-->2000
but i still have some scratches since i didnt have a 1000 or 1500.. i will be redoing them once i find correct paper.
and then i just used cream polish-->metal polish-->plasticX(plastic polish)-->scratch removal-->wax...

so now what i need to do is get some 1000 sand paper. then just get a 3000buffing wheel and repeat the polishing and should come out brand spanking new..
but to speed thing up i used mouse sander...it has sharp adges so could get into corners and stuff...

they plastic not glass.

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so for last few weeks ive been working on my car..mostly mechanical stuff...
had 2 cracked rims, but they are fixed now.
and i managed to finally finish one of the headlights
i wanted to do a projector retrofit and after sourcing some, i scrapped that idea, i simply cant be arsed doing it...so i just added bulb shields so it doesnt blind anyone...
it is abit hazy in the corners but i cant get to them with my current buffer pad...once i find pad small enough i'll open them up again and rebuff them...other wise they came out almost mint...

[Loudnlow]

hey mate, got a question for you.
When you were putting in your rear shocks, how did you get the whole wheel assembly to drop low enough to fit the shock ? mine has a bounce to it and is hard to pull it down low enough and I'm unsure what to remove to let it drop... any help would be appreciated, driving on bumpstops just isn't very comfy, or legal!!

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Originally Posted by Loudnlow

hey mate, got a question for you.
When you were putting in your rear shocks, how did you get the whole wheel assembly to drop low enough to fit the shock ? mine has a bounce to it and is hard to pull it down low enough and I'm unsure what to remove to let it drop... any help would be appreciated, driving on bumpstops just isn't very comfy, or legal!!

sup, i actually had a mate to help me on this one...get him to pull down on the hub while you align the eyelet and put a bolt through it.
but my rear shocks are shortened by good 40mm from standard so it was alot easier for us.