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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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I know this is totally out of the subject but..

~Happy Valentine's Day~
Old Feb 14, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Poo on Valentine's day.

They're not clear, but chrome, rather.

Look better and don't give an orange tint to your housing. But hey, to each their own.
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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great JOB PROPS MAD PROPS
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by reaubideux
Originally Posted by FNslow
I've been tempted to do this but I too am a little scared putting my headlights in the oven as I have NEVER used an oven before, only microwaves.

Sorry if I sound like a dick, but using an oven is not rocket science. Turn the temperature **** to the desired temp. Let it warm up for 5-10 minutes. Open door and stick something in it to bake it. The tricky part is remembering to turn it off when you're done.
No offense taken but knowing me though when it comes down to anything in the kitchen other than the microwave, i'll probably burn down the headlight along with the house and the neighbor's house as well.
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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FN, not to worry, my kids had never seen windows you rolled down....
Old Feb 16, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Great write-up! I'm going to do this soon and paint the "Boomerang" Salsa red to match my car.
Old Feb 16, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Be sure to post all of your pics on here!!

I want to see my tutorial in action!!

I will post better pics of my car when i stop being lazy :p
Old Feb 16, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FNslow
No offense taken but knowing me though when it comes down to anything in the kitchen other than the microwave, i'll probably burn down the headlight along with the house and the neighbor's house as well.
Well.... you could use the microwave to set a timer so you don't forget to take the headlights out of the oven.
Old Feb 17, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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heres mine











and this is what happen when my blinker is on

Old Feb 17, 2007 | 05:11 AM
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Hey that looks good I like the xA sign also clever idea
Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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looks great! but i know you did that before i wrote this tutorial :p
Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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^^
i did it before you did
but you sure did better job than i did lol
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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me and my buddies did mine yesterday.... didnt follow a tutorial or anything but heres what the end result looks like. it came out perfect, and the pictures dont do much justice, it looks even better in person. it gives the xA a much meaner and custom look... check it out. heres the thread with some more pics... i got my foglights today so ill be putting those in too. im running the luminics pure blue headlight bulbs and i plan to replace the turn signals and parking lights with xenon white bulbs. the foglights will have nokya hyper jdm yellow with yellow overlay. take a look!
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=163502

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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us Dawgs gotta stick together (zdawg913, sly_dawg19)

nice headlights im thinking of redoing mine again :p i dont know..

I want to custom fit in some hid projectors, i wil probally do that in the a/f though..
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Sly_dawg19
us Dawgs gotta stick together (zdawg913, sly_dawg19)

nice headlights im thinking of redoing mine again :p i dont know..

I want to custom fit in some hid projectors, i wil probally do that in the a/f though..
i really want to put some projectors in there, but im putting that $ towards other mods. im planning on getting a dvd/navigation head unit, so right now my finances are going towards that. i definitely agree though that our headlights look great painted
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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Both styles look great... I like the total blacked out look the best I think.....

I'd love to see some body color boomerangs tho...
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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i was going to do mine red, but didnt want to end up with a ricey look. i was really tempted though... but in the end im glad i went with black instead, it looks great against the red
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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I'm Phantom Grey...would black enhance or detract?

Or would PG look ricey?
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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phantom grey would look really nice against a phantom grey xA. red would look a little too overboard which is why i think its ricey, just my opinion
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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OK, that's one, any other's want to chime in? I need some input here....

Thanks z....



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