Headlight and tail light covers...

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Headlight and tail light covers...

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I was looking at Lamin-x 's site and thought hrmmm.... why didn't they have this 5 years ago :?

So I bought it for the R and the WRX, thinking it would be as easy to install as the 97 328is I did for my friend last week. Uhhh,,, Not. I only did one headlight and it took me 40 mins and doing both lights and both fogs on the bmw took me 20 mins.

Here are some pics from a few mins ago...
I had to take a dinner break, now back to the garage for the rest of the night... (manual labor) HA!
3 more head lights on R
2 tail lights on R
2 head lights on WRX
2 fog lights on WRX
and if they did not forget the parking lights covers for the R I'd be doing that too.. Already contacted laminX about the missing two pieces, I hope they have good customer service :roll:

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Post by black itr guy »

pics no worky
no really they are just stickers. =)
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black itr guy wrote:pics no worky
not for me either.

I say BAN him! :P
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WTF? what happened to the pics???

Well I just got out of the garage now... Way too many hours putting this stuff on. :?



I'll rehost those pics and I have new ones...

hang tight and I'll get on it in a little.
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Post by Sprockett »

pics work...just drag and drop the red x's into your address bar

I like the look, but it seems like it would reduce the output of the headlights pretty significantly. Looks 1000000000x better than GTS covers, that's for sure LOL
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Lets try the pics again...

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After
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And this was the lightest tint they had!!! I'm glad I did not get the dark stuff :roll:

here are the headlights...

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cleaning...
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clay to remove all dirt
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Applied and using the squeage and blow drier to heat up, shape and stick.
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almost done...
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Here is a few pics...

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Over all... 5 out of 10. Harsh maybe... But the stuff is hard to work with and the heated garage did not help. this stuff needs to be applied on a hot summer day with the sun wailing on the lights to keep the film and everything warm and pliable.

Now for the good things... I'll never have to put blue tape on my front lights for track :roll:
and rocks and stuff on the highways getting to tracks hopefully won't do any more damage.
uhhh... yeah that's,,, well it does look cool, sort of.

If you are interested in buying- Lamin-X dot com. Not too pricey, But make sure if you do order. for them to get the parts correct.
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As for the lighting effect this stuff has... I do see a drop in the brightness, but Until I get it on the road I won't know. ...ITR that is.

It did effect the WRX significantly tho... :?

I got the same tint for the headlights and the Yellow for the fogs.
Head lights are dimmer (but I thought ahead and got some bright bulbs coming this week, 85wt) and the yellow for the fog lamps looks pretty wicked. Now I see everything in PY :lol:

Would I get this stuff again... I just don't know, the ricer inside loves it. the practial person would not bother unless it was the clear stuff.
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I would rethink the tail light option. They may be too dark... 8)
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I'll see how they look when I take the car out of the garage...
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Tinted only 17 percent.Still allows 83 percent of light passage
From the site...

and then there is this:
Tinted only 30 percent. Still allows 70 percent of light passage.
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Post by Eva01 »

KayOs wrote:I would rethink the tail light option. They may be too dark... 8)
LoL! To make matter worse, Rob's tailights were already dim as hell! :lol: Do they not make a clear version?
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Yea they have clear, but where would be the fun with that :roll:

<-- ricer!
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Just got off the phone with LaminX and she said sorry and well send you out the missing parts today. COOL.

so far good customer service :)
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Post by Chris F »

Bbasso wrote:<-- ricer!
haha, yeah, I was gonna say Rob! :)

I like the headlights. Not too dramatic. I wouldn't do it myself though.
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Post by neo_ »

My ricer radar started going off when I saw that..black? Why not just clear?

But mayb'e it would look clean on FBP... :?
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Post by get RIGHT »

The ricer in me really likes that idea too.
Rob, can you post some pics of it from a lil further away?
To give a better overview of what the lights look like on your caR now.
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Post by white rocket »

Those look great on your car Rob. Good job. Do you have any full car shots? Front or rear angle?
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I actually took the caR out yesterday for an hour or two and one of my friends were like "Are you nuts?!?!, those things are way too dark!"

But I did not have my camera with me, I forgot it in the WRX :(

Don't worry I'll get better pics when it starts to warm up a little outside.
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Post by StatGSR »

haha, iv been thinkin of doing this for my fronts but dude, how can u complain about how long they take to put on when didnt take of the bumper to do it. crap i would never even try to apply that on teg with out the bumper off. but yea, they doo look pretty damn good dude!
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No need to take the bumper off, trust me.
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Post by Dawn, Destroyer of Worlds »

I think the tails look great!
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Pics from today in the sun light...

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Post by R1366 »

pretty cool. how's the light output? your tailights were hard to see before I could imagine now.

did you take off the tints from the doors? weren't they darker?
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Post by get RIGHT »

Oh DANG!!!
I like that much more, than I thought I was.
It actually "ties in" the visors and blk wheels/rims nicely.
I think this is the first Type Riice that I actually approve of.

Very nicely done. :D
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After the upcoming dreaded NJ inspection I'll be re-tinting the front doors again with my standard 20%.
Now as for the lightoutput... it chopped off a bunch but with the HIDs it's not that bad, not nearly the same but better then the crappy 55 wt stock bulbs.

And yes, it ties in all the black items on the car... Maybe I'll black out the emblems too 8)
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