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3CorsaMeal
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19th Dec 11 at 11:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Needs more homebase drainpipe imo
Ben G
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new indicators look so much better. i hated the old ones personally as they stuck out like a sore thumb.

cage body colour of black along with black kidney grills.
Fro
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19th Dec 11 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loking Good G.

And i'd leave the xenons as they are if they're standard, had them on my BM and the colour was perfect.
Graham88
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Originally posted by xa0s
his are gun metal tint, too dark imo

even with subtle tint, you notice less light with the lights on, when i removed mine i couldn't believe how bright they were

standard temp is 4300k but i think buying bulbs from hids direct or something will be less yellow even if you go for 4300k again, but i went for 5000k and i'm sooo happy with it, it's got a slight tint of blue but its pretty much crystal white. i also got some 100w '6000k' high beam bulbs from ebay, they're illegal on the road but they're so bright and make country lane driving so nice. the high beam bulb and the 5000k xenon's are identical in colour, with both beams on you can't see where the low beam stops and the high beam starts

edit: it might have been the high beam that i saw was yellow, i remember seeing something that was proper yellow and thought that needs to be changed

I am never dealing with HID's Direct again, had a nightmare with them when I had the Fiesta! But yeah I think you must have seen the high beam, as they are still original Halogen bulbs, had high beam HID's on the Fiesta and they were useless as they need to heat up, annoying when you need to flash someone
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Needs more homebase drainpipe imo

What else would you suggest then?
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new indicators look so much better. i hated the old ones personally as they stuck out like a sore thumb.

cage body colour of black along with black kidney grills.

Thanks mate. I do like em just the contrast against the headlight and making the headling look old that makes it look a bit weird, but it can be sorted
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Loking Good G.

And i'd leave the xenons as they are if they're standard, had them on my BM and the colour was perfect.

Thanks mate. And yeah I will keep em standard I love the Xenons, don't think I can have a car without them now.
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19th Dec 11 at 16:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
caaaaageeee
Graham88
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19th Dec 11 at 17:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I take it you like that part then
Seany
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19th Dec 11 at 17:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Love this car, yeah why not try some lamin-x on the lights
I've got the lightest tint on my headlights and there is almost no difference in light output.
Would match the sides a lot better though. And its easy as hell with the lights removed.
Graham88
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19th Dec 11 at 17:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have you got a pic mate and what tint did you use?
Seany
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19th Dec 11 at 17:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not got a pic mate sorry, cars in the bodyshop atm.
It was just the lightest of the tint version. Light smoke it the top of my head. I'll try check for you.
There's is a few pics on my project thread mate, You can see a before and after.
It was Deffo light smoke I used and red on the rears.
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Graham88
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19th Dec 11 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks mate
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19th Dec 11 at 17:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeh that looks pretty perfect! Cheers
Jambo
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19th Dec 11 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking good Graham. Your brakes are a bit sexy.

Graham88
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Thanks mate. Just need a smarten up really, might paint the bells black with some heat proof paint. The guy before me looked after the car well mechnically, just not as much on visual stuff.
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20th Dec 11 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its called subtle tint when i ordered it
Graham88
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20th Dec 11 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ok cheers

Another video from Brands, with a twist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHAkvTxsUY
Graham88
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27th Dec 11 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cupholders



My new knob I got for Xmas. It's shorter and weighted, and alot cheaper than a quickshift kit
Graham88
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29th Dec 11 at 20:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Not too bad a job, that last bit was very time consuming as it's alot thicker and also it's taking the seam sealant up. Not sure how to make it tidier to be honest as it doesn't matter too much if it's not there as paint will seal it but on the edges where I haven't scraped off it looks a bit messy, might look better once I've cleaned all the tar up.
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29th Dec 11 at 22:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have you got your pics mixed up ? :s
Graham88
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30th Dec 11 at 00:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No?
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Is sound deadening painted same as car then? nice! Are you going to get some thinners out and finish it off?
Graham88
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30th Dec 11 at 02:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah it is mate and yeah some white spirit/auto glym tar remover shall be used and it should look alot better once that's done but then needs painted
Ben G
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30th Dec 11 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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Is sound deadening painted same as car then? nice! Are you going to get some thinners out and finish it off?


it's put on before the car is sprayed, hence the patches when removed. steves was the same.
Graham88
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30th Dec 11 at 11:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To be honest whilst I couldn't leave it in as it looked crap its left me in a predicament now as I was just going to spray the floor up to the carpet but on the left & right of the boot it might look rubbish with the old faded red where they don't spray it properly in the factory. But to remove all the sat nav/cd changer/radio control unit/battery & pull all cabling back makes the whole thing a much bigger job than intended :-/
Jambo
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30th Dec 11 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You have some spuds there dude.
taylorboosh
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do it right first time mate... Also im jelous

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