Project – Rear Lens

This is something I did a while ago but in an effort to record all refurb projects on this car here it is.

What prompted me to do this one was the fact I could see the white paint coming off behind the yellow lense.  I also knew I’d be removing this for my Wheel Well project so I thought I may as well get it done.

It was a pretty straight forward job:

1. Remove light
2. Strip bulbs, wiring, connectors
3. Clean housing – HCL acid bath!!
4. Rinse and repair.  There was some minor cracks that KH Metal Bond fixed, that stuff sets like metal….
5. Paint housing with VHT Flameproof Satin Silver then 2 coats VHT High Temp Satin Clear.  Don’t really need Flameproof but I had some anyway
6. Paint inside with VHT Engine Gloss White and VHT Plate
7. Tidy up wiring and re-insulate.
8. Install

911 snobs may not like the VHT Satin Silver but it is effective and beats paying out several hundred for new housings.  I try to be as ‘correct’ as possible but will allow some level of workaround just to be reasonable about cost of doing this.  I ask myself if it hurts the value of the car and in this case the answer was ‘Nein’.

Here are the pics.  You can see that this was pretty shabby to start with but I was happy with the results.