Blown bulb leads to Full HEADLAMP RESTORATION! Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit III - Ep.26

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  • @LCUVR
    @LCUVR 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Another enjoyable video Paul, I'll be sorry when the Rolls project is finished.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Don't worry I think this will continue to be a Rolling Restoration even when it's back on the road.. Rolling ! 😉😊🇬🇧😅

  • @JL-of3db
    @JL-of3db 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice job Paul, the amount of screws and clips I've had to replace due to them been rusty! I want to do a shout out to Mrs Life on Cars due to her always letting you use the kitchen table! I never get that privilege! 😂

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ha ha I do push my luck

  • @melvinphillips786
    @melvinphillips786 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Enjoy watching you work on this car, it's refreshing to see a TH-camr who actually does a proper and thorough job. So far your the only one, please keep it up!

  • @martintaylor8543
    @martintaylor8543 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I am just amazed that you can still get new gaskets and foam rubber strips from the manufacturers. Try getting parts like that for an eleven year old Citroen! Quality obviously wins every time. Very neat job - looks great.

    •  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Can't get that stuff for any Mercedes. All 'no longer available'.

  • @Mark-dm2mb
    @Mark-dm2mb 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Weirdly satisfying when you do something that makes part of the car that nobody will see ( behind the lights) into as new condition. Not to mention making the lights look good as new on the outside. Another really superb job - as befits a Rolls Royce!

  • @1AEROSOL.1PUFF
    @1AEROSOL.1PUFF 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    THAT WAS A GREAT HEADLIGHT RESTORATION TUTORIAL ❤ 😊

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks 🇬🇧

  • @gregbarrass8529
    @gregbarrass8529 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great job , I like your attention to detail little jobs that don't cost a fortune but make a big difference

  • @habsom1406
    @habsom1406 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow, I wasn't expecting such a massive transformation, achieving perfect alignment with sparkling components really does makes this Rolls look showroom fresh. Excellent work, right down to replacing the old screw with a new chrome one. You've managed to take years off it....and I will never tire of seeing that gorgeous paint colour, I think it's what makes this Rolls stand out, it looks so elegant and sophisticated. Well done! 👍 😎

  • @daviddaw999
    @daviddaw999 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    'If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well', that should be your motto.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      👍😉🇬🇧😊

  • @alanchurchill7305
    @alanchurchill7305 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    First class job as always,this is going to be one well sorted rolls when finished,just love your videos,always well explained.

  • @jjaus
    @jjaus 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So happy you're still posting this series. The Spirit is the best looking Roller.

    • @Phil-1969
      @Phil-1969 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fantastic detail to work you have there, you will have the best original RR in the country the way you are going, I always found that osram night breaker H4 head light bulbs gave of the best light

  • @iantomlinson2422
    @iantomlinson2422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    brilliant job as always, loving this car

  • @martinclapton2724
    @martinclapton2724 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Neat job

  •  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Brilliantly thorough job. I swear the front of your Rolls has a brighter smile than before.

  • @mrdainase
    @mrdainase 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's the little jobs like these that make all the difference. Love the vids and subscribed.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks so much 😊

  • @davidhowell5927
    @davidhowell5927 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Another class thorough job! Love your episodes every Sunday 🤩

  • @vinegarjoe9706
    @vinegarjoe9706 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well done, Paul. Another great vid. Attention to detail is so good!!!!! Man after my own heart. I used to spend "unneccessary" hours just to make the job look just right.

  • @richardprice4362
    @richardprice4362 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent video found it so relaxing to watch.

  • @richarddoran3877
    @richarddoran3877 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Another amazing job done. I can't believe you can still get the gasket seals. I much prefer the rectangular headlights on the Rolls Royce, to the round ones seen more on Bentley's. The front end now looks fantastic and very regal.

  • @peterriggall8409
    @peterriggall8409 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Top job as usual Paul. In many respects being hand built makes them easier to work on. Modern robot built cars would not be as easy as that.

