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Post by Brozilla » Tue May 25, 2021 9:39 am

2.0 can move, you just have to throw another Lude's value at it :mrgreen:

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Tue May 25, 2021 11:17 am

Brozilla wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 9:39 am
2.0 can move, you just have to throw another Lude's value at it :mrgreen:
Yer ive had 2. Sure they can move, just very slowly.
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Post by Greg » Tue May 25, 2021 11:22 am

Looks great, how does it sound?

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Post by toadster » Tue May 25, 2021 4:35 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 11:17 am
Brozilla wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 9:39 am
2.0 can move, you just have to throw another Lude's value at it :mrgreen:
Yer ive had 2. Sure they can move, just very slowly.
Greg wrote:
Tue May 25, 2021 11:22 am
Looks great, how does it sound?
I prefer a gentle cruise these day's at My age :roll: :lol:
Sound is just right not too loud very similar to the one I took off.
The exhaust is made by Fox in Germany.
I just had Powerflow make the extender.
Cheers all ;)
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Post by norks27 » Tue May 25, 2021 6:01 pm

Nice one - good result there :)
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Post by ek9sid » Tue May 25, 2021 6:31 pm

I'm liking these pipes :thumbup: motor is looking good T

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Post by toadster » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:07 pm

Lo All :D
I had My Ludes headlight's refurbed again today by the Guy who did them three years ago.
He used a new ceramic coating to finish them off which is UV resistant so should last a lot longer 8)
Here are before and after pics.
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Post by Max » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:15 pm

Looks good, what was the process with this, are they sanded first or just polished and then ceramic coated?

I just did mine, sanded up to 1500 grit, then a few coats of 2K clear, came out same as yours, its the best results I've had so far and I've sanded and polished a few sets with just OK results.

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Post by toadster » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:49 pm

Lo :D
Yep He machine rubbed them down using different grades of sanding discs.
Then applied a very thin ceramic coating that is 100% UV resistant.
He gets the coating from the US.
Yesterday He did a BMW X5 that He said was the worst He had ever seen.
The Guy had tried to do them Himself a few years ago with very harsh sandpaper then spray coated with very thick spray lacquer.
It took Him hours just to get the stuff off :roll: :lol:
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:40 pm

I do alot of headlight refurbs for my customers whilst doing bumper scuffs.
Far easier to just 400 grit the old yellow lacquer off, finish with 800 and then relacquer. They'll last forever and a day then.
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