Small change

:? I like my white indicators & also like the whippy , the more time i spend on the outside of my E89 the more i appreciate its styling , the lady designer has created a thing of beauty 8)
 
Just looked at the pics, and yes my foot has moved. Pretty close though.
I didnt want to put the chrome style repeaters on as everybody is doing it. And I dont like straying too far from standard with any vehicle.
With it being a black car the white lights stood out a mile, it makes you wonder why they were made like that in the first place....orange or clear lenses might have looked better.
And thats more than a bit of small change Maniac. :lol:
 
Nictrix said:
Just looked at the pics, and yes my foot has moved. Pretty close though.
I didnt want to put the chrome style repeaters on as everybody is doing it. And I dont like straying too far from standard with any vehicle.
With it being a black car the white lights stood out a mile, it makes you wonder why they were made like that in the first place....orange or clear lenses might have looked better.
And thats more than a bit of small change Maniac. :lol:
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Looks smart mate. I wanted to get mine LaminX'd but they said it was too round ... What did you do to it?
 
London_Gains said:
Nictrix said:
Just looked at the pics, and yes my foot has moved. Pretty close though.
I didnt want to put the chrome style repeaters on as everybody is doing it. And I dont like straying too far from standard with any vehicle.
With it being a black car the white lights stood out a mile, it makes you wonder why they were made like that in the first place....orange or clear lenses might have looked better.
And thats more than a bit of small change Maniac. :lol:
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Looks smart mate. I wanted to get mine LaminX'd but they said it was too round ... What did you do to it?
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I didnt tint the whole repeater, only the white part, I left the clear section as it was.
The white section is really quite flat with only a slight curve to it.
I would imagine it would be really quite easy to cover it with a tinted film if only covering the white part.
If the spray tint hadnt turned out well I was going to use tinted film instead.
I had to put on quite a few coats to get it to a uniform state before lacquering.
 
Nictrix said:
London_Gains said:
Nictrix said:
Just looked at the pics, and yes my foot has moved. Pretty close though.
I didnt want to put the chrome style repeaters on as everybody is doing it. And I dont like straying too far from standard with any vehicle.
With it being a black car the white lights stood out a mile, it makes you wonder why they were made like that in the first place....orange or clear lenses might have looked better.
And thats more than a bit of small change Maniac. :lol:
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Looks smart mate. I wanted to get mine LaminX'd but they said it was too round ... What did you do to it?
Click to expand...
I didnt tint the whole repeater, only the white part, I left the clear section as it was.
The white section is really quite flat with only a slight curve to it.
I would imagine it would be really quite easy to cover it with a tinted film if only covering the white part.
If the spray tint hadnt turned out well I was going to use tinted film instead.
I had to put on quite a few coats to get it to a uniform state before lacquering.
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So you spray tinted it right? Which product did you use? I'm a bit confused as to what you meant about the white part, as it looks like you have sprayed the whole indicator. Maybe i'm a bit confused,
 
London_Gains said:
Nictrix said:
London_Gains said:
Looks smart mate. I wanted to get mine LaminX'd but they said it was too round ... What did you do to it?
Click to expand...
I didnt tint the whole repeater, only the white part, I left the clear section as it was.
The white section is really quite flat with only a slight curve to it.
I would imagine it would be really quite easy to cover it with a tinted film if only covering the white part.
If the spray tint hadnt turned out well I was going to use tinted film instead.
I had to put on quite a few coats to get it to a uniform state before lacquering.
Click to expand...

So you spray tinted it right? Which product did you use? I'm a bit confused as to what you meant about the white part, as it looks like you have sprayed the whole indicator. Maybe i'm a bit confused,
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Look at the first pic.
The indicator has a white rhombus shaped part that you can see clearly.
Towards the cabin the part of the indicator nearest the BMW badge that cannot be seen in the pic is a clear section, not very big.
I left this part clear and coated the white part.
I used a product called Hycote lens paint and then clear lacquer over the top to make it more durable.
 
So you spray tinted it right? Which product did you use? I'm a bit confused as to what you meant about the white part, as it looks like you have sprayed the whole indicator. Maybe i'm a bit confused,[/quote]
Look at the first pic.
The indicator has a white rhombus shaped part that you can see clearly.
Towards the cabin the part of the indicator nearest the BMW badge that cannot be seen in the pic is a clear section, not very big.
I left this part clear and coated the white part.
I used a product called Hycote lens paint and then clear lacquer over the top to make it more durable.[/quote]

Thanks - the part in bold is what I was confused about, all I saw was the white indicator completely tinted. Thanks for the help, i'll try this on the weekend.
 
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