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The titanium ones at http://www.pro-bolt.com with the coloured countersunk washers Bay looks BTW!

This comes up regularly and I've now had two goes at it, so I thought I'd post up a thread with my experiences. I've heard anything from toothpaste to compound to metal polish can be used to clear up the hazing, and a variety of different approaches to sealing them. I'm hoping members will add in their methods and the products they've used. If you do, it'll be pinned as a superguide. I learnt some lessons from last time: 1 - Do use a dust sheet - or spend ages cleaning your engine bay afterwards 2 - Do have a stool to sit on while you work 3 - Do use a good UV sealant afterwards, or you'll be doing this annually 4 - Do be as aggressive as you dare 5 - Don't use this sealant (https://www.amazon.c...7038051_TE_dp_1) It's no good. The Problem This is how I finished up last time (Nov '14) And how it looked this morning. You can clearly see the hazing is back and looking awful. Masked up and ready to have a go. It looks so bad Clearing The Haze Last time I tried Meg's Ultimate Compound, also one of the soft paint menzerna cutting goops on a cutting pad, all attached to my basic Megs DA. I found that this took loads of passes and only the Megs ultimate got me anywhere, and even then, slowly. This time I put the soft paint stuff to one side and went in deep and hard first off, using some Poorbooys SSR-2 to prime the pad and add some lubrication, then a liberal topping of this. I already can hear the screams out there of putting this on a DA pad, but I wanted to mow down the hazing, not tickle it in to submission. Needless to say, one medium pressure pass dealt with it rather nicely Not sure how many mills of plastic I lost, but you can certainly tell the difference. I don't even need to say the one on the right is the tidied one. I couldn't get to all the tiny little buggers but they're innocuous at further than 6 inches away. I have turned up the definition quite severely on these images to pick them out. Both sides done, wiped down, dust sheets & masking away. UV Protection Having failed to protect them sufficiently well last time, I threw away the amazon offering and switched to EXO v2 this time. I didn't use this last time as it's a bit fussy about being applied outside and it needs to be kept dry for 6 hours and I have no garage, but I decided to wait for a very dry day and risk it. Dead easy to apply, just do it out of the sun and wear gloves and breathing equipment. Wipe down area with IPA (or Gyeon Prep in my case) Apply on the provided applicator pad in vertical lines Apply in horizontal lines Wait a few seconds Wipe off with a clean microfibre Flip the microfibre and wipe again Now do the other headlight Then go back and do a second coat on the first one Then go back and do a second coat on the second one Keep dry for 6 hours or more I might do a third coat on each tomorrow, if this weather holds. I'm assuming that the solvent colour/light effect (which wasn't there before) is evidence that this stuff is in place. How to vid for EXO: Anyway, that's my version two method. It's probably not as good as the 3 grades of sandpaper version I've seen but I'm not sure I have the minerals for that. Don't forget to throw away the pad if you put metal polish on it, I don't think it'll be any good for paint any more Pease do post up your methods, products and pics - ideally it would be good to have a few options for people, particularly one that doesn't involve a DA.

Ricey's gone crazy on lighting things up! I heard he's got halogens in the bathroom for getting ready in the morning

Wrinkles look good Gonna put them on the throttle body you?

Nice! You should go full JDM on its German ass. Giant rear view mirror, slash tips, massive bumper mounted intercooler, weather protectors, tints, keep it clean; it'll literally blow people's minds! Don't forget chopped sticker!

Nice looking Zed

Nice

I've always said, surviellance is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman. You don't mind getting naked when it's time for business, but I wouldn't want to walk around in the buff, even if it was always warm out.

If you've not done anything wrong why would you object to total state surveillance? Said a spokesman for the Stasi, October 2nd, 1990.

Can't believe it's going GLWTS

Get some video up of this!!! Amazing

Marimba? One of those dull Vauxhalls? What's she doing, stock car racing

Buy it buy it buy it buy it. Colour is perfect for a TVR

Please see new introduction thread in trader forum http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/108551-welcome-to-rj-manufacturing/

Nice. Must have one of these soon! Was there anything in particular about about the M135i you didn't go for? Apart from fugliness?

You've not read this from the top have you Stu? I thought I had, but to help me out, which post is it where this is answered? Sorry I thought your just asking this but you were in fact asking if he had taken the earlier advice, I misunderstood. Thank god, that means I'm not going mad!

You've not read this from the top have you Stu? I thought I had, but to help me out, which post is it where this is answered?

Not seen any chrome ones on here, factory or aftermarket.

Have you tried Zmanalex or Emperor Tuning on here?

Great pics, it's a driver's paradise up there!

Nice combo footage there Beavis. I don't really know how Nico expected Lewis to brake. There wasn't time when he moved over and then once he's on the grass, on the inside of him, he's only going one way and that's in a straight line towards him. Some fairly extremely retardation going on there and I'm not talking about brakes. Would it have happened if Nico'd been in the right setting and Lewis didn't have such a speed advantage? Probably not. Would any one of us gone for the pass on the inside if we'd been karting and catching the kart in front at the same rate. Probably!

I used this one, super useful http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/56481-kenwood-ddx-4028bt-rear-cam-install-–-superguide/

I've been looking for this for a euro trip and it's proving a PITA for cars of a certain vintage. Have you tried adding "classic" to your google searches, there must be something for old MG owners!