Blacked out headlights... what do you think?

[HPmuirt]

TBH I'm in the "leave 'em alone" crowd - I'd have a blacked area on the RH light if it was actually a gaping airbox intake, though...

__MDC__

Great idea for us (as Tom regularly demonstrates on the drag strip), but not quite as useful for the BEAST that was my mates 1.6 Laser

Cheers n

Si

[LHD_Kid]

Thanks for the opinions, each to their own...
The lights work fine, as the projectors are now HID (bearing in mind it started as 3B non ellipsoids) and the high beam still reflects exactly as it did before...
I am waiting for some different high beam bulbs and side light bulbs to arrive, after which I will take a photo of them switched on....

[LHD_Kid]

Loooks pretty good, did you have any dramas getting the A6 elipsoids in?

No, actually fitted in quite nicely, made up 4 little aluminium brackets, stripped both sets of lights and bolted everything back together... I could even keep the existing rear covers on, with a proper grommet.... doesn't look at all DIY from the back, but then you will never see that part...!
HID certainly makes a major difference, I would like to have seen the differences as they happened, ie 3B standard, to S2 ellipsoids, to A6 Xenon HID... I know they are very very bright now...!

[Azman]

Looks good, as said before give an evil tang to the car

[Henka]

Looks dynamite man. I'd do it to if I could afford the lights - my project isn't really at that stage right now... It's more like in parts on the garage floor stage. But, whole diffy story, great looking stuff... Seen it on a couple of AW cars and it loooked as good there as it does on yours.

[Mark Halligan]

Looks alright, but I would say that as I did the same to mine too.

Good Job

[Greg_S]

Looks alright, but I would say that as I did the same to mine too.

Good Job

Goto agree

[Crawford_S2]

I am in the phec it, do it camp too! Did mine after i saw a few done at inters and think it looks mean with a black grill

The standard look is a bit plain IMO so meaning it up is my choice and the choice of quite a few others too. If its good enough for a lot of new metal its good enough for my ride

[fivepotnoodle]

Err, the part of the lens that hasn't been painted black (next to the bonnet)

Yep, my bad. I've learnt something too, never realised the headlights were next to bonnet. Amazed

[Corey]

Goto agree

Ditto what he said

[jeroen]

wich a6 projectors did you fit in?? a6 model til 2001 or the ones with bigger lenses starting in 2002???? and where they new projectors or second hand??

[LHD_Kid]

wich a6 projectors did you fit in?? a6 model til 2001 or the ones with bigger lenses starting in 2002???? and where they new projectors or second hand??

Sorry for not posting sooner, I missed this before...!
2001 A6, so not the larger newer ones (they would not fit, especially if you want to keep the rear light covers on)
Mine were second hand units, 1 pair of complete lamps and ballasts which I butchered and fitted inside.

[jeroen]

ok thanks for info. do you have a picture of the end result??

[A80Avant]

what paint did you use and what procedure in order for the black paint(spray??)to stay on?

[Greg_S]

I used black hammerite on mine