RetroPug's Ph.1 Diablo Gti-6

[RetroPug]

I picked up a set of S16 headlamps with yellow tints from John on here to restore. My headlamps horde now includes the fully restored set of ph.1 twin optics which are fitted, a mostly restored set of morettes, an unrestored, tatty set of morettes and now these.

They needed a bit of attention as the pictures show, but then that's the fun of restoring things!







I pulled them to bits, including removing the yellow-tinted filters inside them. Unfortunately, the chrome of the lenses looks like it might be tricky to save.





The yellow filters that were inside the lenses had lost a lot of their yellow colour, which tends to be the problem with these lights:



I then began re-colouring them:



The "re-coloured" photo is after one coating. I'll be applying more coats which should get them looking very yellow as they originally would have. At the moment I'm unsure whether or not to try to save the pitted and damaged chrome lenses or whether to try to fit these yellow filters into my normal ph.1 twin optic lights, which don't have the tabs to clip these in.

I also fitted a strut brace which I don't have any pictures of right now.