Headlight and tail light covers...

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 23rd, 2006, 8:52 pm

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

Edited
Pics are down more...

black itr guy · Post by **black itr guy** » February 23rd, 2006, 8:56 pm

pics no worky

Erik95LS · Post by **Erik95LS** » February 24th, 2006, 12:02 am

black itr guy wrote:pics no worky

not for me either.

I say BAN him!

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 1:41 am

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.

Sprockett · Post by **Sprockett** » February 24th, 2006, 1:51 am

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

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 2:07 am

Lets try the pics again...

Before

After

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

here are the headlights...

Before

cleaning...

clay to remove all dirt

Applied and using the squeage and blow drier to heat up, shape and stick.

almost done...

Here is a few pics...

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

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.

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 2:36 am

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

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.

KayOs · Post by **KayOs** » February 24th, 2006, 4:38 am

I would rethink the tail light option. They may be too dark...

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 10:24 am

I'll see how they look when I take the car out of the garage...

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 10:48 am

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.

Eva01 · Post by **Eva01** » February 24th, 2006, 11:12 am

KayOs wrote:I would rethink the tail light option. They may be too dark...

LoL! To make matter worse, Rob's tailights were already dim as hell!

Do they not make a clear version?

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 11:22 am

Yea they have clear, but where would be the fun with that

<-- ricer!

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 24th, 2006, 12:09 pm

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

Chris F · Post by **Chris F** » February 24th, 2006, 7:05 pm

Bbasso wrote:<-- ricer!

haha, yeah, I was gonna say Rob!

I like the headlights. Not too dramatic. I wouldn't do it myself though.

neo_ · Post by **neo_** » February 25th, 2006, 10:39 pm

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

But mayb'e it would look clean on FBP...

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » February 26th, 2006, 12:00 pm

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.

white rocket · Post by **white rocket** » February 26th, 2006, 2:28 pm

Those look great on your car Rob. Good job. Do you have any full car shots? Front or rear angle?

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 26th, 2006, 3:33 pm

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.

StatGSR · Post by **StatGSR** » February 26th, 2006, 5:15 pm

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!

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 26th, 2006, 6:50 pm

No need to take the bumper off, trust me.

Dawn, Destroyer of Worlds · February 26th, 2006, 7:37 pm

I think the tails look great!

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 28th, 2006, 4:44 am

Pics from today in the sun light...

R1366 · Post by **R1366** » February 28th, 2006, 10:21 am

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?

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » February 28th, 2006, 12:34 pm

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.

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » February 28th, 2006, 1:58 pm

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