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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2014, 10:44:25 pm »
Looks spot in mate and cheaper than buying some, good DIY job...... :happy2:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2014, 10:54:50 pm »
Keep up the good work! Looks tidy!

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #47 on: January 15, 2014, 10:51:12 pm »
Wheels are absolutely spot on.

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #48 on: January 15, 2014, 11:11:25 pm »
Lights look great mate. What paint did you use? Rub the silver down first?

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #49 on: January 15, 2014, 11:18:45 pm »
Thanks guys :happy2:

Lights look great mate. What paint did you use? Rub the silver down first?

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Nah just sprayed it straight on... Did bleed through in a few places but after a light hanging coat and 2 good coats it was all good.

I used U-pol gloss black

Sealed them up with Tiger Seal.

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #50 on: January 16, 2014, 07:12:24 am »
They look great. What did you use to split them? Iv been looking but i cant find anything appropriate!


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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #51 on: January 16, 2014, 08:27:04 am »
They look great. What did you use to split them? Iv been looking but i cant find anything appropriate!

I used a couple of different size filler knifes, very similar to what mateyguv uses in his video.

Removing the black plastic trim on the outers helped a lot and that area was he most difficult to split. I had to use a fine flat bladed jewlers screwdriver to open the top of the lense up, hammer and chisel style! :surprised:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #52 on: January 17, 2014, 12:31:41 pm »
Cars look great, the difference before and now is like night and day :happy2:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *R32/Ed30 rear lights*
« Reply #53 on: January 17, 2014, 01:31:32 pm »
now why didnt i just do that to my rear lights!  :grin: great job mate, they look spot on!  :happy2:


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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #54 on: January 20, 2014, 09:19:27 pm »
Had a bit of a mass fitting day on Sunday...

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After


Well chuffed with how they look.

Also fitted the full GTI brake conversion I've had in the shed for over 6 months

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After


Rears

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After


The discs are much bigger..




Also had a fiddle with the rear camber and maxed it out, will be setting it up properly whilst it's on the ramp having the tracking done to get the fitment right.

Brakes were bled today at my local mot place and feel good, not had a chance to really test them out yet...

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #55 on: January 20, 2014, 10:01:11 pm »
Good work. Lights do look really good! I hope they dont steam up  :drinking:


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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #56 on: January 20, 2014, 10:11:05 pm »
Good work. Lights do look really good! I hope they dont steam up  :drinking:

Cheers mate, yeah me too!  :happy2:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #57 on: February 02, 2014, 12:38:21 am »
Looks awesome mate - top job on the rear lights  :congrats:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #58 on: February 02, 2014, 08:18:47 am »
did you use a video to do your lights? I cant seem to find it, do you have a link at all? they look cracking  :happy2:

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Re: G40will's Tornado Red GT TDI *Rear lights fitted & GTI Brakes*
« Reply #59 on: February 02, 2014, 11:27:45 am »
did you use a video to do your lights? I cant seem to find it, do you have a link at all? they look cracking  :happy2:

Thank you! Here's the link to the video's





Big props to mateyguv for making the videos.

Couple of pics to update the thread