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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: jamie16v on 29 August 2008, 19:18
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today i decided to tint my headlamps.. after doing the indicators which i made a bit of a mess of.
i had already darkened them by painting in the non needed reflective bits on the inside of the headlamps.. but it didnt look bad enough for me..
here is how it looked before i started this evening..
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0637.jpg)
then dicky came around to my place to sell me some of his lower vents (cant really see them in the pics but theyre cool (also drilled a hole for the ambient temp sensor)..
so after he left i fitted the indicators which i made a mess of then thought "what next"?... so.. out came the headlamps and i tinted the glass..
i didnt want to go too dark so i gave as little coats as i could without it being patchy..
to be honest.. i love it.
here is how it looks now... vents fitted too...
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0641.jpg)
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is this legal? i can see some spoilsports having a go :tongue:
looks good though :smiley:
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u got any bigger pics?
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looks v cool, but arent the lights dimmer?
im on the look out for some new headlights, ideally hella twins or morettes. Kells ones look pretty sweet, wouldnt mind a set like those, but knowing kells they aint standard!!!
LL ;)
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That's the sort of look I'm after :o
Don't wanna risk tinting the lights themselves though lol
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yeah i would imagine theyre slightly dimmer, but theres nothing a HID kit wont sort out.. :)
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if anybody wants to do similar...clicky this link for a guide http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3000249 (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3000249)
I might even do mine at some point??
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looks v cool, but arent the lights dimmer?
im on the look out for some new headlights, ideally hella twins or morettes. Kells ones look pretty sweet, wouldnt mind a set like those, but knowing kells they aint standard!!!
LL ;)
mine are hella twin headlight conversions with smoked glass, and replacement covers painted black like the car, running HIDS too
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i also decided to do the side repeaters too as they looked cheapy blue
now they sort of blend in with the car :smiley:
before
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0638.jpg)
after
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0639.jpg)
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f**k man, you have been busy since i left you lol... i came home, vag comm'd my car and chilled out lol
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look smart, now defo keep em!!!
LL ;)
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Does look good that, any better pics
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Does look good that, any better pics
dont know whats happening really, i am using photobucket and when i use the image code to use on this site they come out smaller for some reason..
beats me... :rolleyes:
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use www.imageshack.us
bigger pics needed
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o.k, will do when i find some time.. :smiley:
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lets try again... :undecided:
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0637.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0641.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0638.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0639.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/citroenaxgtr/100_0642.jpg)
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yeah i quite like the front lamps, pics are MASSIVE now haha
what you done the the rears, smoked them?? you gonna do the front fogs too??
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like the rears and the sides now, really good work.
But the fronts, wow. They look expensive headlight now!
How did you do them again, tint spray and then laquer??
LL ;)
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are them rear ights blue??
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i have same front lights as kells!!!they are mint but sh!t on dipped beam lol need some more powerfull bulbs then 55watts lol
but yeah front headlights look mint jus do fogs an then it will look loads better!!!
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are them rear ights blue??
they were blue...lol..
as for the headlamps its the normal darkening trick but with added window tint spray to the glass itself...
gonna get me some more powerful bulbs though to sort it out...
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LOL told you they'd spot the blue lights lol
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lol you did, but i think they look quite cool now theyre modified a little.. looks different in the flesh..
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they look real good mate may have a go at somthing similar me self! be interesting to know what mr m.o.t and plod think about them though , i suppose they still got all the bs numbers on them so they cant really say 2 much? dunno if they measure the brightness of them i suppose not , iv have some cars that would ave been better if id fitted candles on the front and they were standard!!
as said though hids should sort them!!
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they look real good mate may have a go at somthing similar me self! be interesting to know what mr m.o.t and plod think about them though , i suppose they still got all the bs numbers on them so they cant really say 2 much? dunno if they measure the brightness of them i suppose not , iv have some cars that would ave been better if id fitted candles on the front and they were standard!!
as said though hids should sort them!!
well, been driving with them tonight and theyre not that bad to be honest.. but they are dimmer...
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i saw some very nice dark from lights like this, this weekend at ed38.
Also saw some black tint headlight covers on a seat. They looks hot.
I like this look. sexxxxxy.
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shutup mikester you piss head
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According to this months PVW they reckon the black tights over the rear light clusters is making a come back !!...
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what kinda tint spray did you use , and where from mate ?
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u got any bigger pics?
:grin:
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According to this months PVW they reckon the black tights over the rear light clusters is making a come back !!...
mine, darkened rears
(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1247/rearlights2af7.jpg)
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what kinda tint spray did you use , and where from mate ?
some standard window tint spray from the local motor factors mate.. it cost about 6 quid a tin.