ABY+ my version

[John B]

Cool

Thanks.....that really helps.

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lol, no not a master by any stretch but I read and see what others have done.
I washed them thoroughly, dried them off, gave them a wipe of IPA (no not the beer) and then with a Meguire's polishing pad rubbed them with Peek polishing compound (yes the metal polish), kept even pressure and forward and back strokes until the compound disappeared and did a small bit at a time until the whole light was done.
Buffed it off with a microfiber, then used a paint type cutting compound, again until it disappeared and then polished them with a normal car polish (Meguire's Polish in this case).
There are loads of plastic headlamp type restorations on Detailing world.
I want to get a kit such as this to try

http://3mauto.com/products/headlight-restoration/3m-headlight-lens-restoration-system-39008.html

and Halfords do a Meguire's kit too

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_922499_langId_-1_categoryId_255233

worth a try at that price? the secret is keeping the plastic cool... there are demo vid's available for tips

[John B]

A combination of Peek, Mirenza cutting compound, Meguire's Polish and lots of elbow grease. I think to do it to how I want I'll need to trizac it down to about a 3000 grade and then polish but they have come up better just by hand and have a lot more clarity.

good tip on the ambient bulb... the instruments have to come out again anyway as the new speed sensor made ****** all difference... (at least I now have a good spare lol)

Think i am going to have lessons from the master

No seriously, can you give a bit more detail of the order of events to the old polishing tricks? Much appreciated

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btw the pic above of the red lights is as they came out of the box from Joe... this is them in the unclean state lol

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A combination of Peek, Mirenza cutting compound, Meguire's Polish and lots of elbow grease. I think to do it to how I want I'll need to trizac it down to about a 3000 grade and then polish but they have come up better just by hand and have a lot more clarity.

good tip on the ambient bulb... the instruments have to come out again anyway as the new speed sensor made ****** all difference... (at least I now have a good spare lol)

[John B]

Good stuff with those lights. What are you using to polish the rear clusters?

BTW I change the ambient temp bulb for an LED and followed Paul's advice by sanding the LED lightly to diffuse the light.....worked a treat.

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well, a little update before the big day of strip down for paint tomorrow.

Got this from the US of A, courtesy of Joe, a huge thanks for taking so much effort and time to answer all my questions and reassure my mind that what I was buying was what I wanted.
A pic speaks a thousand words, so ta daaa

Yup, all red rears... spent the evening cleaning and started polishing them to make them look brand new, will take a little elbow grease but then I have a weeks worth of evenings so no issue there but so far they are 70% there and I see no reason why they won't make at least 90%.
Bought from ebay a pair of LED 21W green bulbs so the indicators flash as orange as possible and purchased a brand new box of the correct Audi sealing cord to ensure the lights, when fitted, are as factory fresh as possible.

[irishs2]

Nice to see this attention to detail.

And yep great colour combo.

[geryS2]

just waow

great look

u got other pics to show ?

love that blue color with leather... very class

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sure am... spent the day with the instruments out and in and out and in again as when they went back in the speedo had decided to completely stop working (was already intermittent from buying it).
Everything looked good after cleaning all the contacts, still didn't work (I did think I had missed a plug connection but nope) so removed the plug on the speed sensor (one on the gearbox) and that looked perfect inside.
I couldn't find a test procedure for the G22, there must be a resistance check or something for it? Didn't check continuity through the loom so will check that in the week.
I suspect the G22 though is at fault but time will tell

[Error404]

Glad you're getting into the swing of S2 ownership
Sure you'll get it sorted

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Whilst hunting for more info on the Nakamichi I saw that the box has 2 options for display colour (green and amber) and whichever is ticked is what it display, so I thought I would check the pic on the advert of what I have bought hoping for amber illumination and yup it is green, bloody typical hahaha.... so now I have to take it to bits and change it over...
Things are never easy!!! lol

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Dave, I am honoured (bows head)

[UrS4boy]

Thanks for temp display bulb info. I stole your photos and text (credit to you) and posted them on my home forum to see what the NAmerican equivalent LED is.

http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/283135.phtml

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good find... here's hoping