Interior/Exterior "joey modded" the MINI
#26
you couldnt' even let Brain enjoy being original for a few months... say AMVIV?
and no "JOEY" was not the first one... maybe in the VW world... but... uhhh no
and I was the first to accually OPEN them in the MINI world... soooo Tüls Mod... orrr jackass mod.... orrrr
so since Brain was the first with the new head lights it should be Widow modded... orrrr Brain Mod... orrr
and no "JOEY" was not the first one... maybe in the VW world... but... uhhh no
and I was the first to accually OPEN them in the MINI world... soooo Tüls Mod... orrr jackass mod.... orrrr
so since Brain was the first with the new head lights it should be Widow modded... orrrr Brain Mod... orrr
Last edited by Tüls; 02-05-2007 at 02:43 PM.
#27
They also modded the facelift headlights within the first month that the facelift models were introduced
#28
But the clear lens passes more light than the tinted one. When you tint your car windows, it's darker inside the car even when the sun is throwing the same amount of light. I agree that the output of the bulb/projector isn't lessened, but the light thrown on the road has to be.
#29
But the clear lens passes more light than the tinted one. When you tint your car windows, it's darker inside the car even when the sun is throwing the same amount of light. I agree that the output of the bulb/projector isn't lessened, but the light thrown on the road has to be.
#30
aaannnnd it's funny it happened right after she saw brains car and loved it... hmmmn... I'm jsut saying... PROPS MAN! WE are supposed to roll tight!
soooo GO JAPAN!
#31
you couldnt' even let Brain enjoy being original for a few months... say AMVIV?
and no "JOEY" was not the first one... maybe in the VW world... but... uhhh no
and I was the first to accually OPEN them in the MINI world... soooo Tüls Mod... orrr jackass mod.... orrrr
so since Brain was the first with the new head lights it should be Widow modded... orrrr Brain Mod... orrr
and no "JOEY" was not the first one... maybe in the VW world... but... uhhh no
and I was the first to accually OPEN them in the MINI world... soooo Tüls Mod... orrr jackass mod.... orrrr
so since Brain was the first with the new head lights it should be Widow modded... orrrr Brain Mod... orrr
#33
Nothing will be as sexy as brians mini...
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My little dose of LITHIUM
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I'm generally for anything Tuls does, and he *was* the first to open Xenons in the US, but the Japanese must be acknowledged as the innovators here. As an Australian living and paying taxes in the US, it urks me to hear slams against people who do not live here, or other nationalities (remember it was rubbish like this that brought the world's greatest dictators to power.) Our lives are made substantially and significantly better by Japanese innovators, and bad-mouthing them is uncalled for IMHO.
Tuls does some really wild and crazy stuff, but he's not the only one. We all learn from each other, whether we acknowledge it or not. MSFITOY has blacked out headlamps he posted photos of quite a few months ago...
Tuls does some really wild and crazy stuff, but he's not the only one. We all learn from each other, whether we acknowledge it or not. MSFITOY has blacked out headlamps he posted photos of quite a few months ago...
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#39
Just test them our first and if they are hard at first, you might want to bake them still
#40
Thanks Melissa for getting me off my butt and finally doing this. Hers popped right open, too easy, mine we had to bake and pry and bake and pry and bake and pry. It was not easy. 230 degrees seemed to work well. It was hard to get them back together after we were done, and don't drop the flat lens when you take it out, it is the only glass piece in there
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#44
Thats what i was quoted when i talked to Classic MINI here in Ohio a while ago when i was gonna try switching to Xenons....the price may have gone up since then (facelift might cost more?)....although i find it hard to believe that they would charge that much for one headlight
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Aussie to the core... I actually met you last year at AMVIV, but then again you prolly met a hell of a lot of people at AMVIV last year! No, I'm missing this year's show--although it was a blast last year and I'm sure it will be even better this year. There will be a big NM contingent coming for sure, with Marcel in tow too I guess.
cheers,
cheers,
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#48
You can do it Just bake them at 230 for about 20 mins. Take a thin metal thing and wedge it in there (Melissa used my feeler guage set). Make sure you have some gloves to hold on to the hot lights. You just need to get something wedged in there and start slowly prying them apart. If it gets too hard, put it back in the oven, and start on the second one. Eventually they will come apart. Once it is opened, you need to pry out the chrome insert, there is a glass diffuser in there that needs to be removed, sand, prime, paint, reassemble, bake to re-soften the adhesive, and then press them together. You may need to cut or scrape away some of the adhesive to make them seal tight. It really isn't hard to do, and the only fragile part on the standard headlights is the glass diffuser inside. Just go for it
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#50
Looks good, I've been wanting to paint mine DS but can't seem to get myself to open my headlights even though I've opened friends headlights before... I remember there was talk about three (3) bolts or screws on the 02-04 cars holding the clear lens to the housing. And that you had to cut the lens around those screws to pop the headlight apart. Is that true or is it simply heat and pry?