De-Tangoed the wife's motor :)
 

After much deliberation I decided to de-tango the wife's wrx.
So Tuesday nite it was Hell's Kitchen as the lights were removed and placed in the oven at gas mark 3 for 6 mins each, turning occassionally not forgetting to baste them in their own juices :)

Really like the look of the front end now ;)

before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rt/cars139.jpg
and after
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rt/CARS043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rt/CARS042.jpg

Cheers for looking

Russ

stunning

Huge improvement!

Like it!

Looks great in white, even better with the detango! :D

Now that looks nice :D

Is it a Jap import by any chance? Looks very spec c.

Jim

Jim, it's a UK 05my WRX :) Slightly modified ;)
Had it on the rollers about 4 weeks ago and was very happy with the results.
271bhp / 270 lbft

Cheers for the kind comments

Regards

Russ

Such an improvement, and just for the cost of some silvertech bulbs, and some gas :)


Nice one


Cookie

So much better, can't work out why Subaru don't do it themselves..

nice work mate,,i done mine when i got it in march,, just make sure they are sealed properly as one of mine started to take water,, i soon sorted that out by opening it up again and using extra sealant,,,and just how nervous were you when you popped them in the oven, i was bricking it, opening the leaking one the second time i decided to use a hairdryer and it worked fine too..
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16...r/DSC00025.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16...r/DSC00024.jpg

Why didn't Subaru do that :rolleyes: They look so much better when that's done :) I did mine on Sunday too

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...torsfitted.jpg

Looking good mate :thumb: :thumb: :cool: :cool:

It is amazing the difference it makes to the overall look of the frontend,
was soo pleased with the results when I did mine in March :) :)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...-Scoob-018.jpg

Got Austen_wrx to do my detangoing, as my own attempt, I ended up melting my headlight as the oven got to hot.

Must have been the most expensive de-tango in history. :cry:


http://photobucket.com/albums/y16/sc...Picture014.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/y16/sc...Picture040.jpg

Arh so you are the famous headlight melter then ??
I remember Austen telling me about that when he told me how to do it
scared the f**k out of me at first !! :eek: :eek:

I think Austen has done it so many times now, he can do it with one hand and with his eyes shut. :)

De-tangoed cars just look so much better than stock!

Why oh Why don't they come like that as standard?

He wouldn't do mine for me :( :(

The JDM ones do.

Doing mine at the weekend ... Hope you liked the tunes this evening :)

Just noticed the upper grill mesh in the pics it looks :thumb:

where is that from, whose it is.

Cheers :)

The mesh in which picture ?? :confused: :confused:

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That picture :lol: :lol:

The mesh grill is just the standard one, took it off and painted it white just to be a wee bit different. :)

Regards

Russ

looks totally transformed :)

While you have your lights apart,why not give the chrome surround a dose of Satin black paintage?;)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/0...5/58c6fd75.jpg

don't know what colour car you have,but its something else you could do:D

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/0...5/563a6122.jpg

Jon:)

Ohhh Yes... Mines WR Blue toooo.

Any tips on how do this, so it doesnt look like a bodge job what paint did you use ... cheeers

Instuctions here somewhere
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...+headlight+mod

only make sure you use satin black spray from halfords and not matt black

hth,Jon:D

Cheers :thumb:

hi mate,, i bought the mesh in the pics from homebase, a big sheet of it,, then i just cut it to size and popped it in,,,i was gonna get the wr1 mesh but i dnt like the way the bottom mesh kinda just stick out,, so im gona get round to takin the bumper off and setting the mesh back a little bit,,glad you like it anyway.

Hi, my thoughts exactly about the wr1 mesh and other mesh kits, i dont like the way it is lazily designed to sit right at the front. It almost looks like ab afterthougth, 'cos they thought it was too much hassle to set it back a bit. I'm going to try t tackle this job also at some point.
Cheers :)