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MissYouBluePrint
Join Date: Mar 2005
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So what are people's thoughts, are they to ugly for the AU XR6 and AU XR8.
Grunter if your watching, I tried to email you but it bounced. Just curious on people comments, I had this debate with folks at work. One does not drive a Ford the other Drives a Toyota Corolla. ![]() Cheers ![]() \ Last edited by XR6BADBOY:P; 04-04-2005 at 01:14 AM. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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When I had my AU2 XR8, I always had head light protectors on. I dont mind them either way. My old man took his off for a while and ended up loosing a like to a rock/stone.
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They work well and headlights are expensive BUT they are as ugly as it gets and they need holes drilled to have them fitted. I wont have them on my AU.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Would'nt be without them.
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off in outer space
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: newcastle nsw
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i dont have them on my AUiii XR6 , dont like the look of them , makes the nose look round .
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Uterus M.I.A.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Gold Coast
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They look like sh!t on the au xr's. I have never had them on my ute and wont put them on. All the kms worth of country driving I have done and i havent lost a light.
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Buy some light skins, and ditch the epitomy of ugly. They just look WRONG! Steve Park and his crew need reaming for some of the things they did on the AU.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I am in two minds, I have them on mine but if I remove them i will have holes in my bumper that will just look terrible. I dont mind the look of them but I think I would prefer them off.
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Ugly as. Previous to my BA I was shopping for an AU and absolutely refused to look at any with the headlight protectors installed.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Makes em look like steve irkle with his coke bottle reading glasses, all bug eyed.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I had them on mine as the AU XR lights fill up with moisture if you let too much water get in around them...
They look shit but A) save stones. B) make it easier to clean around the headlight area. C) stop the headlights from getting moisture in them.
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I had a love/hate relationship with them,on off on off now off forever.
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Foo Fighter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Wellington, NZ
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I reckon they look shit on an AU, but if I owned one I would review them becuase when I did some work experiance at a Ford dealer a while back a Falcon came in and the headlight was cracked by a stone and it cost the owner about $400 to replace it, if memory serves me right.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Yes.
They are ugly.
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Neglecting the P250
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Gisborne, Victoria
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My motorbike used to have a headlight protector that was attached by small pieces of velcro. That would be an option and saves drilling holes. I won't be putting those standard headlight protectors on my ute. |
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![]() I've seen the covers on different coloured XRs and didn't think they suited, but thought they looked great on the Silver XR. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sthn NSW
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Im with Grunter, they look great on some colours (silver being one of them). On others im not keen on them.
And it'd have to be sheer bad luck for a stone to bust a light - would have to be spot on.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pilbara
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I can confirm that around $400 is what it will cost to replace a head light on an AU XR. I replaced a cracked one on my AUII. I don't think the parts are that expensive but they bump up the price in work hours cause the whole front nose has to come off.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne, Vic
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I'm happy with the look of the covers on my silver xr. I've seen them on the white and they don't look so hot.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Got to agree Grunter, really half the time I forget they are there.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tasmania
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I use, and have used for 6 or 8 years the Aunger Self Adhesive Stick on Headlight Protectors.
Once On you wouldnt know they were there, if a rock hits the film, it absorbs the impact without shattering the light. These come in a sheet and need to be cut out to suit your car, takes me abour an hour / hour and a half to make a template, cut and fit these. In my opinion they are well worth it, I run these on both my TS50 and my wifes Mazda 6 ( I reckon the cost of a Mazda 6 front light assembly would break me) and unless you really looked, you wouldnt know they were there. They dont yellow (well after about 4 years they do, so should be replaced) and no dirt or moisture gets between them and the light If you want pics, let me know |
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T3/Sprint8
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Seems silver AU's suit the covers best...
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
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they look great on those silver AU's.
Does anyone have any pics of the ED XR style ones? Ive only ever seen a couple of cars with them and Ive been interested in getting some.
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When I get new headlights for my EL I will be getting a set of protectors for them because they tend to go yellow without them.
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
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They'd probably look better with colour coded rubbers. It's the black rubber strip that turns me off the most.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tasmania
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The stuff i use is prob only 3 or 4mm thick, works a treat, costs about $60.00 for both headlights
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Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
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I love them, the only thing I dislike about them is that you have to undo them with a driver to get into the light area to clean them and they get very dirty in behind the protector, other than that I don't have a problem.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra
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I used to have them fitted on my XR, and I don't anymore. Yes they will save $400 for a headlamp change, yes you'll get good aero LOL, but I've seen how these things break up in an accident and it is not pretty.
The hassle involved in taking them off now and again (especially when the nut inside the bracket comes out), plus the replacement cost of them $100 for the entire set if you split something as simple as the rubber. The perspex scratches, and you somehow still get bugs behind them.
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