headlight trim straightening

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headlight trim straightening

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anyone know of a place that could take a couple of imperfections out of my headlight stainless trim around the headlight it's in pretty good shape except for a couple of bends. I don't want to just start banging on it and make it worse.
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Re: headlight trim straightening

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Glenn, There was a thread about badge repair a while back on the AMCA forum. Chris Haynes recommended a Jeweler in Texas. He did a great Job on those, I don’t see why he couldn’t handle your request. Bob L
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Re: headlight trim straightening

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Glenn!

Bezels are easy to straighten if you have the tools
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Love it Cotten!!
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Re: headlight trim straightening

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Cotten wrote:Glenn!

Bezels are easy to straighten if you have the tools
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It's even a tool made by AMF!
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Panacea wrote:It's even a tool made by AMF!
Alas,

I regret that the tool, although weathered, is not of appropriate vintage.
The bezel pictured is for John Brown Motolamp, ca '30-'32, Henderson probably.

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Re: headlight trim straightening

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this is the stainless stamped Hydra Glide trim not the bezel, I'll look up chris's thread and call the guy in texas thanks all
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I wonder what it would cost to fix this one.
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I wonder what it would cost to fix this one.
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Just whatever a couple rounds of buckshot would cost!
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RUBONE wrote:
I wonder what it would cost to fix this one.
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Just whatever a couple rounds of buckshot would cost!
Robbie
Everybody's a critic.

Somebody's Grandfather put a lot of love into that artifact.

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PS: Wouldn't birdshot be more appropriate?........... .. ....
Now I am starting to contemplate what a shot-peened surface would look like.
Thanks Robbie!
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