  • @bramprins229
    @bramprins229 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Wat a change! Beautiful

  • @Charlies644
    @Charlies644 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent vid love this project

  • @markvincent5241
    @markvincent5241 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome, super satisfying work Paul.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it

  • @johnparnell8571
    @johnparnell8571 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a satisfying job! Well done Paul. I love the way such items on this car can be dismantled down to individual components, cleaned and reassembled with new gaskets and bulbs. Try doing that on most mass produced cars of today! As ever, IntroCar have been brilliant throughout.

  • @robertmurphy5624
    @robertmurphy5624 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Dear Paul: Another great video on the RR Spur III. My Mulsanne S has the first year "back" of the 4 round bulbs for 1989, which are interestingly fog lamps on the interior closest to the grill, and high/low beams on the outside, not 4 separate headlamps. I went to the garage to have a look at them after watching you, but fortunately they seem fine.
    Here in the middle USA we are still digging out from literally one foot of snow last Sunday. It was a little warmer this morning and I opened the garage door and ran my car in the garage a while to warm up the engine and move the car a little forward and back to use the brakes and pressure up the braking system. But it may otherwise be a while before we have dry clear roads to drive on. Patience is a virtue, but it can also be a necessity! Keep up the great channel. -Bobo KC

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you appreciate it

  • @patwilkes4122
    @patwilkes4122 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great job and looking so much better.

  • @fepatton
    @fepatton 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Looking great!

  • @frothe42
    @frothe42 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Getting the Rolls-Royce ready for warmer weather.
    The foam inserts for the headlamp seals I definitely would keep, for you already found a use for them!!
    It looks absolutely fantastic, great job!

    • @frothe42
      @frothe42 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I just want to say that you are amazed at the quality of the pieces of trim.
      When new, this was a very expensive vehicle, manufactured in low numbers, practically hand-built. So of course, Rolls-Royce would demand high quality for each and every piece installed on their motorcars.

  • @datsunruss
    @datsunruss 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Lovely refurbishment. ❤

  • @thevauxhallman7157
    @thevauxhallman7157 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great job done well. I miss not having the glass headlamp lens as trying to keep plastic lens is a never ending job. For easy gasket removal I use label remover from Aerosol Solutions, it's great as I also use it as a degreaser before doing paintwork.

  • @dmcars147
    @dmcars147 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great work. I always like to freshen up head and tail lights on my cars. No one does it, but it really is rewarding and sharpens up those visual angles. Thanks for getting this Rolls up to snuff!!

  • @seansabhaois
    @seansabhaois 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Brilliant job as usual (pun intended) 💡👍😎

  • @bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish
    @bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent job!

  • @victorbox6289
    @victorbox6289 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great work and video as usual, but the moment that new main beam bulb touched the back of your hand it had my OCD worrying off the scale!! 😄

  • @andrewcumming6319
    @andrewcumming6319 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Magic!

  • @nomebear
    @nomebear 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The Rolls is a good as new, and should deliver many years of trouble free driving. Yes, it's near impossible to stop the clock as cars age, but at least is can be slowed with efforts such as this. A well engineered car seems to be a much wiser and sound investment than these new cars which end up in the wrecking yard literally months after they were manufactured. Sure, they are more efficient, but are they any greener in the long run? I can't see it.

  • @hamishcruden7623
    @hamishcruden7623 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wonderful. If someone buys a Spirit your series of videos on bringing it back to life should be compulsory viewing. Once you're done with the car please go find a shadow and do the same again.

  • @ram318yt
    @ram318yt 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That little extension loom for the inner bulbs is because the main loom has connectors for the dual sealed beam units - rectangular for the USA Rolls models, round for the Bentleys.

  • @sychapman1
    @sychapman1 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Crikey, exciting Sunday, headlamp restoration 😂 hope to see the mot sheet soon, get it on the road and drive it like it needs to be. Took my Sprit II out today never knew it had an ice warning. Very alarming as it just stays on all the time in red - ICE

  • @stevenholton438
    @stevenholton438 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tip from Millyard; cut the centre out of your gasket material before the outline!

  • @8052royc
    @8052royc 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Job's a goodun.

