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    Hi Guys

    I have just completed (00h30 last night!) installing my headlight protection. I bought it online from headlightarmor.com. The kit includes two headlight covers, two foglight covers, instruction sheet and a squeegee (the one that tinters use) I think it was US$89 with the shipping.

    I had a look at it this morning and took a few pics (excuse the car cover-i am a bit silly about looking after the paint). I just followed the instructions-it was quite easy except i needed to do some sanding as I had some chemical damage on the headlight and didnt want that to show through when the tint was installed. So I broke out my 1000 grit sandpaper-filed it down good, then went to 1500 grit then used PlastX to bring it almost to new condition (still quite a dull finish, but smooth enough) then tinted the headlights.

    Because my car is blue, i think it goes quite well. They sell clear, semi grey, full black and yellow in addition to this "HID blue."

    Incidentally, the tint makes very little difference (maybe 5% bluer,closer to 2%). So i cant really call it HID blue, but i have Xenon lights anyway. My fogs still shine slightly yellow so there-it's purely for stone chips so dont expect miracles.

    Let me know what you think.

    I think i am now blue crazy cos I even put those blue (Bimmian) number plate lights and interior kit. I tried even the blue aerial, but it didnt match, so i will change that to black again.



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    Last edited by jmeister; 09-09-2009, 08:12 PM.


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      Not bad idea ..
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        #4
        that nice actually... very cool!!!
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          thanks dudes.


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            #6
            It looks nice.. Dont mind my humble opinion, but everyone's got his own choice, i think the HID blue would look great on a Le Mans blue car, like how clear black goes well with jet black cars.. Id have suggested you to go with something clear, to get only the shine and keep the original look :)

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              Originally posted by SSense View Post
              It looks nice.. Dont mind my humble opinion, but everyone's got his own choice, i think the HID blue would look great on a Le Mans blue car, like how clear black goes well with jet black cars.. Id have suggested you to go with something clear, to get only the shine and keep the original look :)
              i did consider that, but i was going for the aftermarket look-dont really like the blacked headlights-prefer the silver ones from 3.0, so this was a good way to mask that-just a bit gangster, not OTT


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                #8
                no offense, but it costed me DHS 150 for both headlights and fog lights shipped and installed (+ u can choose how dark u want them to be), if u would've asked i could have helped. anyway the look nice

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by akanso View Post
                  no offense, but it costed me DHS 150 for both headlights and fog lights shipped and installed (+ u can choose how dark u want them to be), if u would've asked i could have helped. anyway the look nice
                  me is only seen cars with black/grey tint. anyway, point taken, should have asked first...


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