MINI COOPER a wonderful headlight restoration experience ❤️🇬🇧
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Mini Cooper is a wonderful headlight restoration experience as you will see in this video..SEE WHY..👀
P.S. Never clear coat when Foggy...
(2010 Mini Cooper)
I've done "OVER A THOUSAND HEADLIGHTS" and growing, more and more every day. I've tried DOZENS of different ways and combinations of products. find out what I've discovered to be the best.
🌎THE HEADLIGHT RESTORATION PRO🌎 EMAIL: theheadlightrestorationpro@gmail.com
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⭐PRODUCTS AND TOOLS used in video ⭐
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Note: Although I am a headlight restoration expert... I also provide other restoration and detailing services such as: scratch removal, paint chip fix, minor painting, black trim restoration, water spot removal on Glass and paint, paint correction, paint restoration, oxidation removal, polish buff and wax, ceramic coat, engine bay cleaning and detailing, and much more.
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Thanks to your videos I did my first paying customers c6 corvette headlights tonight and made $100 in about an hour. I did they car in our companies parking lot. As I was working on it, another co-worker drove up in a mini, and said he was going to hit me up to restore his headlights. I think word of mouth will travel fast at work, and I will get a lot more work from it. Fantastic videos. I learn a lot from each one.
Awesome... that's how it all starts... keep watching and studying and you'll be doing a couple lights a week..💯👍🏼☺️
Amazing talent! I recently (inspired by your skills) restored my headlights after buying most of the products and tools. The results were great! The first light I did looks about 90% better but the second one was 100% better. I may redo the first one now that I've gotten my feet wet. Thanks for sharing and teaching your methods.
Awesome thank you for watching really appreciate it much more to come...👍🏼☺️
Excellent work like always. Your a Awesome Chef!!!
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Another beautiful restoration 🔥
Awesome...thank you.....👍🏼💯
Good Lawd Man! I was looking right at that foggy light when it flashed over to the finished result and was temporarily blinded by the shiny. Perhaps in the future you do a gradual fade in? LOL, Just Kidding, you know I like to clown a bit, makes for better reading and I like to make people chuckle a bit. Another outstanding result, I don't know why I am always mesmerized by the process and impressed by the results of what you do to these headlights. I would also like to remind those who question you on the chemical process and how the material starts off as a liquid chemical formula that steel starts off as a molten liquid too before it is formed. Geez, some peoples children am I right, LOL?
Edit: "There's a million different cheese burgers and I'm a chef". Ninja! You ain't no dang chef! You is a culinary genius playah! LOL.
Lol...😆 awesome man..
Thank you for enjoying the video...
If you cant get the bonnet to open on a Mini, have someone push the bonnet down while you pull the release cable. It's a common issue, had it happen on my Mini a few weeks ago.
thanks to you i got my restoration service up. facebook ads running, and got some flyers out. thanks bro!
Awesome man I'm happy for you..
Glad to be of a service...
Stay tuned many more videos to come that'll definitely help you with your business..💯👍🏼
@@theheadlightrestorationpro no doubt
On my first job. Nervous 🤣. Got some time so watching your vids
Cool man you got this 💪🏼
@@theheadlightrestorationpro yea it went good but took 3 fookin hours man! I must say it was a mercedes with the big and little light on each side but, the man pulled out chairs for him and his son to watch. hahaha it was decent tho can't complain. got another job tomorow :D
I used your method and I really messed up. I can't blame you though. Even though I watched your videos 10 times I began to realize I don't have the finesse you have. This was my first attempt at this and I used a Bosh drill with the P500 disk. I got a little ambitious and burned the plastic. I bought a Ryobi drill and I'm going to try again. I think this is part of the learning process so I'm going to keep trying. I'm going to test on family members that have junk cars anyway.
