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

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:09 pm
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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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:36 pm
by harry90
Definately makes the front of the car a lot more interesting..Good job ;)

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:06 pm
by Tippin
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?

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:38 pm
by xSlurpee
That makes your car look sleeepy :lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:45 am
by rock_it
I like .... top job

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:24 pm
by aza013
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:

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:18 am
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?

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:43 am
by jonowong
mr audi

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:02 am
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!

Mr.Audi it is!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:08 am
by FTO-LEO
Looks great mate ;)

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:50 am
by Grue
Great to see something unusual... Nicely done!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:03 pm
by oodLes
Have to say, that looks bloody brilliant. Well done.

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:10 pm
by I8A4RE
umm i think it would look awesome if they went all around. But job something different

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:49 pm
by Shahrez
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!

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:36 pm
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

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:53 pm
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

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:40 pm
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)

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:09 am
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??

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:39 am
by aza013
you can get them off ebay ready to go in the car.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:39 am
by poahfto
yeh ive seen them, but not sure what length to get.