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Ronmold
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 11:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

In doing the turn signal conversion from bulb to LED I noticed all this text embossed on the tinted covers and thought it was just ugly. Maybe it's my excessive/compulsive disorder but I sanded it off and buffed it out. It should have a better pattern with the LED's now. Show your Uly you care and it will repay you.


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Xbimmer
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 01:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I wouldn't consider my lenses ugly but that looks like a nice result. What sanding medium and buffing medium did you use exactly?
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Ronmold
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 01:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

used 220 on a 1/4 sheet power sander to remove the letters, then 600 wet or dry with water and that leaves a milky haze. Then I used Novus #2 (red bottle) polish and a scratch-free polishing cloth, available at my Buell dealer, to make a glassy shine. Took about 5 min each. I also removed a couple gouges off the face of my Inst. cluster. That Novus stuff really works great, windscreens, helmet shields, even DVD's shine up good!
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 11:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You a clazy man!
Those things are $12.
They can be as ugly as they want!
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