Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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before:
primer:
after 2 coats:
lovely colour with lots of sparkle.
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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and your garage floor has lots of sparkle aswell 
April 08 feature car
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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lookin forward to seeing them finished and fitted Ben, think they will really make a big difference
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
and your garage floor has lots of sparkle aswell
it needs repainting anyway, so doesn't matter too much.
cheers matthew.
just went out and had a look and had 1 bloody run in the paint  so sanded the whole thing back to plastic and started again. hoping it comes out better this time.
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Ben G
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got most of the headlight back together. massive PITA job to do.
it's not screwed together yet, but gives an idea of how it'll look. nice and OEM with a small difference.
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kennySRi
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I thought it looked nice with the ambers but you're doing a cracking job and im sure it'll still look good. Glad you're actually doing the job aswell
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
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That looks really good mate!! They'll look brilliant when fitted
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Ben G
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cheers. it' taken me so long as i was worried i wouldn't be able to put it all back together. gave up last night, should finish it off today though.
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Darryl H
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That looks awesome Ben, exactly what the front needs imo 
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Ben G
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cheers darryl. seems i've lost a few screws in the process  will have to try and find some spares.
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MatthewR
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Location: Rickmansworth
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Ben in screw lose shocker!!!
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Nick-S
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Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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They look good.
I did my old corsa c lights the same a few years ago so i know how much of a bastard it is to get them apart and back together again!! 
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Ben G
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got my ebay bargain dremel this morning, didn't waste any time cutting the cover off.
when i was playing about with the dremel, seeing how it worked (never used one before) i bent the mandrel that holds the cutting disc, so had to bodge something up. luckily it held it, else i'd have had some serious injury
glad the missus isn't home as it made quite a mess
[Edited on 01-10-2012 by Ben G]
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Ben G
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sanded the chrome rings back as one of them had paint peeling off and snapped it
this now means i'm going to have to cut one of the headlights on the car open to steal the reflector, chrome ring and screws from.
not ideal.
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
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clumsy fuck!
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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serves you right for painting your calipers red
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Ben G
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[Edited on 04-10-2012 by Ben G]
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Nath
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Sooooooooo much better
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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decided i didn't need to take the car to work tonight, so set about removing the bumper and headlamps:
god damn speedbumps 
nice original headlamps, waiting to be chopped up:
i then cut the original headlight up and used a few parts from it (screws and reflector) to make one complete headlamp.
just needs some sealant to bond the casing together now.
It's taken so long just to do these, but it's worth it.
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MatthewR
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Quality mate!!!!
Massive improvment, hats off for doing DIY aswell
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sharpy28
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Wow they look really good! Top job! 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Cheers. Connected them up to the car earlier to check they all work fine, and 1 indicator bulb isn't working, which is rather annoying, but I probably didn't put it in properly.
Will try and get the other side finished tomorrow.
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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look much better without the orange! just need to loose the blue bulbs to get rid of the blue reflection!
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Ben G
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i quite like the blue reflection 
i will be getting HID's for it after it's MOT in january, so they'll be gone then.
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Ben G
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got home from work this morning and went straight to b&q to get some sealant.
good stuff:
then applied it liberally to the casing. i figured it's best to put too much on rather than not enough, as if they mist up i'll have to take the whole front end off again, so i can re-seal them.
i managed to fix the broken indicator also. seems i was a bit too heavy handed when putting them in and snapped the holder. luckily had a spare from the other lights.
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