BMW E30 Headlight Restoration | BMW E30 325i Sport Restoration E6 S1

[@fordfan3179]

I can't wait to see the whole car.

[@RestoreIt]

Me either Ford Fan, thanks!

[@fordfan3179]

What year car are you working on? Both sides look great.

[@franceleeparis37]

A thing of beauty is a joy to behold... if only I had the time, the money, the tools and the brilliant skills to copy you...

[@ChillingFoil]

cant wait to see the car all restored up

[@williamfindspeople4341]

I enjoyed your video. I used to restore old rolls-royces for a retired lieutenant colonel is south Florida. You may want to start to use ground Walnut shells for your sandblaster, you may find you'll have a better texture with paint removal. Also you can use synthetic beads additive you only put about 80 ml in with your sand mixture but you have to change it regularly. So many guys continue to use their sand Reservoir not realizing that it is filled was rust in all kinds of junk.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you William, and thank you for the advice, I will follow it.

[@jamesmclean2500]

We need a entire almost car tour after its completed.

[@RestoreIt]

You'll see everything, don't worry.

[@jamesmclean2500]

Best youtuber replies ro every comment

[@rohitgodse1076]

James Mclean bmw e30

[@BronzeHandPhotograph]

Car Detailers use *Cerium Oxide* for removing scratches on car windows. That's why you can try using cerium oxide to get rid of scratches on the glass headlight next time.

[@RestoreIt]

Got some on the way for the part two thanks Bronze!

[@forwox]

@@RestoreIt Please let us be informed afterwards, how it was with Cerium Oxide! Exact job in the list to do for my e30 318is, what you have done here. Very well done! Cheers.

[@dreadmireironbound8418]

Can't wait to see the final product of this series

[@copertino2]

Nice work! I restored the same way my mk3 mr2 front light 6 months ago, like you just by sanding then polishing. The result was nice but with time they turned back yellow... In fact you should put uv resistant clearcoat on your glass to ensure time resistance... As I'm writing this I'm restoring my headlight twice x) Your videos rock and are really helpful. Thank you for sharing your work with us :)

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you for this Nicolas. I will be doing a part two adding a protective coating and adding some touch-up paint. I may also polish inside the lenses as well. Thanks again as always.

[@volvogt21]

Hey you are like me! You can't stop until everything is prefect. I think it is my COD 😀

[@hiadm1477]

THE JOB DONE VERY WELL

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Nice bench grinder!

[@Xukencio]

I saw a video were they did a silicone mold of the glass probably you can use it too to make a reflector

[@towlie911]

The white stuff is little lines drawn on the inside of the glass, maybe so the curvature can be seen in QC when they were made. The paint ablates away over the years.

[@Pauloipadopalous]

Top work again

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Tiger man, appreciate it as always.

[@EvgeniyShtuchyy]

Good work !!!

[@John_Conor_I.R]

Хорошо сделал работу.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Ivan, much appreciated.

[@MichaelHall-so4gq]

Did you ever find the right touch up paint for the back of the lights? I’m fixing up mine now and can’t track down the paint. Thanks so much for the videos, they’ve been a massive help.

[@Justone177]

Don't know if you know about "brassing", someone may have already said something; just be careful of speed using a brass wire wheel, higher speeds mean higher temperatures, which will transfer brass to any item being brushed, almost like plating

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the advice, Thomas.

[@Justone177]

@@RestoreIt I honestly wasn't sure if you knew, I didn't wanna say it and your answer being "Duh, dude, everyone knows that." I ended up learning it by messing up a restoration on a smoothing plane

[@bobjbob]

Shhiiaattt, the headlights before the restoration look better then mine.......

[@RestoreIt]

Oh, damn son.

[@ricardoquiroga323]

Excelente trabajo, Feliz Navidad y Feliz Año nuevo te saludo desde Argentina.-

[@hoangphihobka]

Good Job.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Do The Cong!

[@rrpeguero]

Keep the good job. I'm about to get a 318i in a few days. Can't wait to see you working on the engine. Greetings from Dominican Republic

[@Revedance2002]

I'm not a fan of those kits, the oxidation will return much sooner than later... You're better off using Meguirs 200 Cut with a wool pad, then polishing with 100 Meguires polish and a foam pad. I've used your method and it lasts 1 week before oxidation starts, my current technique lasts 1 yr before it needs a rebuff and polish.

