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Old 18 March 2005, 02:52 PM
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Default DE-TANGO Headlights Anyone Wish they hadn't

As the title says, Has anyone detangoed headlights and come 'un-stuck' and ended up with problems???
Old 18 March 2005, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Zip Boing Arial Whoop
As the title says, Has anyone detangoed headlights and come 'un-stuck' and ended up with problems???

do you mean your indicators???lol

BM
Old 18 March 2005, 03:39 PM
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No,
Happily de tango'd the headlights (removing the horrid amber bit) on my MY02 and painted part of the reflectors black as well.

Will be doing the same to my MY05 very soon as well

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Old 18 March 2005, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bartmanuk
do you mean your indicators???lol

BM
Yeah, sorry did mean the indicators in the headlamp
Old 18 March 2005, 04:52 PM
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Paid the dealer to this for me, so no problems so far
Old 18 March 2005, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by richiewong
Paid the dealer to this for me, so no problems so far
How much did they charge??
Old 18 March 2005, 05:06 PM
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Did me a special deal of only £25 cos I was getting some other odds and sods done.
Was told it was a 2 hour job (30 minutes gas mark 4 in an oven ) and would originally be £140
Old 18 March 2005, 06:01 PM
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i did mine myself and had no problems ..........yet
Old 18 March 2005, 06:04 PM
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I also did mine(well other half did) and have had no problems at all
Old 18 March 2005, 06:12 PM
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i dunno , some people...
Old 18 March 2005, 06:37 PM
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I did mine on my MY03 STi and had some condensation issues afterwards with a poor seal, so they had to come back off, twice for re-sealing.
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there must be a moral to this story somewhere
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What issue do you have I have done 20 plus sets with no issues at all !
Old 18 March 2005, 08:32 PM
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Did mine and my mates a year ago. Mine misted up a couple of months back, but on inspection I found that the bulb access cap on the back had fallen off and allowed 457 litres of water into the unit. Opened it back up, emptied out the water and re-sealed and it's been fine ever since. Probably gonna be re-opening my mates soon as he wants to colour code the reflector trim
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Originally Posted by Fulham71
What issue do you have I have done 20 plus sets with no issues at all !
I want to know if people have had any condensation issues etc.
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If you have then wither reseal with some extra sealant or re warm the units & then reclose again
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Originally Posted by corradoboy
Did mine and my mates a year ago. Mine misted up a couple of months back, but on inspection I found that the bulb access cap on the back had fallen off and allowed 457 litres of water into the unit. Opened it back up, emptied out the water and re-sealed and it's been fine ever since. Probably gonna be re-opening my mates soon as he wants to colour code the reflector trim

how many litres!!! do yo drive an aeoroplane
Old 18 March 2005, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
how many litres!!! do yo drive an aeoroplane
No, but my Scooby has been known to fly
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Had mine done by AQS Motorsport, no problems so far!
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