MSM

fianally plucked up enough testicular fortitude to do this. a bit wary about baking the headlights in the oven but it all went smoothly. i decided that the chrome trim looked a bit of a nothing feature so i painted these with a couple of coats of ford pearlescent ash black. here are the before during and after pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ulights009.jpg

i also replaced all the bulbs with a set of philips blue vision - sidelight, low & high beam -and philips silvervision indicators. took me about 3 hours in total but i think it was well worth the effort.

Mangel

Lookin good!!

skywalker23

Dunno ,think i prefer with just orange bit removed..

ethanrob

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did this to mine last year,it does make a differance,but just watch out for a build up of condensation if the seal didnt re-bond fully,i have some in one of the lights,just cannot be arsed to remove and reseal as yet



mark

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Excellent!

chrisdavidson152

Looks good dude.

MSM

cheers guys - i think it makes the car look wider probably just an optical illusion, but definately better than the chrome trims. i even thought about finding some pink sti decals and putting these on the outer edge of the trim but i couldnt find any small enough

johnnyroper

did the same to mine while fitting hid's,looks much better with crappy orange bit gone and trim painted black, only difference with mine was i opted for matt black.

Mackers

Do you have to apply any heat to the light fitting to aid disassembly?

Is ther anything I should be wary of when I have ago at this at the weekend? (looks like another weekend of the
missus having a go at me!!)

Also, what HID conversions has anyone used/would recommend?


I think they look better than Morretes mate!! Bang On!

Nice one

Dave

joey_turbo

iTrader: (26)

Do you have to put these in the oven to de-tango them ?
A vast improvement.

pippyrips

good work - good point made above about making your they are sealed properly though..

Best mod you can do to the front is to put a Scott Lowe etc front lip on - transforms the front in 20 minutes!

pippyrips

I used a hairdryer when i had to open up one of mine - to me it wasthe safer option!

Also used black silicone sealent to close it up

paul2070

Look's good mate .

Just one question though..........................how long before someone on here starts doing these on an exchange basis for those of us that have no ability to do it ourselves ???

Anderooo

I can only hope, I tried the hair dryer and got no where with it. After an hour of sitting in front of the tele with a dryer on the seal nothing was happening.

And the oven..well just a disaster I don't want to remember. So still have those nasty Orange bits in and it makes me cry.

HID's I got mine from the group buy, arrived 4 days later and even I managed to work out how to fit them, so after you just read about the lights it can't be that hard hey.

Dill_typeR

Very nice

ethanrob

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I will do them for ya,at a price of course

when you first start the process,it a worrying time,but once the first lamp is done,the second one takes no time at all

The worst bit about the whole mod i thought was actually removing the first lamp from the car,as i wasnt sure if i had all the bolts/screws out before giving the light a good old tug to release the holding pins

there is a very good "how to" guide on North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club for the entire project from start to finish

the black light mod changes the look of the car totally IMO,plus i have added a scottlowe front grille kit powdercoated black and scottlowe front splitter also in black

looks the biz

mark

paul2070

What colour is your car mate,and have you any pics of it?

I've got a Black STI and think that it would look fantastic with the black surround done aswell............it also already has the WR1 Grilles(in Silver),and as i have only had it a couple of weeks i am gonna get the front splitter soon.

Let me know how much you would want to do the lights,either on here or by pm as my car is in the garage until the end of the week(hopefully) and when i get it back the mods can begin!!