Andy's SLOOOOW 2011 200 Series Build (2 Viewers)

[ntsaint]

No issues. No rattles. No squeaks.

 

[ntsaint]

Original headlights were brown. Multiple tries at restoring them yielded only temporary results.

So new OEM units are in there now. Made a huge difference in the appearance.

And Toyota made that a lot harder than it had to be.

 

[wngrog]

Wow. They sure did.

 

[fountainhead]

Middle daughter and I performed that OEM swap a couple years ago on Ginny’s rig. They look great, but GD.

 

[ntsaint]

Man. Infinity clips and screws and snap fittings. Infinity.

 

[Bomar]

Welcome to new cars. Clips on clips on clips

 

[wngrog]

@jrob just called me about how to polish 100 lights. I said replace that s*** is the only way.

 

[Bomar]

100% on 100 or go back to glass

 

[ntsaint]

The polish looks great. For like 4 days.

 

[ntsaint]

Had the paint corrected and then the whole truck ceramic coated today. She looks brand new. All the limb scratches are gone. Super pleased w the results.

 

[Bomar]

Damn.....I bet you got 2mpg's better on way home.

She fine...

 

[wngrog]

Splendid

 

[Slabsides45]

Jeebus, that looks good!!!

I am gonna let my teen daughter drive my 80, and would love to get someone to do that paint correction on mine. Anyone know someone in Memphis that does that level of work??

That is hands down the best looking 200 I've seen. Congrats.

 

[ntsaint]

Thanks!

The guy i used is in Little Rock, not that far from Memphis.

 

[Slabsides45]

Shoot me his info if you have it handy, I probably need to go by and stalk Bomar sometime soon anyhow....

 

[reddog90]

The polish looks great. For like 4 days.

Did you apply a UV coating after polishing?

 

[ntsaint]

Did you apply a UV coating after polishing?

Outside of the ceramic, no.

 

[reddog90]

I used the 3M headlight restoration kit to remove the yellowing on mine, then used Sylvania UV block to prevent future yellowing (hopefully?). It's only been a couple months but I was really trying to avoid buying new assemblies at $750/ea so I gave it a shot.

 

[ntsaint]

Got out and owned the roads in the 200 today. She is a beast.

 

[wngrog]

Seat heaters FTW