Opinions of headlights?

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:26 am

What does everyone think of chrome and smoked angel eyes?
Where can I get quad lights for the cavalier?
Or even smoked standard lights

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:34 am

angle eyes are mixed opinion's buddy some member are running them n some aint

morettes do pop up forsale now n again but getting rare these days (also 2 typres on morrettes/qaud lights

smoke lights need to be made diy style

popped the 6 metal clips off n popped the lense out

then masked ,key'd and primed the reflective part

then sprayed it, i chose satin black to do it

then pealed the masking tape off

looking better

refitted lense n clips one done

both finished

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:53 am

fitted

also one type or morettes

dave955 · Post by **dave955** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:35 am

Morrottes for me mate look awesome

specks · Post by **specks** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:16 pm

Morettes for me,I have had both types of angel eyes and were piss for light,also had home made smoked headlights,did look good but changed them for angel eyes,worst thing I did when the dark nights rolled in.

terkin · Post by **terkin** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:03 am

specks wrote:Morettes for me,I have had both types of angel eyes and were piss for light,also had home made smoked headlights,did look good but changed them for angel eyes,worst thing I did when the dark nights rolled in.

cant beat standard

i had angels for a while they were fine in the dark

wow pie them smoked ones look wicked on yours

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:18 am

Think I'm going to do the smoked DIY this weekend .do the head lights. Red to go in oven to soft up?

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:31 am

nope no need for oven

just pop the 6 clips off then the lense will come away

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:52 am

gsi pie wrote:nope no need for oven

just pop the 6 clips off then the lense will come away

They'll be going smoked tomoro then !!

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:26 am

get some pics up when they finished buddy

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:40 pm

Cormach wrote:Think I'm going to do the smoked DIY this weekend .do the head lights. Red to go in oven to soft up?

as gsi pie said no need for the oven just six clips then of comes the glass the oven trick is for mk3 astras but even then i just used running hot water. For both my astra and my cav I used black hammerite lol there is no prep work needed. here's mine with hammerite smoked lights.

and black angel eyes

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:18 pm

Rage wrote:
Cormach wrote:Think I'm going to do the smoked DIY this weekend .do the head lights. Red to go in oven to soft up?
as gsi pie said no need for the oven just six clips then of comes the glass the oven trick is for mk3 astras but even then i just used running hot water. For both my astra and my cav I used black hammerite lol there is no prep work needed. here's mine with hammerite smoked lights.

and black angel eyes

Did you use black hammertoe paint put on with a brush?that masking up looks like it will take a while

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:23 pm

i used halfrauds satin black

take about 10 mins masking up etc

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:26 pm

i just used brush on hammerite and took it slow to avoid going onto the main reflector i did get one little dribble though but it wiped off clean after 5 mins to let it dry slightly

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:34 pm

Both the sprayed on and brushed both look cool !

Rage wrote:i just used brush on hammerite and took it slow to avoid going onto the main reflector i did get one little dribble though but it wiped off clean after 5 mins to let it dry slightly

is there not brush strokes though?

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:08 am

nope thats what i love about hammerite it looses the brush stokes as it drys and plus the glass for the lights is patterned so if there is any you don't notice them

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:40 am

dont think it matters if you spray n paint it one

as the lense will hide most on it as said above

kriegheim · Post by **kriegheim** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:51 pm

specks wrote:Morettes for me,I have had both types of angel eyes and were piss for light,also had home made smoked headlights,did look good but changed them for angel eyes,worst thing I did when the dark nights rolled in.

Quite the opposite for me, the angel eyes light up the road as hell. I think the angeleyes give good light, have some night breaker bulbs in them.

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:08 pm

Rage wrote:nope thats what i love about hammerite it looses the brush stokes as it drys and plus the glass for the lights is patterned so if there is any you don't notice them

Didn't catch n to the brush strokes bit .sounds handy enough

Peanut_119 · Post by **Peanut_119** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:40 pm

I have the black angel eyes in my cav, I have no problems with light as I bought then so I can have HIDs

Cormach · Post by **Cormach** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:23 pm

Peanut_119 wrote:I have the black angel eyes in my cav, I have no problems with light as I bought then so I can have HIDs

Them angel eyes are cool looking but expensive

Peanut_119 · Post by **Peanut_119** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:31 pm

I didn't pay much for mine, and got the hids for free, I have another set of angels eyes in my spares box but one lense is broke

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