[@jeffscomp]

You’ll have a lot of spare parts for your bmw. 🙂👍🏻

[@RestoreIt]

Haha true... never a bad thing :)

[@عبدالمحسنالجبوري-م7و]

very very very good

[@felipecorchuelo9239]

Love the content, interested to see where you got the replacement glass lens for the cracked side.

[@Atlantismonkey40]

Just a guessing. The white bits in the lens is either salt from the road and or hard water?

[@Rendraco79]

excellent job.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Ren!

[@kengeman1976]

nice video thank you

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Kenan.

[@punkbloater]

Beautiful work. What do you do with all the extra parts you end up with, i mean now you got 2 sets of headlights. Sell them or keep for spares?

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Punkloader. And as of right now I'm just keeping them as spares :)

[@michaelkenefick]

at about 14:00 I was surprised to see phillips and not torx.

[@K0d3x92]

Would it make sense to put a clear coat on the headlights after polishing them?

[@Largeframe2011]

You Must clean it with water and soap inside. The dust come out.

[@reynerwiratama6219]

Did this improve the light projection when you are driving at night? Thanks in advance

[@lawabidingman84]

Super

[@IuriSantos]

I prefer to clearcoat the headlight instead of polishing it. It takes more time to revisit the service.

[@RestoreIt]

I was and still am considering painting them. maybe in part two if I get round to it.

[@Dr.RealTalk]

Are they made of glass?

[@spencerhudzenko3734]

The polishing on the lens seemed really futile and annoying to do, I'm amazed at how well it actually turned out. Granted, I don't know how long it actually took, but still.

[@RestoreIt]

It took far to long and still didn't turn out as good as I was hoping for. Part two coming soon!

[@spencerhudzenko3734]

@@RestoreIt It's a learning experience, as long as you took something useful away from the experience then that is all that matters. Also, at the end of the day, it made a good video and the end result looks pretty good.

[@cambo1200]

Enlightening...

[@MsRazvan29]

Bravo 😍😍😍🤝❤

[@lesafighter]

13:08 what is that part for where does it connect and where to connect headlight aim unit ???

[@hairanndo2002]

塗装ガチ勢待ってた。

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Savage job lad. Can't wait to see this car finished. Should be better than factory.

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers George. Me either mate. When i get to spain its game on.

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers George. Me either mate. When i get to spain its game on.

[@DronZizzle]

can't believe you purchase new headlights just to show us how you did it the first time

[@RestoreIt]

Its the least i can do for my audience Dron. You guys are the best.

[@mobydoux]

Me too, I feel special.

[@DieselKoks]

It's simple business He bought it restored it in front of camera for us of course and gonna sell it :)

[@Firewalker30091985]

Perfect 😅 Greeting from Germany I am sure that Car was really betterthan new ifyou finish your Work like this! The Differntial was new NEVER been painted only Waxing.. And Clear Coat maybe... Great work niceto se an Proffesional at Work :)

[@Inimbrium]

He can keep them as spares. You never know when you'll get a stone chip. Or sell them as restored for quite a bit I'd imagine.

[@DominickNicolai]

How often do you refer back to your disassembly footage to remember how something goes back together?

[@olskool3967]

I have been wondering the same thing,,,,,,,,,

[@HeIsTheHighlander]

I'm 3rd in this list )

[@Tenkaichibudokai22]

4th in the list

[@anangnosikusmuntono5634]

Thats my question too

[@kongyumok7512]

I'm sixth

[@straight2dapointD]

I cant wait to see this car fully restored

[@RestoreIt]

Me either!

[@amrgamal4031]

@@RestoreIt same

[@mohdzuhair90]

Yeah me too

[@Inimbrium]

@@RestoreIt You and 339k subs :) No pressure lol

[@josiptadic8301]

Your lenses are still blurry, they may look ok, but they are not. Bmw e30's and e34's are known to have weak headlight from factory, that's why people put xenon or led lights inside. To restore them properly you need to polish the lens inside, and redo the nickel coating inside. I have seen people do this, the difference is huge. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your videos as e30 owner and fan.

[@sv_cheats1970]

Znači ima nas ;)

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Josip. I am going to be doing a part two on these in the future. I'm going to add some touch-up paint, heat gun the lens off and polish the insides and out using a variety of products, and I didn't know it was a nickel coating inside. I have a how-to Nickel plate video coming up soon as I have a kit. Thanks again!

[@boriss187]

E34 owner here, and i do confirm that headlights really are pathetic.

