Did The Gee Man Black Headlight Mod, Broke Indicators

[Lofty79]

used a satin elastic type stick forever black paint. prepd properly (that chrome comes off in a blink with white spirit)

Had trouble with the indicators and have cracked them so when my new ones arrive, ill just fit em as is, lost my confidence there.

stuck old indicators together so they still work and are solid just look shoddy

[Lofty79]

indicators £17 the pair by the way, thought that was alright

[Murraymint]

Looking good! Nice work

[Lofty79]

cheers mate, im not doing anything else front end wise, a wee lip on the boot though

[BrownBarge]

Looks bang on that mate. You should start up a journal if you havent already

[Murraymint]

Doesnt need anything else upfront IMO, nice suttle mods, very oem+

[hastie84]

A company called trupart did smoked indicators for the octavia ,no sure if they still do tho . I remember looking them up @ work and if i remember they were about £20 for the pair .

P.S car looks mint (best colour but am bias lol )

Edited 28 June, 2012 by hastie84

[Lofty79]

Looks bang on that mate. You should start up a journal if you havent already

Havent, im a competant mechanic/window cleaner, and bought the car on merit of its reliability for work but once i started fixing parts that needed fixed i just kept going with inspiration of the guys on here.

Im kinda spur of the monment and should really plan to photograph and log the steps, thing is im following ones that are already on here.

[Lofty79]

A company called trupart did smoked indicators for the octavia ,no sure if they still do tho . I remember looking them up @ work and if i remember they were about £20 for the pair .

Nice ill actually think about smoking mine as ive already ordered

[Murraymint]

How did you find taking your headlights apart? Looks like a bit of a ball ache

[Lofty79]

How did you find taking your headlights apart? Looks like a bit of a ball ache

Not just the balls. Worst part is trying to separate the lens, i have to admit to some damage here, but it went back together with glazing superstrong clear silicone and dried in about 5 hours. A slight fog appearing now but it has been a crap day and once i have a warm engine and the headlights on it should clear a bit

[Volvomeg]

I did mine ages ago and i will admit they are a complete bag to split, plenty of heat and i mean plenty of heat and a big screwdriver and they do come apart,

Mine need doing again as paint reacted and has bubbled inside

[Murraymint]

The way the golf boys split there lights is too stick em in the oven for a bit on a LOW heat lol

No really look

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=188600.0

[Lofty79]

i used a plastic friendly craft type hard knock kids toy genre of paint. Plus the chroming is sooooo weak i just used a little white spirit and the stuff just about fell off, prob why you got bubbles. If i do it again ill buy new ones and do them over time properly

[Lofty79]

The way the golf boys split there lights is too stick em in the oven for a bit on a LOW heat lol

No really look

http://www.golfgtifo...?topic=188600.0

ooh good idea 7 hrs too late next time maybe haha

[Murraymint]

Haha, sorry

[hastie84]

Nice ill actually think about smoking mine as ive already ordered

Sorry bud.

[Lofty79]

hehe no worries at least ill get the choice this way if i dont like smoked

[GeeVRSman]

good work dude.. looks the nuts. i know what you mean about the indicators, they are very brittle aint they.

[Lofty79]

aye mine had faded so added to the weakness i think it just creaked and fractured and for some reason i didnt stop until ping, a piece of plastic right in the peeper

[GeeVRSman]

theres a fella on here with a mega decked black vRS. (had white wheels on and twin exit zorts) thats where i got the insperation from.. cant remember the members name, his car looks so mean!

Thanks goes to him as hes the original one to do it i think!

[Lofty79]

i often marvel at how the first person thinks of these things in the first place.

[Iann-]

Tidy looking motor there, look's similair to how I've been planning to do mine, except it's a red 'un :p. Not braved touching the headlights yet, how long did they take?

Also need to find a new grill, want it matte as opposed to the 3M CF wrap on it atm, and the whacking great stonechip I've picked up that's snapped 2 of the blades ><.

[Lofty79]

Took about 6 hours plus drying time, tricky job and prob wouldnt try ahain but onve started... Oh and thanks on the tidy motor score

[Steevie Wonder]

How does doing this affect the headlight brightness? Surely it is detrimental to its effect? What do the MOT garages say??

Steve