Finally grew some and detango'd the blob today. Missus is away for the day so I booked the entire day to get it done. Only took a few hours in the end..

Grille off, bumper loosened off, air intake off... lights out.


Bit nervous at this point


The offending items..


And now


Cheap as chips and makes a hell of a difference..

 

Lookin Good!!

 

very nice .

 

Looks much cleaner

 

Its got to be done, looks much better

 

Is it just a matter of warming them up in the oven. Popping them apart. Removing the orange parts then sticking back together. Simples?

 

 

Pretty much.. 10-15mins @ low temp.. about 100c.. prise apart, remove orange crapness, push back together then back in the oven same temp same amount of time. Then push together a bit more and refit screws..

Then breath out..

 

Makes a big difference doesn't it.
Its even more noticeable on a sliver car i reckon.
Here is mine
Before:

After:

 

Looks much better!

Going to do mine in the next couple of weeks and paint the bit inside as well.

What indicator bulbs did you get to replace the originals?

 

Silvatec items from revolution motorsport, only 11 quid pics of silver blob above are very cool, like it.

 

Sounds easy enough but are the lights not glued together, if you split apart do they reseal or are there some screws involved as well?

Thanks

 

Take a bit of care when you pull them apart to make sure the seal doesn't melt too much and get stringy. It will be a real bitch to get off if the goo gets on the reflector part of the light.

 

Silvatec are on ebay for 6.95 quid.
Will do main too, but definitely paint them on black

 

silvatec's arent very bright. I would avoid them personally.
I have x-tech bulbs which i found to be brighter.
Phillips silvervision are much better but impossible to find nowadays.

 

Rez, you should have sprayed them black while you had them apart Looks miles better though

 

I personally think this is about the best visual mod you can do to a blob or bug wrx for the cost involved. Looks great without them cheap nasty bits of orange plastic!

 

Which model blob comes with the really dark lamps? JDM?

 

The yanks actually add extra bits of orange to theirs

 

Nice job

 

You know I did consider that but I'm just not that keen on the black on a blue scoob, black on a black scoob suits well but not sure about mine..

 

Are you sure, are you really sure

 

love the de tangoed look, was very wary about doing mine, so didnt bother

 

Complimented with all black grills etc looks evil mate!! I concede..

 

 

Lookin very nice



I have done mine the mrs didn't like me using the oven though i will get to hers oneday

 

Why pay £7 quid for silver bulbs? Just give the orange ones a light coat of silver spray, job done!!

 

Makes you wonder why subaru bothered with the orange lenses in the first place. Looks a million times better detangoed

 

They must know it looks rubbish as jdm are de-tango as standard.