Wow. Great idea!
> On Nov 25, 2020, at 13:20, Bud Rolofson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Listerati,
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> Happy Thanksgiving to all. Iâ??m thankful for family, friends, and surviving
> (so far) the pandemic. Iâ??m also thankful I have a Triumph or two to
> complete some little projects Iâ??ve been wanting to get to for a long time.
> Maybe thatâ??s the silver lining in this whole virus thing, Iâ??m home a lot
> more and need things to do.
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> So one of them was to replace the headlights on my TR6 with LEDs. Once done I
> realized how shabby the running/turn lights and the side marker lights were
> in comparison so I decided to clean, treat, and improve on them.
>
> First I cleaned everything, the lens with soap and water and the light
> bucket. Get all the dust (even sealed there was dust) off everything
> including the 1157 bulb and especially the sparse reflectors behind the bulb.
> I used a two part headlight restore kit (ArmorAll) to clean the road film off
> the lens and then seal it with some UV protection.
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> Then I lined the top and bottom of the light bucket (which comes with no
> top/bottom reflective surfaces) with some adhesive backed foil tape (3M
> scotch foil tape 3311) as seen in the photo below to increase the reflective
> surfaces. The triangles that resulted when I cut the shape needed for the
> running lights I used in the side marker lights, which also got the cleaning
> treatment. They fit without even any trimming.
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> The results were amazing once those light bulbs had more reflective surfaces
> all around and a clean clear lens.
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> Next, an alternator for the #3.
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> Now back to making pumpkin pies.
>
> Regards
> Bud Rolofson
>
> Extreme Parts Racing (more than just a haircut)
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> 71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
> 71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3
> 69 Spitfire MK III (back up FE engine/dinghy car)
> 93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle
> 77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)
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