Headlight Restoration: Surface Polishing & Housing Disassembly

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Since I can’t ride due to a blown engine, I’m working on restoring the headlights. Here’s how it looked after opening the housing and cleaning the inside. I cleaned the internal chrome with silicone remover and protected it with silicone oil. I removed as much butyl as possible.

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Applied new butyl rubber to the edges.

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Closed the housing. Since the clear lens has already been sanded, I’ll be applying urethane clear coat next. Click here for the painting process.