ouch on installing overlays

[vonivo]

I'm not gonna get into a tit for tat on this one, but for the record, the second picture you posted is of a sedan, not a coupe.. and the internals are a bit different between the two. the first picture is of a coupe, but still not from the angles I'm looking at.. but I don't need a picture to illustrate my point.. I've installed 5 sets of bat's GTR headlight overlays, and I know exactly how they should be installed. And, if the owner of the vehicle is like me and wants all of the amber to be covered, then you must bring it back down past the horizontal bit of the hood. This is how I installed mine on my car . I would have preferred to install it the way you are suggesting, but it did not look good from all angles!

Im not trying to et into a argument at all. This is a forum so i am simply stating my opinion and discussing subjects from my point of view to anothers which happens to be yours at the moment. I enjoy a bit of the back n forth because you get other peoples opinions and perspective which is sometimes lost.

Back to the subject...

A. if the owner is happy then thats what matters. (unless you turn your car into rice then you will be ridiculed from the forum to everyone in real life)

B. I still feel the proper install is using the lines of the headlight and hood to make it look proper if not it looks like a bad install.

P.S. I know the 2nd 1 is from a sedan but it shows a proper instill like the coupe above it of bats overlay that covers all of the turn signal without going over the lines.

[imdavit]

The turn signals are there, i just hide it with the overlays

you are a very tricky guy my friend...

of course its there but do people see it when u put em on? actually ima try it for myself a lil later .. lol u funny

[rjdmmfl1]

you are a very tricky guy my friend...

of course its there but do people see it when u put em on? actually ima try it for myself a lil later .. lol u funny

the 6/10 overlay isn't that bad at all when it comes to the turn signals... if regulkar white light shows through them, you can believe that that bright orange/amber turn signal in that reflective housing shows through!, rememberm the turn suignal is outside of the eyelid area.... now my matte blacks on the other hand.... DO NO show through , but that's not that bad of a problem when you have the side mirror turn signals!

[iiiskylll]

I disagree...if lined up right on the split line about 1/2 inch higher between the low n high beam and the running lights n turn signal it would then line up with the line in the headlights and the hood while perfectly covering what it was meant to cover. I have seen quite a few posted here and none of them are that far off.

Here is a perfect example of blue bats overlays mounted properly.



And here is a link from bluebat's site of an altima with the proper installation



Modified by vonivo at 12:43 PM 11/2/2008

That's my car! And yes it's a coupe. I think that I honestly just got lucky while applying it. It took me about 45minutes total . But one has a couple of bubbles/crinkles so I reordered a set. I'm not sure if I'm going to try the GTR tails...those seem a bit tricky.

Davit - I don't think it's that big of a deal that your tint passes the lines of the hood a tad. I didn't even notice until someone pointed it out. If I were you I wouldn't bother reordering the tints and reapplying them.

[vonivo]

That's my car! And yes it's a coupe. I think that I honestly just got lucky while applying it. It took me about 45minutes total . But one has a couple of bubbles/crinkles so I reordered a set. I'm not sure if I'm going to try the GTR tails...those seem a bit tricky.

Davit - I don't think it's that big of a deal that your tint passes the lines of the hood a tad. I didn't even notice until someone pointed it out. If I were you I wouldn't bother reordering the tints and reapplying them.

you did a great job installing them they look real clean. From the pics you cant see any bubbles / crinkles but doing it yourself is a good learning experience.

[Blue Batmobile]

Guys, whats great about my Overlays is that they are slightly oversized to allow complete coverage, also to allow some freedom on positioning . There really isnt a right or wrong on how low my GTR headlight overlays should be positioned. You want more coverage, set it a tad lower than the hoodline, want it lined up with the hoodline, you can do that as well .

Bat

[phobs]

, I still need to install mine

[Blue Batmobile]

whats taking so long? You need someone to install?

Bat

[phobs]

Been really busy on school, midterms coming up and essays to write Plus I'm planning to get your stache vinyls so I can get them both installed at the same time.

[imdavit]

im about to get some eyelids from you andrew! hit me up with an email on price!