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twinturbo
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Darkening the lights.
« on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 4:34pm » |
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Beeing a prefaclif (as most ) My lights are a little BRIGHT even when off
At £125 a pice for replacement new l8 spec ones I aint going to do that, and even S/H ones seem to demand a good price..
So has anyone attemped opening the lamp unit and sparying the non reflector part a darker colour?
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TT
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Simmo
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #1 on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 5:22pm » |
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Try reading THIS . Severalmembers have carried out the 'conversion' by spraying.
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twinturbo
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #2 on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 5:44pm » |
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MAGIC!
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RichardMS
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #3 on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 6:58pm » |
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Another HERE done by me 
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #5 on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 8:00pm » |
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Perhaps I could do them in dark green to colour code with the body... A bit of experimentation may be in order..
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TiberiuS
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #6 on: Sep 3rd, 2006, 8:21pm » |
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Well, I'm not sure about spraying the headlamps but I managed to strip down the fogs to respray the reflectors, not easy but it can be done  .
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #7 on: Sep 7th, 2006, 10:27am » |
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Twin turbo, just ordered 2 facelift head light covers (Glass and dark inner bit so you keep original unit just replace front end. £116 including delivery from ford parts uk. These are original Ford items brand new.Part numbers are 1042841 R/H
and 1042842 L/H. Trevor was very helpful and answered all my questions very promptly : trevor@fordpartsuk.com
Hope this might help you or anyone else, Guy.
Will post to let you know what they're like when they come (5 working days).
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RichardMS
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #8 on: Sep 7th, 2006, 5:13pm » |
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Mine cost less than £10 and my time, Paint about £5-£6 and a tube of black silicone from a uPVC supplier, Around £2-£3.
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twinturbo
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #9 on: Oct 7th, 2006, 3:34pm » |
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Hi richard, your site seems to be down...
I have spare lamps now
How ddid you get the glass out?
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TiberiuS
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #10 on: Oct 7th, 2006, 3:51pm » |
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If I remember right, there's 3 clips around the edge of the unit, you need a long bladed screwdriver to get at them, the lens/rubber trim comes off together with the front part of the bezel. The bezel is bonded to the lens with...how can I say this...STRONG adhesive, carefully prise the two apart and slit the adhesive with a scalpel as you go along. Did my front fogs like this, not easy but it does look nice when done.
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #11 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 8:07pm » |
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Once you can get between the glass and the plastic, I put a piece of nylon string in and used a sawing action to break the seal very easily. Black silicone or clear can be used but try to keep them off the car until it drys!
Baz
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Re: Darkening the lights.
« Reply #12 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 10:57pm » |
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on Oct 7th, 2006, 3:34pm, twinturbo wrote:Hi richard, your site seems to be down...
I have spare lamps now
How ddid you get the glass out?
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As Baz & Bruce have said, HERE is the new link
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