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02-24-2009, 08:18 AM
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#1 | | Witness protection
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| angel eyes on mk5 vw gti?
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02-24-2009, 08:26 AM
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I have them on my 3. They certainly look cool, but can be quite a headache, both in terms of installation and upkeep.
If the installation is anything like our cars, the process takes 6-8 hours if doing it yourself and requires that the bumper be taken off, the headlight housings be taken out. The housings will need to be "heated" so the glue holding the lens to the housing can come apart. Adhere the DDE rings and wire, then re-heat the housings and put back together.
I've had a lot of problems on mine with the ballasts failing. YMMV.
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02-24-2009, 09:29 AM
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#3 | | I STILL don't get it
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BMW wannabe
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02-24-2009, 09:35 AM
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#4 | | How I Mod your mother
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I personally like the look, but then you'll get alot of ppl calling you this ^
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02-24-2009, 11:15 AM
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#5 | | Media Officer / MOD
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get the hella Dyna Lights search i up its unique its hella
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02-24-2009, 11:48 AM
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#6 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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i think it looks nice. use it as drl
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02-24-2009, 12:16 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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i saw a gti with angel eyes on the road once.. looked pretty good
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02-24-2009, 12:50 PM
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#8 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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yeah they do look nice. i looked into them before. wanted to get it for my gf's mk5 gti but it is quite costly.
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02-24-2009, 02:03 PM
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#9 | | RS controls my life!
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hella dynabeams are the way to go for that... angel eyes on anything but a bimmer... same as LED's on anything but an audi... they just don't look right IMO...
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02-24-2009, 02:10 PM
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#10 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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looks pretty badass
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02-24-2009, 02:23 PM
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#11 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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nice photon cannons
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02-24-2009, 02:26 PM
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#12 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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02-24-2009, 04:46 PM
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#13 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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02-24-2009, 04:55 PM
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I was planning to get Hella Celis for my MK4 ,but they cost around 800-900 retail. Apparently PGPerformance sells them for around 1100. For that price I could get VAG OEM HID's. It's too much work for the Mk5s to "retrofit" the Angel eye "rings".  The stock headlights look nice already. If you want something different, much like what "aznboi128" said. Just get the Hella dynaBeam Headlights. They're pretty awesome.
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02-24-2009, 05:06 PM
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#15 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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I know everyone says BMW Wannabe but I would say that it almost looks factory on this car> too much work for not being original and probably not lasting more than a month though in my opinion.....
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02-24-2009, 05:09 PM
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#16 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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i was thinking of picking these up when i get my gti, i think they look pretty cool, but angel eyes are a bmw thing, the gti already has hid's, and these lights are probably going to cost you around 500, imo your better off spending the money on a vortex lip kit. The stock gti headlights are already superior to the lighting systems on most cars. if you want to do something different do this:  
basically what you do is buy the s6 led's for about 400, and you install them in the bumper. And vw and audi are the same company, so it works! http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4180136
read this thread also, this guy just bought a cheap strip of led's as opposed to buying the expensive s6 ones
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02-24-2009, 07:59 PM
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#17 | | Witness protection
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thanks for the opinions and keeping it relatively clean everyone http://www.tekarbon.com is where this came from. the retrofit including clearing out the signal lights is $300usd, but there is no core so they expect you to ship your existing headlights to them to do the work. 2 week turnaround incl. shipping time.
but as some have said... bmw wannabe ballast exploding money wasting mod.
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02-24-2009, 08:10 PM
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#18 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Save the money, and get the oem votex lip kit, r32 rear apron + custom center exhaust.. (y)
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02-24-2009, 08:13 PM
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#19 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by AAnthony  i was thinking of picking these up when i get my gti, i think they look pretty cool, but angel eyes are a bmw thing, the gti already has hid's, and these lights are probably going to cost you around 500, imo your better off spending the money on a vortex lip kit. The stock gti headlights are already superior to the lighting systems on most cars. if you want to do something different do this:
basically what you do is buy the s6 led's for about 400, and you install them in the bumper. And vw and audi are the same company, so it works! http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4180136
read this thread also, this guy just bought a cheap strip of led's as opposed to buying the expensive s6 ones | it looks pretty nice on the gti.
the other dad i saw the puke color m3 in richmond with the same kind of LED strip use as signals.
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02-24-2009, 08:23 PM
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#20 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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god damn, can we please keep the angel eyes on BMW please. If i wanted angel eyes i'd buy a BMW not a VW....
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02-24-2009, 10:12 PM
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#21 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by threezero it looks pretty nice on the gti.
the other dad i saw the puke color m3 in richmond with the same kind of LED strip use as signals. | I saw that car too. Didn't look very nice IMO.
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02-24-2009, 10:23 PM
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#22 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Roach I saw that car too. Didn't look very nice IMO.
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I don't know if its the same car, few years back the puck color car had a lot less stuff on it and it clean and not too bad. not it just looks like he got bore and tack anything he could find on to the car
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02-24-2009, 10:27 PM
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#23 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by 325ist I know everyone says BMW Wannabe but I would say that it almost looks factory on this car | I agree, they do look very similar to the factory lights on a GTi. But it look nice on the vw tho imo.
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02-24-2009, 10:34 PM
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#24 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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it looks alright, jsut not used to it on a non-bmw
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02-25-2009, 03:23 PM
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#25 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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get LEDs. They dun use ballast so the chance of failing is lower than the old type of angel eyes
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