flake 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) i saw kerrys post about doing the crosshairs on the highbeams and figured seens i'm waiting for m50 parts i'll waste time and play around with something. no real secret on how to do them, i just followed the 'how to' write up at http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread...ighlight=smoked which was already stated on a previous post on here. for some reason my laptop doesn't like .pdf files and i couldn't manage to download the crosshair template. a bit of trial and error when i was making them just going off the pictures . got there in the end and i'm pleased with the result, heres a quick step by step on what i did roughly. removed light from assembly and put in oven (thanks mum for showing me how to use the oven). i left it for about 5mins at 210* on fan bake and it came out smelling like pizza. remember to wear oven mits. marked and cut out homemade patterns onto 22gauge sheet metal that was laying around the workshop, then painted black with high temp engine enamel. probably overkill dryfitted to mark slots needed in reflector to hold tabs in. i drilled a series of holes for each slot. fit templates and fold over tabs to lock in place. run a bead of sealant around (obviously clean off the old stuff first) and sit the glass lens back in the same position so it all lines up. put a weight on it until sealant goes off. hey presto, your done. took me the better part of 2hours. looks good from a distance and at certain angles, but upclose you can see mine aren't perfect. but it was good fun making them and they give it a good look. what are the rules on doing the lowbeams? i didn't do them cause i'm a little cautious on what is acceptable. actually is this acceptable? hmmm guess i'll find out. next step is to french style my foglights, just depends how they look and match the car. we had a go at doing nathans (forrest) highbeams, same theory as doing red tail lights, just only yellow. one more thing. what are my options for modifing tail lights visually? just red or black? cheers and thanks to kerry for giving me inspiration to do this from reading his post. Edited December 27, 2009 by flake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Low beams, paint the reflector black. What did you use to make the templates on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Low beams, paint the reflector black. What did you use to make the templates on. i made the templates on galv sheet metal and cut out with tin snips. i'd be keen to get the proper template and remake them. mine are just home made jobbys going off the pics. yeah knew how to do lowbeams i'm just unsure if its "legal". the highs probably aren't either, i just heard that they're a bit lenient with them. do you paint the park light reflector too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah. Paint the whole thing. The bulbs sit behind the reflector piece so the bulbs produce the light, not off the reflector. So you can paint the reflector in them without decreasing light output. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah. Paint the whole thing. The bulbs sit behind the reflector piece so the bulbs produce the light, not off the reflector. So you can paint the reflector in them without decreasing light output. guess that'll give me something to do tomorrow. need more paint though. stupid question: could you paint the reflector any colour you like and it'll give the smoked effect in that colour? might just stick to black to be safe-ish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah you could actually. Pretty much looking at the relector surroung thing through the glass so you could paint it fluro green and be a winner. Lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) wow. greatest idea ever. that'll be on par with fluro green strut braces. i've got nothing to do tomorrow so guess what i'll be doing! Edited December 27, 2009 by flake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turboprop 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Haha, keen to see some smoke fluro green lights for a laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah you could actually. Pretty much looking at the relector surroung thing through the glass so you could paint it fluro green and be a winner. Lol. Quoted for trut 'creation of fluro green low beams.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30plz 1 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 Keen to do mine HKS purple tbh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 27, 2009 good on ya flake its a big difference aye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) yeah definatly its a cool little mod to do. gives the car a complete different look. now to fit them back to the car...hmmm. any reason why you didn't do your lowbeams kerry? Quoted for trut 'creation of fluro green low beams.' fluro green low beams you reckon what do you say? good or bad? it'd match the car if i had a fluro green hood or.... frenchy? note: when removing paint from reflector DONT use meths. not only will it remove the paint but it'll take off the original chrome reflection. turps works good. i found out the hard way Edited December 28, 2009 by flake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 Fluro all the way son. With a fluro green time attack stripe on some black 15' weaves Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) I have only done my low beams, I didn't have anything to make crosshairs out of for high beams. Im guessing Kerry never got around to it? But lol you stole my fluro green low beam idea. Yellow looks way wrong. Edited December 28, 2009 by e30ftw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 i haven't stolen your idea...yet. i just gave it a go to see how it turned out and cleaned the paint off. quite like the yellows but not intirely sure how i'll get on with the local police and WOF inspectors, let alone fluro green. but yeah get on it mate before i do for real Fluro all the way son. With a fluro green time attack stripe on some black 15' weaves added to the list. green time attack my 15'weaves! i can hear flaming already Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shady 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 Cops & WOF people cant do anything about it. Its fully legal, so long as the lights still work then its fully legal. You can only NOT touch the lens or the bulb, anything else is fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 yeah definatly its a cool little mod to do. gives the car a complete different look. now to fit them back to the car...hmmm. any reason why you didn't do your lowbeams kerry? fluro green low beams you reckon what do you say? good or bad? it'd match the car if i had a fluro green hood or.... frenchy? note: when removing paint from reflector DONT use meths. not only will it remove the paint but it'll take off the original chrome reflection. turps works good. i found out the hard way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 yeah definatly its a cool little mod to do. gives the car a complete different look. now to fit them back to the car...hmmm. any reason why you didn't do your lowbeams kerry? fluro green low beams you reckon what do you say? good or bad? it'd match the car if i had a fluro green hood or.... frenchy? note: when removing paint from reflector DONT use meths. not only will it remove the paint but it'll take off the original chrome reflection. turps works good. i found out the hard way yea i havent got that far man i might just black my kidney and be done with it . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matty104 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2009 The green is way cool..wish i had thought of that, if i did it now id just be following the crowd haha . the green would look awesome on a track car Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
