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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: tim145tim on 22 February 2008, 11:11
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Hi guys...
Ive recently noticed than my mums L reg 8v has much clearer/cleaner healdlamp lenses than my 1996 gti.
The outsides of them are clean, but they look a bit murky...
I opened the bonnet and unclipped the 2 metal clips on the top of the casing...
This didnt seperate the headlamp casing... it seemed like it was sealed well...
So I thought Id ask whats the best way of cleaning the inside of the lenses on here
Before I go about seperating the lamps with a screwdriver and breaking something.
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I did this yesterday mate.. You take the grill off, it just unclips, theres two bolts on the top of the lamp and two at the bottom, then its off.
Nest you pop the little clips off and i used a hair dryer to seperate the lenses, you heat up the edges of the glass where the silicone is, for a minute or so then gentley prize them apart with a screwdriver. Give then lenses a good clean then put it back on and reheat with hairdryer tomake sure the silcone is re-sealed nicley!
Jobs done..
Rich
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You mean the slatted grill with the badges on?
It just pulls out?
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Thats the one, its just clipped in on the top and bittim, take your time with it though as they can break if your too ruff fella
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Ok will do..
Thanks very much
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Iv painted mine black E-code style, heres a pick givin you a clearer idea mate
(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee68/RiCHiE360uk/LIGHT-1.jpg)
Rich
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cool!
got a pic of what the black ones look like back on the car?
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Not yet mate, will do by the wekeend tho, only finished them last night
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This is a good thread!!! I might do this as i biought a new one for drivers side yesterday, so now my passenger side one jsut doesnt compare.
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Maybe my first sticky :rolleyes:
HaHa :grin: :laugh:
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Brilliant, im going to do this as well now! Love these cheap effective mods.
Did you just paint that part black with a paint brush??
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Brilliant, im going to do this as well now! Love these cheap effective mods.
Did you just paint that part black with a paint brush??
I dont think you use a brush, probably a spray, otherwise you would get brush lines?
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Yeah, might be really difficult to spray though due to overspraying the actual lenses...
Im sure you wouldn't be able to see brush lines any way due to the style of the original lamps ... the lense is all patterned and distorted and isn't clear.
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Yeah, your probably right there actually, im just a bit wearing of using a brush. What paint do you use?
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Smalish paint brush jobbie and i just bought some Matt Black paint form motor world..
A steady hand and some black silicone to re seal them :wink:
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As we speak im on the floor with a hair dryer tryin to sperate the lens from one of my old headlamps, so it dont matter if i break it.
ands it not cumin off, did you use a big screw driver to prise it off?
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Take your time heatin it up.. then just use a wide flat head screwdriver, patience my friend!
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Take your time heatin it up.. then just use a wide flat head screwdriver, patience my friend!
yeah, the dog is more interested in the hair dryer than the head light! lol.
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Easy with the screw driver too as the glass chips REALLY easily. Stripped all 3 sets I've had, infact I've still got the glass off one of them, so if you break one let me know!!
Don't pain't them black though, looks :sick:
If you have to phaff with ordinary lights just smoke the inside of the glass! :wink:
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If you have to phaff with ordinary lights just smoke the inside of the glass! :wink:
How do you smoke them? this is the effect i want, not painted.
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Just buy some lense tint spray from Halfrauds or similar, clean the glass, properly clean the glass then clean it again & just spray from the can! The more coats the darker the lense! :wink:
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Just buy some lense tint spray from Halfrauds or similar, clean the glass, properly clean the glass then clean it again & just spray from the can! The more coats the darker the lense! :wink:
Aha, i was right, you do spray them, cheers 88. I think i might do this. Would look better on a darker car.
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No worries dude, just make sure they're clean!
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Smoked glass will look :sick: 88mph..
The inerior unit painted black may not be to your taste but most of the nicest black golfs i see have them and you can buy them already done like this and there called E-codes and cost the earth!
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Smalish paint brush jobbie and i just bought some Matt Black paint form motor world..
A steady hand and some black silicone to re seal them :wink:
how were you rite mikester? the dude said how he did it!lol!
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If you spray the glass you will end up with a black peice of glass as your head light.....
Niiiiiiiiiiice :grin: :huh:
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looking cool rich, nice work :wink:
Ecode name is actually what the yanks call our standard lights, as they are E coded (european) just thought id throw that one in (have a vw mate over in the states :laugh:)
they dont have the same headligh units as us or headlight switches either, they go mad for our spec
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E-Code just means european light dude, just the yanks name for them!! :wink:
Someone (on vortex I think?!) smoked the headlights, also available 'off the shelf' :rolleyes: & I think the look better than E-Codes. Just my opinion, & no, smoked tint spray doesn't give you 'black glass' for a headlight.
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Never seen a set of smoked headlights that dont look totally gash and just like black/dark glass.
E codes are also what people over here call smoked standard lights as they were only released in the states