[@savedbygrace897]

There are two different Headlight Manufactures BMW used on the E30 - Hella and Bosch. Hella used plastic Reflectors on their Products, which are rubbish and weak. Bosch on the other hand are from Metal and their chrome on the Reflector will last for ever. The Headlights in this Video are from Bosch, so there is no need to redo any coating. Just a little wipe and there are clean and shiny. On the Hellas this is not possible.

[@tygrysisko]

@@RestoreIt I wanted to state the very same thing but Josip was faster. But I would add something about polishing glass: you should use the cerium oxide. It is sold as powder and does much better job than any polishing compound mainly designed for paint.

[@itstallionman]

Here's a suggestion for the next time you need to remove dents and dings from light guage metal objects. Use a drill press with a punch or panhead bolt chucked up. It allows exact pressure to push the dents out without stretching the metal even more like a hammer does. Works really well on stainless and aluminum. Nice editing!

[@MCSDorneles]

The best part of all of this, is that you are fully restoring your car. Thats what i call love. Looking foward to the next video.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Matheus!

[@timothypaulson6779]

I really enjoy your vids, its nice to see someone that has an eye for detail and is a perfectionist like myself, i look forward to seeing more in the future and the eventual completion of your BMW. Its going to be a beautiful car i bet.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Timothy, I do hope so!

[@avec-zam7301]

@@RestoreIt same here, all the people in this post could start a company and sell the most loved restauration parts ever. I'm a gunsmith and car mecanic in my lost time on old timer cars and bike's, the way you work satisfacts my mind. Respect and here is my Follow.

[@Doc__Vegapunk]

Man the quality of your work is always top notch. Love the BMW series, I'll see you at 1 million subscribers!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Alex! If I get to 1m subs i'll send you something i've restored. See you there!

[@ghassanalfarra8935]

Someone bought themselves a new speed adjustable bench grinder 😀😀

[@RestoreIt]

A cool company helped me out. They saw my need and came through! :D

[@lhongkho1091]

My first thought too when he adjusted the speed knob

[@Tenkaichibudokai22]

@@RestoreIt you little devil 😈

[@kasi1003]

e30s headlights are really cool looking

[@jdmturbo4947]

Yes

[@RestoreIt]

They make the car what it is :)

[@jdmturbo4947]

Thanks restore it!!

[@dan725]

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[@dave623]

How to rebuild a car with a Dremel tool in 9,756 easy steps.

[@Gharazh]

"Nothing is happening": exactly my 1st experience with glass polishing )

[@durranishaheer-hy6do]

excellent work

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Durrani.

[@umairmehmood1749]

Been following your channel for a long time....love your work....awesome job......cant wait to see the whole car....

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Umiar, much appreciated. I can't either.

[@dolyharianto]

At this juncture I think you're better off buying the laser rust remover, it'd speed things up and you'd get better results. It's super expensive but it'd be worth it I guess.

[@RestoreIt]

Haha, I would love one. But they are serious money...

[@JR1859S]

Just around 300.000 - 800.000 €....seems easy haha

[@nathanf2690]

Great Job! They look awesome. The white stuff in yhe headlight is an old style uv protectant. Which you also forgot to put on. Just giving you a heads up they're going to yellow very fast

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Nathan. Part two coming soon and I'm keeping them in a pitch black box for now haha.

[@maximeemond2009]

glass doesn't yellow

[@nathanf2690]

@@maximeemond2009 I thought he said they were plastic

[@HelpingHandAutoRepair]

Man us here in the states would love a set of smileys. 😊 lucky you they are everywhere.

[@RestoreIt]

I'm sure someone would send some over :)

[@dennisl1171]

So basically this will most likely be the cleanest and nicest running E30 in the UK. Great video

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Dennis! I do hope so, although i'm taking it to Spain so it should't rust again as easily :)

[@Inimbrium]

@@RestoreIt Moving to Spain? Awesome. You won't ever have to worry about your paint not drying properly because of the cold :)

[@grahamefreestone5309]

Nice job again Steve. It might be worth a try on an old spare headlight, but I've polished 4 wristwatch crystals using solvol autosol and it's worked very very well. 👍 🇬🇧

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers as always Ben! Using that didn't actually cross my mind, I will give that a go actually. Thank you!

[@njalulf3523]

Nice video

[@burntorangeak]

Not exactly restoration related; But it's possible to mount aircraft landing lights in the high beam locations for a somewhat factory looking yet incredibly bright upgrade.

