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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:06 pm 
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heres a pic of my tinted lights - i only did a thin coat to hide the yellowing, i think i used nightshades

 

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:09 pm 
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I think you like to be defected and fined actually.

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:13 pm 
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had police drve by and one looked at them in the breatho - but i think he was more impressed with the blue led dash mod :shock: :wink:

and when you consider what headlights look like now...

 

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:16 pm 
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had police drve by and one looked at them in the breatho - but i think he was more impressed with the blue led dash mod :shock: :wink:


Well in the worst case you get a fine and a defect, and have to make them back to original, does look good though :P

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:22 pm 
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its been like it for more than 6 months - the pic is a little dark though - the grill should look ford dark blue, heres a side view

 

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:47 pm 
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Yeah BA headlights are cool :twisted:

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:52 pm 
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stuff that, the headlights are piss weak enough as it is! and a bit of high grade wet and dry gets rid of the yellow. i've only ever had to do it once in 2 years
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:58 pm 
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yeah i was thinkin that but i drive in the city mostly (who needs headlights to see in the city??) plus im gonna get spots soon for when i need em - the other thing is when i put the clear side repeaters in i might clean up the headlights then. just wanted to see how it looked...then got lazy :wink:

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:34 pm 
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looks alright, what product did u use to tint them?? (brand etc...)

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:38 pm 
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i think its called Nightshades or sumtink like that

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:12 pm 
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cool, thanks for that... :D

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:27 pm 
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so does it affect the actual head light? is it not as bright??? and what about lighting up the road? does that decrease?

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:33 pm 
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i only gave it a light mist so its not too bad.... just at twilight - but thats not usually a good time anyway. High beam is still good

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:35 pm 
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cool, looks good, dunno how that would turn out on a red car, on a white car it looks awesome though!

 

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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:25 am 
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yea.. i used the stuff on my tailights... VHT Nightshades... u can get it at most auto stores... i ended up gettin new tailights tho....

 

 

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