  • @Cheezwizzz
    @Cheezwizzz 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Happy New Year 🍾 buddy

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks and you too😉

  • @propulsar
    @propulsar 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great job!

  • @jimcabezola3051
    @jimcabezola3051 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant use of the extra material for those seals! I looked at the stuff and thought, "I'd use that as a 'floor' for one of my single board computer (e.g. Raspberry Pi) projects."
    I recall repainting the reflectors on my 1977 Lancia Beta...wishing...that someone would invent reflectors with a mirror surface. Such as yours! Even new, my German-spec Lancia headlamps worked like...wax candles. Utter rubbish... So help me, I think the sealed-beam U.S. spec versions were probably better.
    That MOT is in the bag now! Aloha!

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's getting there, Aloha !

  • @paulcharlesworth319
    @paulcharlesworth319 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The sponge trim ,just looks like draft excluder for doors.

  • @VicFreg-ck7ef
    @VicFreg-ck7ef 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a difference! Well done. I was wondering if H4 LED headlights are legal in the UK. PIAA makes a nice LED product. I have retrofitted a few of my cars in the US with LED headlights and it is a big difference. In your case, due to the prominence of the Rolls, I would not have done that, as some modifications to the dust boots, etc would be required.

  • @MrGrizfromDidsbury
    @MrGrizfromDidsbury 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    After doing the front headlamps are you now going to give the rear light clusters the same treatment!

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Most likely I won't be able to resist

  • @gary1705
    @gary1705 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great vlog 👀👍 How’s those white wall tyres coming along 😏👀🦘

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Still waiting for stock !

  • @JohnPaul-sg4nx
    @JohnPaul-sg4nx 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another job well done but I personally would have changed your bulbs to led bulbs it gives the vehicle a more modern look and also you can see better in the dark.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unfortunately illegal in UK

    • @ram318yt
      @ram318yt 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@life_on_cars *fortunately* illegal - they're technically illegal in the US too unless they're used in headlights designed for them but the LED manufacturers get away with it by marking them 'for off-road use only' in small print.

  • @fer61e
    @fer61e 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    When is the MOT, I want to see it on the road

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Soon. Maybe March time

  • @michaelwright1852
    @michaelwright1852 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That was a good yjomg cpu did.

  • @sorenfogdenius6393
    @sorenfogdenius6393 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Can the paint inside the lamp generate fumes thats harm the reflector?

  • @NigelLateLifeCrisis
    @NigelLateLifeCrisis 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    37 degrees celcius in the shade, 99.9 % humidity and if you leave tools in the sun you can't touch them after a couple of minutes. It's not all rainbows and lollipops over here in aus 🤣

  • @sorenfogdenius6393
    @sorenfogdenius6393 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Lucas lamp?

  • @TheWaz71
    @TheWaz71 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Awesome job cleaning them up but I was wondering if you ever considered going for the round headlamp conversion kit.🙂

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think Square is more classy

    • @paulgeraghty1448
      @paulgeraghty1448 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rectangular ​@@life_on_cars

  • @opelmonzagse
    @opelmonzagse 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I have noticed that the front bumper blade is in contact with the bodywork on the n/s (passenger) under the headlamp assembly.

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah it's had a nudge I think on that side

  • @skeelo69
    @skeelo69 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Right indicator fitment seems to be a bigger gap at the top .

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That's hand built cars feature 😊

  • @UlrichGronau
    @UlrichGronau 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rusty screws on a Rolls... Unbelievable!!!

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Someone had lost the original

  • @DM-hp7ct
    @DM-hp7ct 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You somehow just seem to be successful in going into the unknown. If that was me I’d have broken a clip, then had to source a replacement and then have trouble re-fitting 😬

  • @Kyfordman1989
    @Kyfordman1989 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This comment will be a little too late for what you’re working on but if you do it again, you may consider LED lights they draw less energy they’re brighter and not as much heat so it would be easier on the headlight chrome just a suggestion

    • @life_on_cars
      @life_on_cars  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Illegal in UK buddy

  • @Charlies644
    @Charlies644 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    And get a can of gt 85 ffs before you tackle any of these old bolts!!!!