Gen 2 Headlight Bulbs

Also tape, plastic, prep time. My main point is that replacement (but not OEM) headlights are not very expensive for this car, so that swapping them out is not much, if at all, more costly than refinishing a pair all the way through spraying 2K clear coat (safely). I agree that it would be safer to spray outside than in, especially with a slight breeze towards the car and away from the painter. That said, 2K clear coat is still very nasty stuff. The isocyanates it contains are not just irritants, some of them are also carcinogens.

Here in SoCal it would be pretty difficult to do a decent paint job outside. The air is usually dusty since it blows in off the desert and in my experience painting wood with spray cans midge swarms often stick to the work, attracted by volatile elements in the paint. (I think they are midges, in any case, midge sized bugs that fly around in groups of several hundred individuals.)

 

Carcinogens? Just read that eating red meat and processed meat can raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and certain cancers, especially colorectal cancer.

Tape, plastic, prep? Prep and tape for plastic polishing, basically the same. 1.5 mil plastic about $5 worth.

Package 6 sooo my headlights are HID, so swapping out is not that much?
$200 each (but not OEM as you say) = $400.

How did you forget that some Prius are HID?

 

I never looked for HID replacements. Why would the plastic part of the headlamp assembly be more for those than for halogens, assuming neither includes the bulb?

 

You seem befuddled. How is it that you are asking me, you normally always have the answer. Plastic is plastic?

 

I have never seen a Prius headlight assembly with HID bulbs, so don't know how or if it differs from that for halogen bulbs.

 

Groups of several hundred individuals? Geez you're 62 years old? You sound much much younger.