how to smoke chrome angel

  1. Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 dorset Posts: 1113 saxo vtr mk1
    #1
    ive done this last night and today, my angels arent in the best condition i know but it worked as didnt like chrome ones

    i heated them up with hair dryer to soften the glue as they are perspex lenses i thought the oven was a bit extreme



    on mk1s there is 4 scews to seperate the bit you want to pain from the lense



    then there are two screws to take off the each angel eye (this is a good time to change leds if you wanted as they just push into back of angel eye)

    next i primed the bits i wanted black



    then left them on radiator over night to harden

    this morning i sprayed the whole thing gloss black




    waited for it to harden then started putting it back together

    i removed all the old glue and put fresh new silicone back in to re sael it all



    then re fitted lights back into car which took the most amount of time



    ahhhhhh much better, hope ya like just fogs to do!!!!!!!!!
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 Saxo 1.4 Furio
    #2
    Looking awesome buddy if its THAT straight forward i may just do the same, does this work with the conventional standard lights??
  3. Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Thanet/Kent Posts: 1335 106 GTI, Audi S3
    #3
    yeah std lights just the same pretty much. guide for them somewhere.
  4. Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 dorset Posts: 1113 saxo vtr mk1
    #4
    yes its that simple as i read that guide first, this was just to show angel eyes can be treated the same, but i wanted black ones (as had chrome ones) and theyre 80quid second hand, this cost 14 quid for primer, paint, and silicon and a bit of time
  5. Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 Derby Posts: 1153 VW Passat 1.9tdi 150
    #5
    look great mate if you dont mind me asking would it work the same for standard mk2 lights ?
    cheers

    luke