£100 mk1 vtr - Page 2 - Saxperience

Azza-VTR · 22nd January 2010, 17:51

My mate xxo0pko0xx has tinted his rear lexus lights - looks good imo - check the last page on his prgress blog - his is posi blue aswell so should give you a better idea

jeffchiz · 22nd January 2010, 18:44

hey mate what a bargain! those lights u have are called "snake eyes" and if you tint the bottom half red it can look really good, ive done the same with my clear jewel rear lights

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 18:51

Thanks jeff, will keep that in mind, was thinking of smoking them, but going by your very nice car i should definatly take your opinion into account lol. Read through majority of your thread the other day, you have one very sexy saxo mate.

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 19:28

Sorry i ment, Thanks Sam. lol. would getting those lights to open be the same as the standards e.g stick them in the oven?

jeffchiz · 22nd January 2010, 20:37

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Originally Posted by Reevesie

Sorry i ment, Thanks Sam. lol. would getting those lights to open be the same as the standards e.g stick them in the oven?

Thanks, comments like that make it worth while

lol i put some photos up tonight of it lowered at the back, and you dont need to separate the lights, just mask the lights off and spray, i used e-tech tinting spray off ebay i had to use a whole can on my lights as its a very light spray so they looked pink the first time i did it lol theres pics of me doing it on my thread with them all masked up

stevo67 · 22nd January 2010, 20:45

You got a good deal there mate all the bodywork problems don`t seem too bad,even if you have to get a new rear 1/4 panel welded in you shouldn`t have to pay to much.

Good luck.

Steve.

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 20:54

Cheers sam that sounds a whole lot easier, think im gonna have to order myself some of that, somtimes its the smaller mods that make a world of difference.

jeffchiz · 22nd January 2010, 22:14

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Originally Posted by Reevesie

Cheers sam that sounds a whole lot easier, think im gonna have to order myself some of that, somtimes its the smaller mods that make a world of difference.

definitely, even when i got my car back from the body shop i wasnt happy with how it looked now ive got these my tinted clear jewels on and a smaller number plate, made the rear of the car look sooooo much better

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 22:24

Just left a comment on your thread. And ordered my red tint spray lol

jeffchiz · 22nd January 2010, 22:42

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Just left a comment on your thread. And ordered my red tint spray lol

did u get the e-tech stuff? it makes me laugh on the front of the can there is a pic of a saxo lexus light, just sums up most saxos that does lol

auds · 22nd January 2010, 22:50

good buy there, and done a good job

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 23:02

Thank you, few bits still niggling at me but hey ho progress is progress. Can imagine this turning into a long term project.

Reevesie · 22nd January 2010, 23:04

oh and yer got e-tech spray hopefully that will come through soon. How many coats did you use?

jeffchiz · 23rd January 2010, 00:42

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Originally Posted by Reevesie

oh and yer got e-tech spray hopefully that will come through soon. How many coats did you use?

i used the whole can mate, it looks really pink unless u put a lot of layers on, its only a little can tho, but yea i used pretty much the whole can to get them a vibrant red colour

the car will be a minter if you just sort out the dents and get the rest of the kit colour coded will be a very nice motor for the money!

jeffchiz · 23rd January 2010, 01:07

this is what snake eyes look like when you tint the bottoms red, similar to mine, the only way lexus lights look good imo lol

Reevesie · 23rd January 2010, 10:27

So the two coats they say to keep it legal goes right out the window lol. Seen a couple of pics of the lights like that now, makes the back end look so much nicer! Although still need to see how it looks with a blue car.

Reevesie · 23rd January 2010, 10:36

Yep i do plan on colour coding, i am thinkin of tryin to do most work myself at the moment. Sure that will change when i mess somthin up lol

Reevesie · 23rd January 2010, 18:52

Can anyone take a guess from the pictures whether it has been lowered at all, If it has i think it is only a very small amount. I didnt think it had, but then i saw some pics of a few other cars and they seem to be sitting a little higher? Or may just be my wishful thinking

jeffchiz · 24th January 2010, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Reevesie

Can anyone take a guess from the pictures whether it has been lowered at all, If it has i think it is only a very small amount. I didnt think it had, but then i saw some pics of a few other cars and they seem to be sitting a little higher? Or may just be my wishful thinking

i think thats just your wishful thinking mate lol looks just like my mk1 before i lowered it

Reevesie · 24th January 2010, 00:40

ahh, thanks anyway thought that was gonna be the case

some seem to look like they sit so high it just looks strange, but dont think mine looks to out of place to be honest.