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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:44 pm

cool! :clap:
Can you buy those type of lamps for E30s?
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:50 pm

no it is something ill bye in germany called coldkatode and then ill have a lot of passion and take the glass off my headlight,but im beginning to sell some headlights whit these katodes in
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:51 pm

have you got a pic at noght so can see what there like in dark??
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:57 pm

trying to take pic later
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:09 pm

They look good :thumb:

Maybe a night pic from a bit of a distance away so both sets can be seen, something like in your avatar.
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:51 pm

How difficult is it to do this? I'd love to have a go :)
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:53 pm

They look good winkeye
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:54 pm

cool winkeye winkeye
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:06 pm

mate!! i will pay you to make me a set like yours,PLease :eek:
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:08 pm

i echo wilson
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:11 pm

pending a nite time pic and if you turn em black while your at it i may have a set too :cool:
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:19 pm

dazleeds wrote:pending a nite time pic and if you turn em black while your at it i may have a set too :cool:
and throw in a xenon conversion too while your there, all of that for Ԛ£50? bragain!
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:26 pm

Simon13 wrote:and throw in a xenon conversion too while your there, all of that for Ԛ£50? bragain!
dnt pay attention the this cheeky so and so :hammer: am being serious 8)
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:08 pm

how much u after for doing a set
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:21 pm

318-is wrote:how much u after for doing a set
yes how much are you after??? i will suply lights that you will work on :notworthy:
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:23 pm

now there top! yeah how much?
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:30 pm

:D the coldkatode sets cost 60 pound +shipping and the clear front light 140 pound + shipping
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:40 pm

how difficult is it to do if i get sum of those cokatode things
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:47 pm

actually i take back my joke and say they look spot on, and would also look very good in my smoked lights with xenons! U can never have enough on work done on your lights lol

I would be interested if u can sort out a price for a kit and postage

well done mate! :thumb:
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:52 pm

im up for a kit. what sort of money? and can an idiot do it??? winkeye
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:08 pm

hehe now i have too contact my friend johono,he can translate for me a little bit better,but if you have some headlights old ones try too separate them first because it can be diffycult.
im warming the metal/glass up with a heating pistol and use a stanley knife too cut the kit betwen glass/metal and the one with plastic im just cut with a dremel
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:50 pm

Hello Mate ;)

Mighty impressive are the lights, ive seen a few of the units and theyԚ´re well made.

colourwise, i think there is the blue, white, yellow(quite light yellow though) and red.

Separating the glass is easy.. i have a recipie here.


winkeye

Start by asking a grownup to help u , you will need

Your lights, an oven and a butter knife :)

U need to separate the Upper section from the lower, simply 3 longish screws (hella unit) and separate.

Place item in A COLD OVEN!!! oven at turn on to 125 degrees Celcius,

Allow to warm for 30mins, it wont get Very hot, just a gentle roasting


After warming, switch off oven and with the unit Still in the oven, wrap as best as possible all exposed areas of the unit with a dry towl (any damp or sudden cold will cause the glass to fracture.. not good)

when wrapped and still resting in the oven, take the round tipped knife, and "press-peel" the edge of the plastic around the lense edge.

You should be able to locate the seal easily,. use the knife to separate the glass from the plastic with a light "edging" motion. DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT ALL FROM ONE SIDE ONLY : IT WILL CRACK .

after a few rotations, the glass should separate sufficiantly to allow an edge to prise up and peel the glass off.

Once removed, leave in the oven to cool. if u remove it the temp difference may crack it.

feel like im at work :roll: :lol:
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Benno!, Det ser fjong! Og sÃÂ¥ kan du mÃÂ¥ske tjene lidt fra de here ogsÃÂ¥? ;)

Jeg tager kun 5 % winkeye
Hilsen! og jeg fik et glass fra Fæhunden! den here i billede, delt op nemt nok, og brugt ikke stanlyen, kun almendlig smør kniv ;P

men lygte delen skal holdes i ovnen til det køles helt fuldstendig af, ellers so rive den :(

Op med de Danske!! ;)
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:30 pm

okay guys
shipping 1kg is 17 pound
shipping 6kg is 22 pound
up too 1 kg for the katodes
up too 6 kg for the crystalheadlight
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:33 pm

Those are the most impressive angel eyes I've seen, top marks to you.......and no offence meant to everyone else that has done it.
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:45 pm

I don't mean to piss on your fire mate, but anything other than white isn't UK road legal.

With you being in Denmark it's probably okay, but the guys in the UK will get pulled by PC Prick and/or fail an MOT test.
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:49 pm

aha, didnt think of that.. but his are independantly controlled, so they arnt pemanently on with the normal running lights if u dont want them to be


(also means u can run the angels alone)
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:09 am

here in denmark it is also not legal but as johono says i can turn it on and off when i like,and the katodes you can get in white,green,blue and red
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:31 am

Those look very cool man, well done. looks very cool
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:17 am

hey,

those look really nice.

for anyone interested of making them theirselves. this is how to to do it.
in the manual we are not using the dde rings, but the process should be the same.

good luck.

http://www.r2motorsport.nl/bestanden/angelreport.pdf
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:46 pm

thanks jimmy
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:04 pm

Whoah, just had a bit of a double take. My brother's name is Benno and I've never met anyone else with that name. 8O
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:55 pm

hehe
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Wed May 13, 2009 1:12 am

Nice looking car you have in your avatar benno!
Any other pictures around?
Interested in this type of hood opening
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