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Thanks blnewt and furlow, i appreciate the feedback. Next mod is gonna be a cold air intake. Im leaning towards the stillen gen 3, is that the best in you guys opinion?
Thanks blnewt and furlow, i appreciate the feedback. Next mod is gonna be a cold air intake. Im leaning towards the stillen gen 3, is that the best in you guys opinion?
I would say so. I went with the gen 2, because I didn't want to worry about rain and water getting in the filters. It's probably not a big deal, but I just didn't want to even think about it. As far as performance, yes the gen 3 is the best.
tomato tomato...Ive had both stillen gen 3 and Takeda cai and both seem the exact same to me. Only diff is stillen require cutting, takeda..no cutting. flip a coin, can t go wrong either way
Had the day off so I decided to knock a few things off the checklist.
Installed a grounding kit using the 8g subwoofer wire from my old audio system setup. Also painted my headlight shrouds gloss black then restored the lenses.
Had the day off so I decided to knock a few things off the checklist.
Installed a grounding kit using the 8g subwoofer wire from my old audio system setup. Also painted my headlight shrouds gloss black then restored the lenses.
After paint & before restoration
After
Great job. What brand of clear coat did you use for the headlights? I need to restore one of my headlights too
Dynamat + Insulation for the whole back area, rear shelf and the bottom. Pic shows progress no the complete job. Less rattling, less noise from outside and my sound system sounds way better now. Also did my trunk. Didnt take me a day to do but still.
Appreciate it Swen! I used Turtle Wax Headlight Lens Restorer. Had some pretty decent reviews online and was only $9 at Oreilly's.
That's not a permanent restoration right? I have used some other headlight restoration before on another car but that only last so long and then you have to polish it again to keep it clear
That's not a permanent restoration right? I have used some other headlight restoration before on another car but that only last so long and then you have to polish it again to keep it clear
You're better off doing it with this method other than the off the shelf kits.
Sanded it down with 400 grit sandpaper, then 800, then 1200. I probably could have stopped at 800. Each time I sanded in a different direction so I could see when I had completely removed the previous grits scratches. Once it was leveled with the sandpaper I used Dupicolor automotive acrylic enamel clear coat. I tried Rustoleum painter's touch 2X but it left bubbles so I had to strip it off and redo it. The clear coat fills in the scratches from the sandpaper and leaves a UV resistant layer to prevent yellowing. After it cured for 48 hours I wet sanded with 2000 grit sandpaper to remove the orange peel distortion and then removed the scratches with meguiars compound and a DA polisher. Those final steps were surprisingly fast. The result is a glass clear headlight lens that will not yellow.
