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Old 08-31-2013, 04:50 PM
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New Wheels/Tires and check out what I had done to the headlights

I went back to 18" rims from the 19's I had on there. It does ride a tiny bit better but I love the look of these 5 spoke wheels on the car.
I took the car to a guy that advertised on Craigslist that tints headlights. Mine were looking tired, still clear but getting a little yellow cast on them and lots of little rock chips.
He dry sanded them way down, took them into the spray booth, removed the rubber trim, taped off and covered everything. He shot them with 2 coats of clear to fill in the rock chips then added black paint to the clear and shot them 2 coats of a tinted clear coat.
They look fantastic, like new only different. I do not see any difference at all with the amount of light being projected. I have an HID kit in there with 5300 bulbs, the same color as factory HID lights, no blue at all. What do you think?













 
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:16 PM
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White99--What kind of wheels are those? I've got a white C4 and was thinking black 5-spokes would look great today (and yours do!).

Thanks!

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The wheels look great! Does the headlight tint drastically reduce the light output? They look nice too.
 
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Very nice, wheels are looking good!!!
 
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Wow, LOVE those wheels, they look great. Same question as Dennis, how much degradation in light output do you notice?

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