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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 22:33

Title: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 22:33

Are mk4 headlight lens glass or plastic?? Also can you get lens on its own... Looking do joey mod  :smiley:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: daz veedub on 30 January 2012, 22:34

think there glass mate

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 22:36

Damn then will be right pain using heat gun get em off without breaking them. I hope can get just lens for em cant seem find em anywhere tho  :undecided:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: Wazzzer on 30 January 2012, 22:40

http://www.eurowagens.com/en/vw/golf-4-bora/headlight-lens-vw-golf-mk4-off-side-right.html

http://www.eurowagens.com/en/vw/golf-4-bora/headlight-lens-vw-golf-mk4-near-side-left.html

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 22:42

Quote from: Wazzzer on 30 January 2012, 22:40

http://www.eurowagens.com/en/vw/golf-4-bora/headlight-lens-vw-golf-mk4-off-side-right.html

http://www.eurowagens.com/en/vw/golf-4-bora/headlight-lens-vw-golf-mk4-near-side-left.html

Wikiddd thanks waz gona get ordering keep them just incase :grin:

Will normal black spray do for spraying them or needs be tint spry?

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: Wazzzer on 30 January 2012, 22:59

if you want them the same as the anni lights then use gloss black. Make sure you take out the surround inside and give it a good going over with some 800 grade paper then spray it with some plastic primer. Spray the whole of the surround top and bottom, if you miss any chances are you'll see it through the lens once it's back together. Are yuo looking at spraying the parts around the reflectors as well or just the surround like the anni lights?

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 23:04

No planing spray all off it inside bud.. Right so plastic primer it and then gloss black spray should do it will need laquer too  :wink:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: Wazzzer on 30 January 2012, 23:16

I've never bothered with lacquer. Be careful masking up the reflectors, get yourself some low tack masking tape to go on them first to stop it pulling the chrome off, then use something waterproof over that as the black will find a way through...

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 30 January 2012, 23:21

Koolio i had a how to somewhere how spray and what mask somewhere cant find it  :angry: so ill have to mask the reflectors off i see some guys spray that too whole headlight completely black inside :undecided:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: iansabf on 31 January 2012, 10:25

Let me know how you get on with your lights. I really wanna do mine but slightly dubious of the quality for the replacement lenses. I've read somewhere you can't get the lenses off oe mk4 headlights without smashing them off!? So have been reluctant to even touch my lights  :undecided:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: navmk4gti on 31 January 2012, 11:29

Quote from: iansabf on 31 January 2012, 10:25

Let me know how you get on with your lights. I really wanna do mine but slightly dubious of the quality for the replacement lenses. I've read somewhere you can't get the lenses off oe mk4 headlights without smashing them off!? So have been reluctant to even touch my lights  :undecided:

They newd to be put in oven mate or use heat hun get glue soft to take lens off bud. Ill take some pics of how i get on make post on here will be starting it tomorow  :smiley:

Title: Re: Quick headlight q's
Post by: Toby on 31 January 2012, 19:40

Ill order them aswell at some point  :laugh: