Careful on headlights!

[BlueZero]

Be careful when you buff headlights!

I buffed out the hood on a 2000 Yukon yesterday. Just when I was finishing up I noticed the one headllight was a bit foggy. I grabbed a 4" pad and some M105 and went to work. Worked great. Did another pass at it. While I was wiping off the polish the headlight snapped and pointed down. Oh no!!! What did I do! Opened up the hood to see the bracket that holds and aims the light was snapped. I could see that it was broke before and had been glued. The owner wasn't as freaked out as I was. He went in his truck and brought out some super glue. We glued it then put some duct tape to hold it while it set. Poor guy comes to get his hood buffed and leaves with this...



On the plus side his hood looked much better! It was so swirled it had a hazy look. I didn't get it perfect but did get it looking a lot better.

[Carfire]

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Thanks for pointing that problem out. It is good that the owner was not as freaked out as you thought.

[new2detailing]

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That happened to an old Saab that I owned (1991 9000). It was my car and I took a small metal L bracket that I folded into a triangle. I placed the Triangle under the headlamp to wedge it in. The funny thing is, the headlamp was perfectly aligned like this and you really had to look to find the bracket, so I never "fixed" the mounting bracket and left it as is. I sold the car several years later and gave a complete disclosure to the new owner. He left it as is and continues to drive it.

[Mr Mustang]

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at least he admitted that it was broken before, I know there's alot of people that wouldnt

[J. A. Michaels]

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I can just imagine how freaked out a person would be. Glad there was no issues with the owner. Thanks for sharing it. It is a little bit funny, knowing how well the owner took it.

[BlueZero]

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I was really freaked out when it snapped. He didn't know that it was glued before, but we could see that it had been. I thought it was funny once we get it glued back up. I will know today if it held up and if he got all the duct tape off. I shouldn't have put so much duct tape on the lens but I just wanted to get it fixed right away.