Another random kids pointless VR6 thread

**ryana89** · 01-10-2010, 08:06 PM

Ahhh I see now, quite a nifty little mod with a nice effect.

Be a little bit careful with blackening indicators as depending on their mood and how loud your car is, Police can get you on small stupid things like that.

Their was a girl in the bay whos car was written off as "un-roadworthy" by local police because the "parkers" where to bright

Go figure

But I like how they've turned out on your car

**Ben J** · 01-10-2010, 08:19 PM

thanks ray, your DIY was incredibly helpfull, I wouldnt have attempted doing it without it. The cars actually blue

not that anything can really be seen in the crappy phone pics haha. Plan on giving it a wash tomorow, grabbing a real camera and getting some real photos.

And yea ryan I'm not looking forward to getting pulled over, its gotta happen soon though, have been less then half the legal ride height for almost 2 months now with no trouble

the nightshades sort of cracked the first time i did it, so i sanded it all back and repainted them, and it cracked again a bit on one of them, its not obvious until you turn on the indicator, but then it just looks quite stupid. It comes off with paint thinners and stuff so i might make them a little less dark, the light still shines through them pretty well but yea If a cop was having a bad day im sure I could get in a bit of trouble.

**rayray086** · 01-10-2010, 08:35 PM

Hahaha my mistake mate. Long day for me today.

**Ben J** · 02-10-2010, 01:24 PM

Gave it a wash and a quick polish on a few bits (polished it all last weekend) and got a couple of photos before it started to rain (mother nature is a ****ing bitch.)

anywayy

**Jace** · 02-10-2010, 02:10 PM

Clean. Next DIY mod: shave front bumper?

**ryana89** · 02-10-2010, 02:14 PM

"RAW"

Never noticed that before
You've given me inspiration to blacken some of my plastics up (again)
Out of curiosity, what wax do you use? Or do you just use a combination Polish/Wax mixture.

Looks awesome

**Ben J** · 02-10-2010, 02:28 PM

Thanks Jace, I didn't use to like the shaved bumper on the mk3 but i'm kinda feeling it now. Bumper is a bit scratched up from the previous owner so yea would be nice to shave it and get it repainted

Can't see it happening any time soon though

And yea Ryan I thought the number plate was pretty cool when I got it, friends have named the car mufasa (from the lion king) cuase of the numberplates and cuase its a beast haha, but now it seems every second car I see up here has RAW number plates so its kinda lost its specialness

But yea I'm just using Autoglym super resin polish, it hides swirl marks/light scratches and stuff and works as a sealant, beads water quite nicely really and does look pretty nice. If i had access to a decent polisher id get the scratches/swirls out properly and probably use a real wax or the duragloss sealant stuff, but for the time being im happy with the autoglym stuff.

I'm thinking about repainting the wheels (they arent as nice as they look in the photos) and am toying with the idea of rolling the rear guards and putting some like 15mm spacers in the back, to get a bit of stock wheel stance going haha