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Old 10-05-2014, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by HammerFit
My headlights have been foggy since I bought truck. Took them off today and opened them up. Both had condensation on the inside. The drivers side had about 90% of the reflective coating gone so I buffed it up and sprayed it with some reflective silver paint I had lying around.

They look much better. I may take them back off and spray them both with some aluminum engine paint to make them look the same. Prob not, looks good enough!
Good effort but I doubt the reflectivity is even 50% what the original aluminum vacuum-deposition coating was.
 
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Old 10-05-2014, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by EricTyrrell
Good effort but I doubt the reflectivity is even 50% what the original aluminum vacuum-deposition coating was.
50% of original is still better than the 20% he was getting without a coating lol
 
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Old 10-06-2014, 05:46 AM
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i had to reseal mine when i first got the truck. the glue was so bad they just pulled apart by hand. cleaned them up good and used hondabond to reseal them.
 
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Old 10-06-2014, 09:58 PM
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I needed more power so decided to pop in another 12VDC outlet, always hot right from the battery.


Test fitted my bike for a trip in two weeks.
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And sealed up some window seals with black silicone. I wonder what the safe amount of 100% silicone one can ingest is?? I used a lot of the wet my finger and spread the silicone method, LOL.
 
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Old 10-07-2014, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by fishEH
And sealed up some window seals with black silicone. I wonder what the safe amount of 100% silicone one can ingest is?? I used a lot of the wet my finger and spread the silicone method, LOL.
oddly enough, my two rear quarters windows and rear glass seals are all cracked but don't leak (safari windows have new seals). i was probably going to buy new seals before winter.

i replaced the two dome lights, rear cargo light, and glove box light with LEDs. i bought warm white ones from superbrightleds.com and they are super nice.
 
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Old 10-07-2014, 07:37 AM
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Your bike needs tires
 
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Old 10-07-2014, 09:01 AM
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Your bike needs tires
Haha, those were my semi-slicks. Had them on for riding with my wife while she trained for a marathon. They're coming off tonight.
 
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Old 10-07-2014, 03:17 PM
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tossed a digital voltage gauge in place of the factory clock. it looked better in my head.

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Old 10-07-2014, 05:48 PM
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tossed a digital voltage gauge in place of the factory clock. it looked better in my head.

What gauge is that? Do they have one for water temp?
 
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Old 10-07-2014, 06:35 PM
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Looks good, clean

Set my. Alignment with a rope steers nice with no bent track bar
 


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