For those who don't know, there's 2 variants of Mk3. The late models gained a facelift (FL's) and the early ones are known as Pre-Facelift (PFL). One of the differences are the headlamps:
On the left, you've the PFL lamp with combined Dip/main beam and on the right, the FL lamp, with separate projector style headlamp.
Whilst the FL lamps appealed to me, I disliked the chrome overload they had. So, undeterred, I picked a set up and introduced them to the heatgun...
introduced the plastic chrome to some scotchpads...
and then to some paint
leave out the orange reflector for good measure...
and that's as far as I've got so far. Lamps have to warmed back up to reactivate the unbelievably sticky mastic. I've also got to wait for the slow boat from china to deliver some new plugs for the bulb holders.