Yeah the bus drills probably way too powerful.. rule of thumb is you want to be under 700 lb of torque... And under 1800 RPMs.. and that's pushing it anything over those numbers and you got plenty of room for burning and crazy stuff.. and yes thank you for being honest about not using the orange finesse it and that specific drill a lot of people will say oh my God it just this happened this night and I know damn well they're not using the same stuff but they say they are till the end so I commend you on that..
But the finesse pad is unlike any other... The density and the materials I've never seen anything like it...
Huh...it would be great to know what tools / polishing compound / etc you're using.
It should be listed on the video when using... Flashed across the screen somehow...
This is an older video so maybe it's not but if not it's definitely in the bio..
Make sure to check out some more videos cuz it's an isolated thing if you can't find it...
Check the bio
yes if you look it up. oxidation and yellowing is a chemical reaction.
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the only thing I don't like about the meguiars headlight coating as that it's soft and doesn't have that thick clear oem look. if you run your fingernail across the meguiars it will scratch up. whereas oem or 2k will not. either way I use your process and want to thank you as I have started my own headlight restoration business here in socal. thank you for all you do pro
It's not soft after the curing process... Couple days later it's good... Not as hard as 2K clear ever but you don't want it to be cuz that'll destroy your headlight your headlight needs to flex and also deflect items/debris without damaging what's underneath...
But no problem keep watching plenty more to come..
If you want to have a successful business and get your skills up I suggest you watch all the videos..💯👍🏼
Hey. Bro I recently restored a set of headlights, and I used the mcguire's headlight coating. Maybe like 2 minutes after I put the coating on, it started to rain & left spots on both headlights. In a case like this. I basically repeat the steps 500, 800, and 3000 again, right?
Probably the best bet..
Wouldn't doubt just repeat, left thoroughly drive for about 25 minutes and repeat.. it's the best way you could try to polish and do all these other things but it's just going to mess things up because the coating is too fresh..
Nice videos...In your experience, how long does it last Meguiar's headlight coating??
In a brand new condition... anywhere from 15 months - 3 years on average... depends on vehicle habits and maintenance....(without being said it does not go bad back to the way it was before right away... Takes time for that..
What do you charge for headlight restoration?
Have you ever restored a pre 2006 mini cooper headlights? (where the lights are integrated into the bonnet/hood) I'm trying to do the headlights on my girlfriends mini although I am seeing scratch marks at the end. They look clear from a distance although up close there are still scratch marks and they are easy to see with the lights turned on. They don't look as snowy as yours whilst sanding and I'm thinking maybe I need to start with a 320 pad? I think maybe there is still clear coat left on there as I can see a line around the edge (if that makes sense lol). Are scratch marks harder to remove if there's still clear coat on? And will the meguiars coating help to cover them up? I still need to purchase the meguiars coating. I thought the trizact pad or the polishing may get rid of them but no. Love your videos and I really appreciate any help! :)
You want to make sure you're using the P variety of sanding disc... Also be wary of the p320s unless you have to.. don't make your situation even worse...
And yes you really have to remove all the clear coat it scratches easier and will show through... Have to meet your depths watch a couple more of my videos and you'll definitely see how to get that.. take a look at this video...
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Great, Thank You!! :) @@theheadlightrestorationpro
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So far I’ve done 5 family member cars and they have all come out 10 times better then when I started them but how many cars should i do before the average guy can start charging?
You just have to get your skills up and be confident enough that you're not going to damage anybody's property.. that you're following the steps and number one being safe with your health and the health of the vehicle... I would say when you can get 10 off with no drama perfect examples but then you probably could start charging..
But you got to go slow you can't start charging as much as the guy who been doing it for years you got to build up your portfolio always take before and after pictures.. you have to build up more things then just your skill as well..
But first and foremost you got to build up your skill keep working and keep watching..👍🏼
@@theheadlightrestorationpro ok thank you
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Any way to take the plastic lens off, to do the inside? Mines faded on the inside. I already did the outside fine
It's kind of rare to be faded on the inside there's actually no such thing as faded on the inside... There's Lens discoloration the baby you don't preaching inside of the headlight which is liquid vapor and dust..
