Bored ... What I do at 1 am in the morning ...

[seth98esT]

Haha :)

Noticed when I first bought my bike that my headlights were kind of foggy. My bike is currently not running, waiting for a new TPS to come in, so I have lots of free time. I followed this tutorial on removing and dis-assembling the headlights and it was very easy.

http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=wisdom&Number=210963&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=

(Click thumbnails for a larger image)

My headlights before, very foggy! So ugly!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_0453.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_0453.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_0452.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_0452.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_0451.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_0451.jpg)

Headlights removed, you can see the factory black paint is fading away :(
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1113.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1113.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1112.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1112.jpg)

After cleaning the inside of the right headlight with some Meguiars Plastic-X. Its like night and day!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1108.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1108.jpg)

Now time to fix that nasty faded black paint, all taped up, ready for paint.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1120.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1120.jpg)

After 3 or 4 coats of some generic black spray paint, they look almost brand new now! My tape lines arent perfect, but nobody will notice.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1135.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1135.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1134.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1134.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1133.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1133.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1132.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1132.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1131.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1131.jpg)
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1130.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1130.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1129.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1129.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1128.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1128.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1127.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1127.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1126.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1126.jpg)

Now installed back on the bike:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1147.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1147.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1146.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1146.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1143.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1143.jpg)

And two pictures that turned out cool with the flash. I dont have any halo bulbs or anything, no lights are on, just reflections that the flash produced:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1137-1.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1137-1.jpg)http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/th_IMG_1136.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f39/sethmo38/2000%20Ducati%20748/Headlight%20cleaning/IMG_1136.jpg)

Definitely worth the hour it took to do it all! I recommend everyone to do this if you have those nasty foggy headlights on your Galants!

[IceDouTGaLanT]

wow that did make a differnce...so i guess the galant doesnt get as much attention anymore?

[seth98esT]

Not till winter, it needs to stay in a daily driver status untill I actually buy a dailey driver. The bike gets ridden every day it does not rain :)

But trust me, changes will come this winter with the Galant!

[9G]

nice!