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--==Headlight Upgrade- R8/Vantage Style==--PICS

Post by Shahrez »

Been thinking about doing this for a while now, just never actually pushed myself to do coz didnt really wanna mess around with the bumper, headlights, but i said screw it and got to it. Took around 4 hours to complete in all.

Whilst i was at it, i painted the headlight casing gloss black and added a silver lip around the bulb holes thingis.

The pictures definately do not do it enough justice, you have to see it in real life or perhaps a video to actually notice the individual LED's. Oh and for those concerned, been past a few cop cars here, no problem at all! What do you guys rekon>

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Definately makes the front of the car a lot more interesting..Good job ;)
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wow thats awesome, are they the ones u get off ebay?

i wonder how it would look if u went all around the headlight with em?
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That makes your car look sleeepy :lol:
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I like .... top job
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I seen them on ebay and was thinking about doing it but did not think they would look any good :?

but now that I see them on an FTO :D I want some :lol:

great job :thumright:
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Post by J »

the respray looks awesome dude! not a fan of the led lights under though. actually convincing me to respray mine aswell but a gloss black so it'll look more ferrari style.

where did you get the metal rings?
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Post by Shahrez »

jay6 wrote:the respray looks awesome dude! not a fan of the led lights under though. actually convincing me to respray mine aswell but a gloss black so it'll look more ferrari style.

where did you get the metal rings?
lol as i said, you have to see them in real life to notice em! i'll put up a video on youtube sometime soon! and those metal rings? they were done using a mettalic silver automotive marker. Gives that metallic impression doesnt it! and yeah i painted mine gloss black as well, makes it look much more neater and matches the gloss black paint of my car!

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Post by FTO-LEO »

Looks great mate ;)
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Post by Grue »

Great to see something unusual... Nicely done!
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Have to say, that looks bloody brilliant. Well done.
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umm i think it would look awesome if they went all around. But job something different
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I8A4RE wrote:umm i think it would look awesome if they went all around. But job something different
yeah i thought about that too but then i realised that it will look too over the top for my liking! so i kept it lean and clean!
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Post by ft04me »

i was thinking... instead of having it at the bottom rather put it on top and make it look like "night eye lids" lolz..

like the VE calais...

looks agressive at night
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Post by Criss »

i have an idea
why not make some holes on the light body
and put the led under the holes,
so the led unit wont be too obvious?
it's like the light juz come out form the holes
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Post by J »

hey ive started noticing on all the pre-facelift models, (like myself) everyone is fliping the numberplate to under the grill instead of over it 8)
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Post by poahfto »

i wanted to do this 2 lol

but never had the balls to coz i thought it might turn out sh*t :(

butt looks great!

what size LED strip did you use?

and where did you get it from??
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you can get them off ebay ready to go in the car.
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Post by poahfto »

yeh ive seen them, but not sure what length to get.
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