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Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

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Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by dpbayly » Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:09 am

I've been desperate to change my front lights as I hate the orange part and the dated look but the ones I want I'm struggling to find anywhere that have them in stock,

So I had a chat with a chap who sells this headlight tint film who I bought some off a couple of years back to tint the lights out on my TT:

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I loved the look but it did limit the light out put so didn't stay on for long

After talking to the bloke he was talking about this new stuff he sells that is much lighter so I popped over and collected some as well as a small section of the old darker stuff,

when I got home I removed my lights and first used the darker stuff to at first cover the orange lens:

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but then decided to use the dark stuff to cover the entire indicator and then used the lighter stuff to cover the whole light:

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as you can see the you can still see inside the light unlike the TT where it is so dark.

I also covered the fogs here's one tinted one not:

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Here's a pic showing the lights on one tinted one not

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As you can see there's no real difference.

I took a few pics of the light output on  the road (it looked better than the camera makes out as I couldn't stop the camera dimming when taking the pic)

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Here they are in day light:

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Now I've carried out this little cheap mod I now really like the way it looks and as the light output seems relatively unchanged I might put off changing the lights.

The next little mod I carried out today was fitting my 20mm rear spacers which my brother-in-law knocked me up free of charge (he owns an engineering company) also 2 spigot rings as my new wheels were missing 2:

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before fitting:

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after:

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before:

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after:

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well that's it....
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Re: Yet a few more bits done

Post by B1GGM » Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:31 am

Those lights are brilliant, great idea well executed!

Desperately need to rid mine if the orange too!

Cheers

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Re: Yet a few more bits done

Post by dpbayly » Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:39 am

Thanks,

Here's a link to the the guy I got the film from, he's only 15mins up the road from me so I just popped round, the stuff listed is the new lighter stuff but if you wanted some of the darker stuff too message him the chaps name is Ryan.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220981819685? ... 1423.l2649

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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by Jamee » Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:59 pm

can i ask what bulbs you got?
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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by dpbayly » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:41 pm

The sidelight bulbs are just some ebay specials led 501's and the dip beam in the pic are halfords ultra blue H7's

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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by Jamee » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:06 pm

halford jobbies???...they seem pretty good to me, good find.
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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by Jamee » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:10 pm

i take it the tint film is on the outside of the lights??...any worry that it will come off when washing??
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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by shadrack » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:16 pm

[quote="dpbayly"]
The sidelight bulbs are just some ebay specials led 501's and the dip beam in the pic are halfords ultra blue H7's
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what so there not hids? ,ight get some for the best transit van!
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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by dpbayly » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:19 pm

[quote="Jamee"]
i take it the tint film is on the outside of the lights??...any worry that it will come off when washing??
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Yep outside, Ive pressure washed it twice since fitting and no issues

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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by Jamee » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:23 pm

So is it just normal window tint then?
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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by dpbayly » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:29 pm

[quote="shadrack"]
[quote="dpbayly"]
The sidelight bulbs are just some ebay specials led 501's and the dip beam in the pic are halfords ultra blue H7's
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what so there not hids? ,ight get some for the best transit van!
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Nope just ultra blue H7 Halfords bulbs in the pic

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Re: Yet a few more bits done (headlights tinted and rear wheels spacers)

Post by dpbayly » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:30 pm

[quote="Jamee"]
So is it just normal window tint then?
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Nope It's designed for lights, here's the stuff I got:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220981819685? ... 1423.l2649

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