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Whats the deal on using tint spray (like from halfrauds) to tint the headlights?
I was thinking of buying a new set of lights (+ smoked indicators) and attempting to tint them to the same degree as the indicators (i mean the slightly smoked ones, not the full on black ones)

Any ideas? Has it been done before?

helios1 wrote:Whats the deal on using tint spray (like from halfrauds) to tint the headlights?
I was thinking of buying a new set of lights (+ smoked indicators) and attempting to tint them to the same degree as the indicators (i mean the slightly smoked ones, not the full on black ones)

Any ideas? Has it been done before?

Err don't want to rain on your parade but I think it would be unwise to tint the headlights - As much light on the road at night as you can get is a good thing!!!

If you want to get a smoke finish uniform accross the headlights and indicators get some headlight lens protectors and tint them for day time use only - maybe!!!

bstardchild wrote:Err don't want to rain on your parade but I think it would be unwise to tint the headlights - As much light on the road at night as you can get is a good thing!!!

If you want to get a smoke finish uniform accross the headlights and indicators get some headlight lens protectors and tint them for day time use only - maybe!!!

Nah thats fair enough, your probably right, i was thinking of getting brighter bulbs also? i only wanted to tint them a bit, like in my sig pic.
I was thinking the bulbs it would counteract the tint?

why not try separating the headlights and painting the inside???

then use bright xneon bulbs?

mitch

M1 TCH wrote:why not try separating the headlights and painting the inside???

then use bright xneon bulbs?

mitch

Yeah but doesn't the reflective stuff on the inside reflect the light from the bulbs? which bit do you mean?

thats the bit i meant.....lol

surely a brighter bulb would do the job though?

what about using some kind of black-chrome tint and sticking that onto the reflective bit? that would still reflect...

i may even atempt myself if i get some spare lights.....

mitch

Don't know any of the laws in GB, but it's illegal to do in Holland, cause it fucks up your light at night

I was thinking of getting some new lights, taking them apart and spraying the very front part of 'em, as in the bits that aren't reflected from the lights but are in contact with the glass, know the bit i mean?

helios1 wrote:I was thinking of getting some new lights, taking them apart and spraying the very front part of 'em, as in the bits that aren't reflected from the lights but are in contact with the glass, know the bit i mean?

ok, I understand, well, it's legal over here to spray anything other than the reflecting parts, so why won't it be legal across the Canaal?

helios1 wrote:I was thinking of getting some new lights, taking them apart and spraying the very front part of 'em, as in the bits that aren't reflected from the lights but are in contact with the glass, know the bit i mean?

oh, and a tip for taking of the glass of your lights, put the entire units in the oven, warm it up, take a dump while wainting, and your able to take of the glass more easily (I'm told to use a piece of fishing 'rope' to 'cut'/'saw' it of (saw through the glue which sticks the glass on the units))

good luck m8!

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:oh, and a tip for taking of the glass of your lights, put the entire units in the oven, warm it up, take a dump while wainting, and your able to take of the glass more easily (I'm told to use a piece of fishing 'rope' to 'cut'/'saw' it of (saw through the glue which sticks the glass on the units))

good luck m8!

Yeah sounds like a plan, what glue should i use to stick it back together?

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:take a dump while wainting

Does this help the process along?

i was gunna tint my light but its a bit dodge so im just gunna get sum black angels

@helios1: no, taking the dump won't help the speeding of your project, but it will be of use for your body, which will be lighter afterwards, and your 1/4 mile time will drop a couple of seconds, which is sweet for those street-run-races at night

and you could use the stuff that's used to glue spoilers to the rear of cars, in Holland we call it spoiler-kit, French call it Mastique de spoiler, dunno the english word sorry

3M Mastic does the job

david burton wrote:3M Mastic does the job

Cool, now i gotta go find some headlights somewhere... any ideas on how much they are new? Or would it be easier to get em from a scrappie?