Blackeye Headlights - Yay Or Nay ?
#47
In fact, I am a bit of a blackeye whore!!
Along came my first focus, I blacked the headlights out straight away, was one of the first to do it on the focus owners club,
Then I bought a set of facelight headlights, and smoked those before fitting;
Then I bought this with the factory xenons;
and quickly did this to it, which was a bum clenching moment at a few hundred pounds per headlamp unit;
And now I'm trying to pluck up the courage to do the same to this!
Rich
Along came my first focus, I blacked the headlights out straight away, was one of the first to do it on the focus owners club,
Then I bought a set of facelight headlights, and smoked those before fitting;
Then I bought this with the factory xenons;
and quickly did this to it, which was a bum clenching moment at a few hundred pounds per headlamp unit;
And now I'm trying to pluck up the courage to do the same to this!
Rich
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same here mate and really like the look and my rears are the smoked 1's and might get smoked side repeaters and fronts too how is it done how do you get them apart and what paint to use so on ?
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then you get t-cut to buff off the chrome inside of them, reheat the glue and stick them back on
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I dont know how the escort ones come along.Have a look to see if there is any clips holding the class to the rest of the lamp.Im sure they dont have clips though.
AHHHHH Rich170 how is my little storker doing lol.
AHHHHH Rich170 how is my little storker doing lol.
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Your not gona give up about the black wheels are you lol. once its lowered, debadged, smoked side repeaters and the windows tinted, it will all come together, this is an idea of what it will look when done
Pal did a photoshop
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Aye mate, gives an idea of what it will look like once i get it how i want it, lowered, debadged, tinted windows, smoked side repeaters, colour coded handle on the boot. going for the stealthy nightrider type look, aka, murdered out, as they say in the 'hood' lol
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Crack i think fella, because the more i look at them, the more im thinking yay, plus it seems most think that they look better. i wasnt too sure at first mind, plus ive seen them a lot of other mondys and thought not my cup of tea, mine is the first black one ive seen them on though, and i do think they suit black cars.
Cheers for the comments gents
Cheers for the comments gents
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Tough one mate, i think red and black go well together, and black and black, but was looking at a mates 200 yesterday with blackeyes, and i didnt really like them against the racing blue paint tbh, they did look better than the standard lights though, so was defo an improvement, but i have a genuine dislike for the standard headlights, far to big imho.
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black eyes look great, I had a set on my ST24 and they really help make the massive lights look smaller.
When you lower the car make sure you lower the front more than the rear as the shape of the front arch makes it look higher. I lowered my ST24 40mm all round on koni springs and I could have easily gone another 5 or 10mm on the front. I was told it would settle but I was never really happy with how it looked side on. I have a feeling some makes of lowering spring kits you can buy for the Mk2 are 40mm rear, 50mm front.
When you lower the car make sure you lower the front more than the rear as the shape of the front arch makes it look higher. I lowered my ST24 40mm all round on koni springs and I could have easily gone another 5 or 10mm on the front. I was told it would settle but I was never really happy with how it looked side on. I have a feeling some makes of lowering spring kits you can buy for the Mk2 are 40mm rear, 50mm front.
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black eyes look great, I had a set on my ST24 and they really help make the massive lights look smaller.
When you lower the car make sure you lower the front more than the rear as the shape of the front arch makes it look higher. I lowered my ST24 40mm all round on koni springs and I could have easily gone another 5 or 10mm on the front. I was told it would settle but I was never really happy with how it looked side on. I have a feeling some makes of lowering spring kits you can buy for the Mk2 are 40mm rear, 50mm front.
When you lower the car make sure you lower the front more than the rear as the shape of the front arch makes it look higher. I lowered my ST24 40mm all round on koni springs and I could have easily gone another 5 or 10mm on the front. I was told it would settle but I was never really happy with how it looked side on. I have a feeling some makes of lowering spring kits you can buy for the Mk2 are 40mm rear, 50mm front.
Most of the normal kits, PI,GMAX, JAMEX etc lower the same front and back, but im sure i have seen kits that lower the front more, because as you say, they do sit higher at the front.
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Told you lol. trust me, once its all done and how i want it, it will all come together, at the minute, it looks a bit hit and miss, but its only half way there.
Ginge, never seen them on a scoob before, looks canny like