[@RestoreIt]

I'm not too sure Burntorangeak. Sounds doable if the aircraft lights are the right size.

[@Iceeeen]

The e30 highbeams do an amazingly good work when they are in good condition even compared to cars produced today. The best upgrade without say a ledbar inside the grill would be a xenon conversion of them.

[@zir786]

i think you'd get better results with using glass cerum polish, with a felt pad. than using bodywork compound

[@RestoreIt]

I think you're right ZIr. I will be doing a part two.

[@ArslanAhmad1]

I remember ...i am also restore same headlights of my E32 back in 2009 😍!!

[@sonyhk3824]

Amazing nice restoration it's a dentist work. Cheers

[@safasahbaz525]

You can clean the inside of the headlights with distilled water and there is some serious glass polish compounds on the market, you can try them and might be get more shine :)

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the advice Safa, i will have look and see whats available.

[@lowliar8489]

e30 intesifies :p

[@bscubed]

Man I get so excited every time I see a new E30 video out. One step closer to a finished beauty!

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Brendan! So, so much more to come before it's done but we'll get there!

[@GenObGuderian]

Is your cabinet for sandblasting build by your own? If yes, which materials did you use?

[@RestoreIt]

Yes, it is and MDF, LOL.

[@leeeeeee2796]

You should apply ceramic coating on them, it gives that oomph after polishing and makes surfaces scrath resistant

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the advice leee! I'll do this in my part 2.

[@leeeeeee2796]

Restore It thank you for the videos !

[@690er7]

Yes, UV-Clear coat.

[@HksF16]

The lens is glass not like modern cars that have polycarbonate lens there wont be a lot of benefits except water sheeting as glass is harder than polycarbonate and wont yellow

[@labellesworkshop]

I love the detail that you provide in your video descriptions. Also, great work on all of the restorations so far, I can't wait to see how the car turns out 👍🏻👍🏻

[@RestoreIt]

Big thanks LaBelle's! Me either!

[@cristian6766]

God domn! If those aren't things of beauty ...i don't know what is! All the best! And good luck with the moving to Spain plans!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Cristian! The Spain move is very much happening now its just a matter of moving over without missing to many uploads! Big thank you mate.

[@cristian6766]

@@RestoreIt My parents and sister moved to Barcelona for nearly the same reason as you did! They own a restaurant there. If you pass thru, you and your wife/girlrfriend will be having a very very delicious dinner there. On me!!! All the best!

[@sezaiaydemir]

Bosh ××■×× Hella ♡♡☆♡♡

[@marcojaric4030]

the best polisher for glass is cerium oxide.

[@RestoreIt]

I have some on the way thanks :)

[@Tonis454]

To polish glass you need Cerium Oxide Powder then the glass will look like new!

[@RestoreIt]

I have some in my Amazon basket, cheers!

[@Pro100Ickpa]

Do you somehow restore the reflectors and lenses? They look a bit dull =(

[@RestoreIt]

I agree with you. I'm going to do a part two working on them more and then coating them in lacquer or something similar.

[@michaelroloff2804]

Wow, every time i saw a new part of your restorations for this E30 i‘ll be more and more amazed about your patience!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Michael. I hope to never run out patience :)

[@rubenolaussen6227]

Restore It I hope our support will help you with that 😄

[@colinmartin9797]

The sad part is that bmw can charge more for components of parts than the entire parts themselves. On my z3 M Coupe I had some dead bulbs in my third brake light. BMW only sold the special bulbs in a $130 pack but the whole light was 110. I wound up desoldering all the incandescent bulbs and replacing them with 17,000MCD LED's and a huge resistor that barely fit in the housing, for a grand total of eight bucks. We gotta get you a powdercoating setup. Powdercoated parts can withstand so much more wear than paint, and you clearly have the skill and detail oriented drive to pull it off. That 3M headlight kit is damned magic for a home mechanic who doesn't have specialty tools. Properly fixes hazing for good with minimal material removal (I've gone back over the sanded light with a thin layer of clear coat and then polished that to build back up a thin lens) but if it's still in the car, be careful to mask off the paint because the sanding discs are quite aggressive. Wet 4 ought pumice is a great way to get that final optical polish on a glass lens. I'd guess the white stuff is a lamination layer or UV, but those lenses don't look like safety glass so i don't know. Did you just degrease or did you condition the plastic shrouds too?

