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Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:25 pm

i got some led strips, drilled the holes in the volvo lip (40 ish each side) and poped the leds in, saves sticking them on :mad:

here are a couple fo pics, in the first they were not on, ill upload them later


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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:15 pm

Nice work Stevie :)
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:21 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Nice work Stevie :)
:rolling: :lol:
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E30BeemerLad wrote:Nice work Stevie :)
:rolling: :lol:
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:23 pm

I can't help liking the orange headlight rings though :o:
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:31 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Nice work Stevie :)
ah you must be the local retard then as thats not my name :wan:
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:35 pm

Rob, as the Joint Zone arbitrator of good taste and decency along with my learned colleague RoyalRatch , I hearby declare that this is not a good look ! :eek:
But congratulations on thinking outside of the box and expressing the truly individual way that your mind works ! :)
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:11 pm

robs e30 eccentric :D
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:24 pm

looks good might go for some on the sport rob
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:39 pm

Bloody hell are they legal !! and what is it with that colour scheme !!
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:35 pm

Ive seen these and they look ace. :cool:
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:07 am

What sort of distance do you get with these on? Would it be a bit like driving with your front fogs on?

I recon it you did them witht he air scoops on the spliter it look pretty good.

Let's face it the e30 never been one for brilliant headlights so any extra help is worth it , but as long as it don't dazzel on comming traffic.
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:23 am

hongkongfuey wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:Nice work Stevie :)
ah you must be the local retard then as thats not my name :wan:
It seems irony is lost...
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suchy wrote: It seems irony is lost...
It's not lost. It's just in the same draw as the plot :P
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:59 am

they look crap on new cars, they look even crapper when retrofitted in random places on old cars :?
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:01 pm

Felix79 wrote:What sort of distance do you get with these on? Would it be a bit like driving with your front fogs on?

I recon it you did them witht he air scoops on the spliter it look pretty good.

Let's face it the e30 never been one for brilliant headlights so any extra help is worth it , but as long as it don't dazzel on comming traffic.
the idea is to make your car more visible to others in daylight, like the twinkly fairy lights on audis and mercs. not that a random black, white and orange e30 needs any help being more visible :D

i doubt they do anything at all to improve overall lighting in the dark
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beemerbird wrote:
suchy wrote: It seems irony is lost...
It's not lost. It's just in the same draw as the plot :P
Oh very witty :D
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toby wrote:
beemerbird wrote:
suchy wrote: It seems irony is lost...
It's not lost. It's just in the same draw as the plot :P
Oh very witty :D
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:38 pm

Goddamit. I'd have spelt 'drawer' correctly if I knew you buggers were going to start quoting me :o:
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:50 pm

its like a mobile hi viz :D spook would like these for up the hill dogging !!

could you not put them in the bumper trim on the lower front edge pointing down ? or inside the bumper pointing down at the angle so totaly hidden
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:32 pm

i can fit these to your Sport if you like polsta,
although higher up on the car would be better imo. it will take a little while longer to drill the 40 holes in your bonnet though winkeye
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:37 pm

well was thining of more to make it like automan's car 8)
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who's? :?
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:02 pm

polsta wrote:could you not put them in the bumper trim on the lower front edge pointing down ? or inside the bumper pointing down at the angle so totaly hidden
Am i missing something? If they're hidden then surely they serve no purpose at all? :mad:
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hongkongfuey wrote:well was thining of more to make it like automan's car 8)
Now theres a blast from the past!!!!!
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:26 pm

CaesarBob wrote:
polsta wrote:could you not put them in the bumper trim on the lower front edge pointing down ? or inside the bumper pointing down at the angle so totaly hidden
Am i missing something? If they're hidden then surely they serve no purpose at all? :mad:
its just polsta trying to be funny :roll:
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harry_p wrote:
Felix79 wrote:What sort of distance do you get with these on? Would it be a bit like driving with your front fogs on?

I recon it you did them witht he air scoops on the spliter it look pretty good.

Let's face it the e30 never been one for brilliant headlights so any extra help is worth it , but as long as it don't dazzel on comming traffic.
the idea is to make your car more visible to others in daylight, like the twinkly fairy lights on audis and mercs. not that a random black, white and orange e30 needs any help being more visible :D

i doubt they do anything at all to improve overall lighting in the dark
Ah like motorbikes having their lights on to help be seen type of thing. I hate them on Audis , think they just look so out of place. Never noticed the new Mercs had them.
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:42 am

frag it, and put you car out of misery.
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:06 am

They suit the car...
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:06 am

Nice :) I have LED Lamps Bolted to the underside projecting through Skull cavitys lighting up up said Skulls in the Eye Sockets :)
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:43 am

hongkongfuey wrote:well was thining of more to make it like automan's car 8)
Get eBaying and bulk buy enough to go around the edges of entire car winkeye
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Nice I have LED Lamps Bolted to the underside projecting through Skull cavitys lighting up up said Skulls in the Eye Sockets
sweet got pics?
frag it, and put you car out of misery.
i'll be dynoing it soon, have some tasty mods
Ah like motorbikes having their lights on to help be seen type of thing. I hate them on Audis , think they just look so out of place. Never noticed the new Mercs had them.
all cars registered from 01/11 have to have them
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suchy wrote:
hongkongfuey wrote:well was thining of more to make it like automan's car 8)
Get eBaying and bulk buy enough to go around the edges of entire car winkeye
:snigger: do they do orange LEDs Chris?
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Gothydude wrote:Nice :) I have LED Lamps Bolted to the underside projecting through Skull cavitys lighting up up said Skulls in the Eye Sockets :)
Need to see pics of this....
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