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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:03 pm

im going to smoke my front lights today, do you reckon i can get away with just leaving them in place and just covering up the surrounding area?

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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:06 pm

You mean just spraying the front of the lense? PLEASE don't, and definatly not as dark as those rear lights in you signiture. You would make the candle headlights 10 times worse!
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:08 pm

na, i didnt do the rear lights, they were like that when i got the car.

but i will only be slightly tinting the the fronties hehe :D:D do you reckon i can get away without taking them out? :D
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:11 pm

no mate, undo them and you have to prize the glass off, clean, spray inside and oven bake them for a short time :- results... a cheap good looking set of smokies
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:17 pm

does the glass pop on and off?

how long do i bake them for and on what temp? and what on earth will i use to get them out of the bloody oven :D
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:18 pm

What spray is best to use? I have got my lenses off ready.

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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:19 pm

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... hhella.htm


all related info is in the llink, does no-one ever go to the main webpage :lol:
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:57 pm

i think he was just gonna spray the outside of the lenses with smoked paint 8O
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:04 pm

Tinting your headlights ??????
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Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:13 pm

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Post Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:58 am

yea, i did want to do that jhonno. can i get away with leaving the lights in place and then just cleaning and spraying them?
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Post Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:14 am

jon_pure_british wrote:yea, i did want to do that jhonno. can i get away with leaving the lights in place and then just cleaning and spraying them?
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go read the article mate its the only way you can do em and still see things at night :D
do it your way and youl fail mot and probably crash and kill yaself as soon as your out in the dark fella

failing that hunt down some real smoked hella,s
but be prepared to pay some big dollar :roll:
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Post Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:45 pm

i dont wanna pay at all :D

but i think i will leave it til i can maybe get my head around with all this baking the lights..etc :O:P:)
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