[@mobydoux]

Oh come on ! I wanted to play video games tonight. DAMN. And thanks.

[@RestoreIt]

Haha sorry Jonh!

[@lyonagius1995]

Are you going to build a bmw with all of these bmw restoration parts hahah

[@RestoreIt]

Pretty much yeah! haha.

[@ГОСТЬвременный-г7я]

Красавчик . Всё делает отлично,аккуратно и приятно👍

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you very much АБДУЛЬ!

[@victorpelini5995]

Nice restoration as always, what will you do with these extra headlights '

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Victor! and keep them as spares I guess!

[@zauche81]

@Restore It: The white cloudy staff on the glasses comes from the reflectors gassing out because of the heat. B.t.w.: Really nice job !! ... Enjoy your E30 videos. (since I have two - 83' VVFL 323i Coupe, 90' VFL 325i Cabrio)

[@MegaTroIl]

I really appreciate how you put captions that tell what you are doing, it makes it much more clear and easy to follow. Also, great job on getting the paid sponsorship! I'll gladly watch and click through so you can make some money on these awesome restorations :)

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Jkreider, i really appreciate you telling me that. Means a lot.

[@Anirossa]

Tried today on some hella black E34 headlights I bought, sadly they stayed faded even after the polishing with the 3000 grit pad and the polishing pad, and the rock ships didn't go away, even if spent hours on it, bought the correct sandpaper in 320, 600, 800, 1000, and 1200, but didn't work out, guess I will get some glue and buy some new hella glass lenses or maybe I find some good used ones.. oh well, my normal euro smiles nice too..

[@Bemaritohtori]

I might gues that white stuff is the same kind of heat paste that is used inside electronics to protect them against heat which in this case, comes from the light bulbs. Maybe because they have so little space compared to ones used in todays cars.👍🏻👍🏻

[@rBear1989]

There are special kit for glass polishing, try it with mirka Abralon, then Mirka's polarshine polishing compound 35. And dont forget to clean inner lens (not glass, but one's that focus light). Still nice job!

[@Albert87nl]

"restoreit..... that white stuff on the inside of the lens. can be two things actually... ... burnt coating of a cheap chinese bulbs. now vapor deposited on the inside.... OR the mold release agent used in the production of the glass. (i had this with brand new VW Mk3 Hella DE headlights. that was foggy right out of the box... only way i could 95% remove it. was to remove the glass. thru the oven method. and polish the inside. with glass polish inthis case Ceriumoxide

[@hanswurstusbrachialus5213]

How couldn't you find stock headlight lenses or reflectors? There aso many of them. It's only hard to get yellow hellas or black boschs. Or not even hard, but expensive. The normal headlights are cheap and available, even single parts of them.

[@ДенисДенисов-т6п7у]

Bosch is not the best choice. We must put Hella. They glow better by 20-30% Diffuser (glass) is better to use Hella. The most important thing in the headlights is the reflector. It is better to replace it with used one, but in good condition. Most often reflectors fade from the use of lamps, high power.

[@MrRowan-fl7xz]

The white stuff on the inside is removable, just use some brick sand that u use for making cement for bricks. use that sand in combination with some water, put is in the headlight, and shake it for like 15 minutes. wash it out and let it dry for like 2 hours. when dry your headlights are clean and 100% clear. i do this for years now, please make sure to test this method, and let me know about the result.

[@KostadinDelizhanski]

Why black rings? Should have made them oem look. Also should have rinsed the reflectors first with window cleaner and then with distilled watter and led them dry. Thumbs up for the channel.

[@xraylax]

Nice work! The inside looks Dull still. Use some white birdsand, then waltz and shake it around on the glass inside of the lamp... That will do the trick for most dull e30 headlights

[@1mawesomel1kethat]

How old are you and how long have you been restoring stuff for because you seem pretty young. Also,I hope to see you at 1 mil 😀

[@blkstarohyea]

Finally got your self a variable speed bench grinder 😏

[@RestoreIt]

Yay! I actually love it.

[@toyotacorollagli]

Why his spray booth cam shows 2017 ....hmmmm very strange.... any way love your restoring videos...keep it up

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks man! And the camera is wrong.

[@toyotacorollagli]

😊

[@964tractorboy]

Thanks for the copious notes in the description regarding tools, materials and processes. Invaluable shortcuts!

[@ZacVaper]

Some company or person should donate this guy an ultrasonic parts cleaner and while your at it, throw some cash my way. :)