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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 07:54 PM
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Weekend fixes

Holy cow, my truck needed some fixes that I put off way too long and were pretty easy to do. Had nice weather so I got after the:

Passenger fog lamp, pinched wires at bumper clip,

Sanded and refinished both headlights and fogs, they look brand new,

Got after power seat switches and cleaned and got my seat working in all directions again,

Replaced burned out back up lamp

New BHAF after 9 years,

Fixed both leaking airbags-hose end at push lok leaking at both bags-total PIA, had to pull frames off to get at top of bags, but worth it-holding 30 psi now


Any one else energized for repairs??

It's stayin light out til around 10 pm here so I got a little extra time!
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 10:05 PM
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Nice work, it must feel like you are driving a new truck now! Tell me, what did you coat your lenses with after you sanded them? Just curious, I've polished lots but never coated them with anything. Thanks.
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 01:42 PM
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I went thru the wet/dry from 320-400-600-1000-1500-2000, then alcohol, then hit them with Rustoleum high gloss clear with UV protect- 4 coats.

We'll see how it holds up.
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 01:57 PM
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This is how it went..




After wet sanding




After clear coat
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 09:59 PM
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Wow, that looks great! Thanks for putting up the pictures.
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 06:50 AM
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I need to do the same to the Magnum. Is there any particular brand of clear to use for the lens?
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeyB
I need to do the same to the Magnum. Is there any particular brand of clear to use for the lens?
Sixslug listed the clear coat brand he used in his post.
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 07:09 AM
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Doh! I missed that part.
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 07:39 AM
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Headlamps look amazing......
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 07:39 AM
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Wow, they turned out like new, are they glass or polycarbonate?
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