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Sideshowfreds GTI - Stereo Upgrade :-)
sideshowfred:
Well today I thought i'd have a go at making my rear lights a bit more like the edition 30 ones. So I whipped them off and set about tinting them. First things first though, I thought i'd spray up the reverse light red so it matched the other side.
then onto the tinting
before
after 2 coats
I decided to give it a 3rd coat as I didn't want to go overboard and they were looking good. After the third coat was dry to touch I moved them upto the front bedroom which is currently empty and has the sun on the bay windows from roughly 10am through to sunset. So a nice warm place to let the spray set.
I was really pleased with them at this point, and thought i'd noticed a difference in the colour. So gave them 4 hours then waxed them and stuck them back on the car
I was still really happy until i compared them to some before pics with the lights on the car and I can't tell the difference :sad1: So a day seemingly wasted, never mind. I also did some more carbon wrapping on the interior a few weeks back
Definitely need to give the interior a clean now the weathers cheered up a bit!
sideshowfred:
Well after I went to GTI Spring Festival last weekend I decided it was about time I did some other little touches to the car whilst I save up for some proper stuff. First off I swapped the standard filter for a Pipercross item. It's probably made bugger all difference but at least I feel like i've now done something. Whilst doing this job I thought it's be a nice touch to paint the centre bit of the engine cover. So I whipped it off and this is the result
The colour is Bugatti 4EU which i've had kicking around for a couple of years. It's not very well done but it'll do for now.
JoeDarKa:
The wrapping looks smart! How did you get it so neat? Iv had a go with mine and its a right mess!!
mvb12:
It may be the camera angle but your pipes look to be on the extreme side of protuding? :surprised:
sideshowfred:
I just took plenty of time with the wrapping to make sure i got it as perfect as i could.
--- Quote from: mvb12 on April 29, 2012, 09:29:11 pm ---It may be the camera angle but your pipes look to be on the extreme side of protuding? :surprised:
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I take it you mean the exhaust? It's because the lower half isn't from a GTI but from a 'Rabbit'. So it's not quite as low or wide as the normal GTI version. I will get the proper lower half sorted at some point but there quite hard to find it'd seem.
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