Quote Originally Posted by johnc View Post
I went down this path from the original US write up on golfmkv.com. It really was quite a chore, I ended up bailing out after tackling 1 light.

Although, I went about trying to retain the lip which holds the lens in place with silicone. Do you have any pics of your lights with your hood up? I imagine it looks a little raw with the rough edge with visible silicone. Could be wrong, but that's what prevented me from trying your method. Did you paint the rear housing and sand down the cut edges prior to re-siliconing it?

Very brave and credit due for persisting with it.

For anyone wanting to tackle this, I'd offer the suggestion of not painting the front of the housing, but the back. The plastic is semi transparent, and if you paint it from behind, it'll become black, but still have a perfectly smooth plastic finish.

Oh, and surgical gloves would be a good addition to the DIY. If anyone wants to keep any of the silver parts the way they were, you don't want to be touching them with your hands. They're painted silver/chrome and mark very easily, and can chip/peal if you try to clean them up.
Thanks man
Actually the silicone edge around it doesnt look to bad as i used black sealant and made sure i gave a generous coat around, i then neatened it up with my finger. I will get a pic up of it tomorrow to show you. Oh and i know what you mean about that plastic being semi transparent haha. Oh yeh and the chrome bits do flake off quite easily, i made the mistake of taping it up and then decided to take it off and realised the chrome had come off, i mean its that easy!!!!