E30 Zone

I am debating on tinting my headlights, so I've done a quick Photoshop and would like some opinions

DONT DO IT!!!

the previous owner on my car tinted the headlights and now they are like candles in jam jars, seriously its dangerous!!!

Don't tint them that dark - a subtle tint is enough imo. And if you use HIDs and not normal bulbs you shouldnt see any difference in light output.

The tint you've done in photoshop is definitely too dark. I have mine smoked and am very happy with them though.

dude go here....

http://www.lamin-x.co.uk/


and buy the tint film... then if you don't like... just peel off

i just bought some yellow for my touring

I have HID's so not worried about that, and I am looking at flyeyes tint at the moment.

The_Haywood wrote:dude go here....

http://www.lamin-x.co.uk/


and buy the tint film... then if you don't like... just peel off

i just bought some yellow for my touring

I've heard about that, but flyeyes lets more light through, Ive read some good reviews about it

Why not do DIY smoked headlights.. Much better option

Smoked headlights suit the car though

do it .. you know you wanna .. Kemix.. it was you who put me on to flyeye kit's


my mate used LaminX and his light's have been dulled right down, with the flyeye in mine i'd say the beam is not as long as it was but there is still far more light through them than the LaminX

Smoked

320iAN wrote:do it .. you know you wanna .. Kemix.. it was you who put me on to flyeye kit's


my mate used LaminX and his light's have been dulled right down, with the flyeye in mine i'd say the beam is not as long as it was but there is still far more light through them than the LaminX

I think I will go for it Yeah, I have been looking a flyeyes for ages just never actually baught any. I will get some pics up when ive done it

I did mine dark at first thinking it would look ok....it didnt
Light smoked is perfect though and suits Red well.
Oh im using Laminex with HiDs and have no complaints about the light output

Smoked looks much better

tbh my headlights are crap as they are I wouldn't want to tint them as I might as well use a match to light the way!

OEM fella

or is it a council look you are after?
You have a nice clean, straight car its the knowing when to stop messing about that sorts the wheat from the chaff.

you may want to address the issues with the front indicator lenses while your thinking of what else to do. OEM and orange

just my two pence worth

TouringTash wrote:you may want to address the issues with the front indicator lenses while your thinking of what else to do. OEM and orange

just my two pence worth

+1

why the f*ck would you want to reduce the light helping you see the road ahead. Stupid

No he's fitted hids already blag and no doubt feels bad about adding to burnt retinas.

Hmm. I have a spare set of orange indicator lenses and a chrome grill (thanks to adit) for those days i want to go back to that much loved 'oem homo' look! I will also be keeping my original BBS when I get my deep dish

Get some proper smoked hellas

If I had a money tree I would mate!

Kemix wrote:I am debating on tinting my headlights, so I've done a quick Photoshop and would like some opinions

kemix its your car and only you can make your mind up on how you want it, if you like it then go for it,

Tinted IMO

Tint them if you like, but do it the proper way, like the proper smoked Hellas, not by sticking shite to the lenses.

Personally I think the front grille and lights define the e30 shape which is why I've swapped back from smoked Hellas to standards, and why I don't like black kidneys any more either.

gotta be the diy way with the x hairs,

the vote should read 11 tinted - 12 not tinted at this point but my laptop is a pric and i didnt see that it had marked the wrong box

anyway, my '2 pence worth' is its your car and if you think it looks good then do it. i will be doing mine the same (tinted) but... may i suggest you do your fog light lenses aswel, that would look kool and suit your car

also this ''council'' shit is just utter crap! a judgemental and un called fro stereotype if you ask me, people who refer to this do my nut right in .

Jhonno wrote:Why not do DIY smoked headlights.. Much better option

Smoked headlights suit the car though

+1 if your going to do it, do it properly..

Leave the laminx for the halfords crew

To be honest I think the crosshairs look terrible, I've seen many E30's with the crosshairs and you can blatently see them in the lense (+) and also if your looking at the wrong angle the lights don't look tinted at all!

I've got lamin-x subtle smoke film on my headlights and run HIDs. Easily enough light to see with and I feel a bit better that I've lowered the light output a bit because I'm sure it's pretty painful for oncoming traffic!

An added bonus is it supposedly protects the lenses from getting cracked by stones...