But either way it's not recommended to take them apart it's not even worth it nine times at a 10 the light will end up breaking and even if you do nail it and clean it out real good they're going to fall the shit really fast it's a waste of time..
@theheadlightrestorationpro So basically, I have to buy new $400 lights, each, just to get clear lens? Or just live with what I got? Either way sucks! Lol
@johngraham5978 pretty much it does suck I would try to go to a wrecking yard and find a pair even if they're beat up you know you can do headlight restoration they're they're probably be 20 to $30 a piece...
Check this place out . I'm sure you have one somewhere...
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got my 3M P500, P800 and P3000 trizact, do you have a video or some sort of picture chart showing how bad certain lights are and when to use maybe a P400 or P320 as I have noticed majority of your restorations you stick to the main three (500,800,3000)
Those are the normal usage.. you should try your best not to stray outside of that parameter.. if necessary if you test a spot and it seems like it'll take 10 p500s
Then drop it lower... P320, p220.. I would never go lower than p220....
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There's a couple more up too..👍🏼💯
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@@theheadlightrestorationpro ok saw them before but will go over them again, also what number setting to you use with your drill while sanding? (TORQUE)
@@lawrencethomas5746 will my drill is about a 600 pound torque..
I'm using my RPMs on the high-level setting normally between 14 and 1700 RPM.. wouldn't advise this fast until you get used to it..
@@theheadlightrestorationpro OK the highest RPM on my drill is 1500, so basically start low and slow until I get comfortable enough to pick up the speed
Yes sir.. I go as fast as pretty much possible without messing stuff up.. but I've done a lot of lights a lot of practice incredibly large amount of headlights...lol I am a pro... That's just to go slow sometimes going slow is even better far as your materials won't burn out as fast..
What are your thoughts on applying PPF on the headlights for protection after polishing ?
Wouldn't do it many drawbacks.. for one you'll need a headlight restoration when you take it off... For two you're severely diminishing your light output... And many other things..
@@theheadlightrestorationpro thanks for replying!! I just literally brought your whole setup and have 5 cars lined up ( friends cars ) to practice on!! Can’t wait to start my headlight restoration journey. Thank you for your amazing content 🙌🏼
Awesome good luck.. stay tuned and watch all these videos it'll definitely increase your headlight restoration game..💯💪🏼
@@theheadlightrestorationpro I literally have watched all your videos. Multiple times too. Really appreciate you!!!
I really appreciate your viewing..
Thank you..
Plenty more to come..👍🏼💪🏼💯
What is the average time that it takes you to restore a set of headlights?
30-40 minutes average... about 15 minutes a light...(filming is different/have to slow down to showcase things)
My yellowed lenses failed because there was no beam direction. As the line wasn't moving I rubbed them as fast as I could with a handkerchief and some Colgate toothpaste and begged for another test. They passed and were fairly clear.
Minty fresh too 🤓😂💯
How do i find the links to the pads sandpaper etc. That you use?
They're in the bio if you click on the description and go lower you'll see everything that I use pretty much or most things.. then you click the link for direct purchase or viewing through Amazon..💯👍🏽
Thank you got it. Also what about the pad and paper attachment for drill? The finesse pads you are showing seem to have same backing as drill attachment.
Sorry same backing as my drill attachment
I don't list it because there are hundreds of them.. 3 in hook and loop attachment.. there are far better ones that I use but for me I just like the cheap ones..lol
They're technically throw away ones but I just keep reusing them resurfacing them.. putting an interface pad on them.. they come in most kiss that use a drill...
Ice is a solid chemical 🤷🏽♂️. Also those mini cooper's always have the hood release on the passenger side. Sneaky little bastards
Yes .☺️☺️
Hey boss man do you post on other websites? After watching some of your videos I get recommended shitty versions of this on Facebook with like 20million+ views. You should post on Facebook aswell and maybe you could go a bit viral and make some good money from the videos too.
Great job man it’s always fun to watch you clean up some headlights. 🫡