Mrheisenburg

Thanks for the comments….👍🏻

The new bulbs and the polished lights have made an amazing difference….

Well I took the plunge today…… pulled out my headlights and attacked them with various grades of sand paper….. took me around 3 hours to do both lights…. I started with 600 wet and dry and worked up to 5000….. polished them up with turtle wax polish and scratch remover and finished them off with some 3M uv protection. I am very happy with how they came out…..

Cheers Kev , I did try a bit of G3 when I first got the car but it didn’t take out the heavily pitted parts of the light…. cheers

Cheers Steve…..I think I will in invest in a small orbital…. A good tool to add to my toolbox….. I just want to do the job right as they are to expensive to replace if I !Removed! it up..!….….thanks for the advice..👍🏻

Thanks Greg…. I think from looking at them they need more work than just a polishing compound…I may try that once I have sanded them down to polish them up…. cheers

Cheers Steve , yeah I read that I would need a UV clear coat to stop the sun from messing them up. I was gonna start sanding with 600 wet and dry and work up to 3000. I have seen some 3M UV clear coat on Amazon for around 11 quid. No need to remove the bumper though to remove the lights, I took both lights out to put the new bulbs in. You only need to undo 4 torx bolts and the headlights slide right out.. Cheers

Hello all…… The xenon headlights on my A4 are in dire need of smartening up a bit…. I have just replaced the bulbs with a pair of Osram Nightbreakers which are a vast improvement but when you look close at the lights they are covered in loads of tiny little chips which don’t look great. I have watched a few videos of people sanding them down and polishing the chips out…. Anyone done this..?… How did it turn out..?… a new pair of lights are out of my price range at the moment..!..

Got the wheels back on and got my bucket and sponge out…..

Well so much for getting 3 days to do my wheels…… had to squeeze it into a day and a half…..for a first attempt at attempting to refurbish wheels I m very happy with how they are looking….3 layers of primer, 3 layers of paint, 3 layers of laquer ….. they are not 100% but they are 100% better than what they were before…. Here’s a a few pics…..

Thanks Stevey, I totally understand the points you raise in your message . I know for the money it’s easier to get someone else to do the wheel job but for me personally I like to do things myself. I accept that a professional job will probably be a perfect finish but I reckon I can get pretty damn close. It’s just a matter of time patience and elbow grease. I have had the paint cans specially made with the colour I want and I am looking forward to getting cracking….. Also as Greysquirrel said if you do it yourself then in the event of anything happening a repair should be easy to sort..

Thinking about maybe painting the calipers black while the wheels are off too….

Yeah that’s my reasoning for doing it myself…. If some thing happens I will repair myself….. luckily I have a workshop with tyre machines and wheel balancers so will be stripping the tyres off and working with just the wheel which should make life a lot easier……. I’ve bought the paint today… a bit pricey but very good quality… I’ve gone for a metallic anthracite and 2k laquer which is a shade darker than what’s on the car now….. should look good when finished fingers crossed…

Cheers Gareth, I understand what you are saying about paying someone to get them done but I am a firm believer in doing it myself if possible…. I like the satisfaction of looking at a job and thinking “I did that..!..”…. I have been running a van hire company for over 20 years and have plenty of experience in repairs in all aspects of vehicles trying to keep the vans on the road and looking tidy ……. I’m still not sure about the black…. Might go for a more anthracite kind of colour on them…. Decisions decisions…….

They look proper mint…… what paint did you use on them..?….did you use rattle cans..?…. Mine are a darker shade at the moment but they are proper rough…… was a good bargaining tool at point of sale though….. was only thinking of black as would sort of tie in with the blacked out grille and fog light grilles…..