Smoked Headlamps & Rear

[god-father88]

How can i go about smoking my front lamps aswell as rear lights?! Cheers Tarun

[bmbartlett]

theres loads of threads on here about doing that mate, do a simple search, also theres these guides

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ked_Hellas

[bmbartlett]

http://e30.bmwdiy.info/red-tails/index.html

[JWaller360]

I'm on the hunt for some MHW ones at the moment (tail lights) after seeing this picture:





Found some on german eBay, will have to see how much they go for.

[bryvw1973]

i smoked my rear lights today had a spare 5mins and a rattle can of that tint stuff looks pretty good as ive not gone silly with it.im thinking of trying it on the front but couldnt be bothered to take the lights out today might have a go at the weekend heres a pic of back ones

[god-father88]

i smoked my rear lights today had a spare 5mins and a rattle can of that tint stuff looks pretty good as ive not gone silly with it.im thinking of trying it on the front but couldnt be bothered to take the lights out today might have a go at the weekend heres a pic of back ones

looking good mate!..

Cheers the rest of you lot! much appreciated it!

[snowmaan]

let us know how it go's with the front lights as this was the road i was thinking of going down.
i have never had much luck with sticky films

[god-father88]

LOL! snowmaan im just going to spray that film on the inside! JOB DONE!

[snowmaan]

spray the inside?
take of the glass?

[god-father88]

One of mates did his 320i ones! he just removed the glass from the front sprayed the surround!..Looked the dogs b*****ks!

[Dave_M3]

Once you have the glass off, its just as easy to do them properly...


Here is a set I made for a mate...




I'm looking for a set of smoked MHWs too. Missed out on a set that a friend had that he swapped for a Tec 2 steering wheel

[snowmaan]

they look the muts nuts

[god-father88]

lol! true! look nice dude!..just worried about removing the glass! i under it involves glueing it back on!

[Dave_M3]

glueing it back on is the easy part. its removing it in the first place is the tricky part!

[god-father88]

oh crap! you wanna do em for me! cash waiting! LOL!

[Dave_M3]

Haha...If you like, yeah. But Kinda busy at the moment so could be a while.

Postage aross the Irish sea is the tricky bit though

[god-father88]

ok mate kool! How much you think the postage might be!

[polsta]

personly dont like the smoked lights, think it takes away that instantly recognisable old school twin headlight beamer look

[Rav335uk]

I can do them for you, i'm doing 2 sets at the moment, or I can send out a set in exchange for yours PM me if your interested.

[snowmaan]

personly dont like the smoked lights, think it takes away that instantly recognisable old school twin headlight beamer look

don't you think it gives them a look reminiscent of the Charger/GTO if you de chrome the grill and smoke the lights??

both cars i grew up watching on the telly box

[Dave_M3]

I can do them for you, i'm doing 2 sets at the moment, or I can send out a set in exchange for yours PM me if your interested.

Much better idea!!!

No point give An-post and the bank money for posting stuff and changing money from sterling into euros

[Rav335uk]

I can do them for you, i'm doing 2 sets at the moment, or I can send out a set in exchange for yours PM me if your interested.

Much better idea!!!

No point give An-post and the bank money for posting stuff and changing money from sterling into euros

I've read that 3 times above and it don't make sense to me
I will do an exchange on these or I can sell outright the nes I have done, plus cash, oh that's the bit I forgot.

[Dave_M3]

Lol, must have been thinking about something else while typing that!!!

What it should have said and meant was....

No point giving An-post (our crappy post service) money for getting the lights across the sea and the bank or pay-pal a little bit for converting currencies

[Rav335uk]

True

[bryvw1973]

i finaly got round to tinting my headlights today i didnt remove them in the end i just removed the grill and masked off
im happy with the results maybe a bit dark im not sure

[Dave_M3]

Won't the lighting power deteriorate by doing it that way though?

[FMH]

I will have about 4 sets by next week.

[mrLEE30]

Won't the lighting power deteriorate by doing it that way though?

if you read my "how to" article it is explained how the light is not affected

[snowmaan]

I will have about 4 sets by next week.

how much for a set???

[FMH]

I will have about 4 sets by next week.

how much for a set???

£80ono

[snowmaan]

i will send you a pm when i get back to the uk ( this weekend i hope )

[aceraf]

i finaly got round to tinting my headlights today i didnt remove them in the end i just removed the grill and masked off
im happy with the results maybe a bit dark im not sure

did you just spray the outside of the lights???

That's not the way to do it as you're reducing the light output.

The correct way is to tint the lights from inside so you retain the lights full capabilities. There's a guide on here for those who want to do it themselves, alternatively have a look at my for sale advert using the link in my signature for a set that's already done (and done well).

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[bryvw1973]

yeah i know its not done the best way but the tint is about the same as a set of genuine hella smoked quad headlights ive got kicking about so my theory was if hella can do it so can i

[bryvw1973]

oops upon closer inspection of said hella lights it would appear that hella actually tint them in the same way you guys have not the rough half arsed way i have

[kam325itouring]

lamin-x them i just done mine today looks good and its quite thick so it act like a protectant film too. im impressed with the stuff, im going to do my fogs later in the week.