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Old 12-09-2008 | 02:16 AM
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the forth is from a VW GTI and i;m unsure of the "dots"

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Here is the prototype, taken with my iphone and a low exposure camera...fail I know....









A couple things to note. This will be trimmed down and not as deep. The back will have a flat piece that the two tubes will poke through. The two tubes are there for one to go to the brake via the back of the wheel well and the other to be directed up infront of my intakes to give a semi cold air feeling.

The fog will be mounted from brackets extruding from the back panel, therefore looking as if it is floating in the center of the vent. The vent will then have mesh put on the front with the fog sticking out, this mesh will stabalize the light from jiggling during driving. I also plan to insert LED's on the top of the vent downwards to give the entire vent a glow at night, haters can chime in here

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Old 12-09-2008 | 02:28 AM
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Sounds sick man, can't wait to see this thingamajig you are creating... sounds like it has a lot of potential. Keep us updated.
Old 12-09-2008 | 06:25 PM
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looks unique
but ir ur gonna put fog light on, go with the yellow one or the last one
Old 12-10-2008 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Wezbian
I'm thinking about using the second one
I agree, I like the 2nd one also.
Old 12-10-2008 | 12:27 AM
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Cool cool. You're beating me to the punch, haha.
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Old 12-10-2008 | 02:51 AM
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Cool cool. You're beating me to the punch, haha.
Are you doing a brake vent job? I will insert LED's on the top of the casing facing the bottom to give that indirect glow...
Old 12-10-2008 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Wezbian
the forth is from a VW GTI and i;m unsure of the "dots"

VW Ebay item

Here is the prototype, taken with my iphone and a low exposure camera...fail I know....









A couple things to note. This will be trimmed down and not as deep. The back will have a flat piece that the two tubes will poke through. The two tubes are there for one to go to the brake via the back of the wheel well and the other to be directed up infront of my intakes to give a semi cold air feeling.

The fog will be mounted from brackets extruding from the back panel, therefore looking as if it is floating in the center of the vent. The vent will then have mesh put on the front with the fog sticking out, this mesh will stabalize the light from jiggling during driving. I also plan to insert LED's on the top of the vent downwards to give the entire vent a glow at night, haters can chime in here
Now i will tell you what would look awesome.
the way you made these two wholes,imagine these two are fog lights,similar to "BRABUS"design fog lights.
So 2 foglights on each side.Maybe you can even use the two fog lights with angel eyes.
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Wow without getting my chopsticks out, i'll start with one centered fog and then see if it is socially acceptable to do double barrel fogs with halos...
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like this.
http://www.brabus-usa.com/CLK61.shtml
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Are you doing a brake vent job? I will insert LED's on the top of the casing facing the bottom to give that indirect glow...
Not brake vent, don't think we could benefit from that as much as aesthetic mods in the same area for now. I like where you are going with this and I'm sure whatever we come up with will be different anyway.

Moar updates nao!
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definitely has potential to be something unique
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oh oh now make it round and call it "angel eyes"
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oh oh now make it round and call it "angel eyes"
are you for real?
Old 12-10-2008 | 06:14 PM
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are you for real?
sorry maybe you didnt get the sarcasm.... my biggest pet peeve is when people put halos on cars that arent bmws.

just like this, its pretty similar to audi's signature lighting.
Old 12-10-2008 | 06:23 PM
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sorry maybe you didnt get the sarcasm.... my biggest pet peeve is when people put halos on cars that arent bmws.

just like this, its pretty similar to audi's signature lighting.
Oh ok....
I was just about to ask,how you came up with the name angel eyes,because that never existed before!!!


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