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blacked out stock headlights...

Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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well i didnt want my halo headlights anymore so i decided to paint my oem headlights here are some b4 and after pix enjoy
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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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looks good dude. i'm assuming you baked them and took them apart that way? and what kind of paint did you use ? do you have HID's to help offset the now black housing ?
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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Looks niiiceee!!
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by evosky
looks good dude. i'm assuming you baked them and took them apart that way? and what kind of paint did you use ? do you have HID's to help offset the now black housing ?
thanx, yes i did bake them and took them apart i also have hid's but they are not installed i also have hid's for my fog light 12000k... as far as the paint i got gloss black from the hobby shop paint + brush cost about $bucks thanx again...
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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$40 Shipped?? How do you attach them?
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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$40 Shipped?? How do you attach them?
sure $40shipped.. I used double sided tape and they held on over a year and never fell off. I'll set it up for you so the tape is already on, u just gotta take off the other side and install to the headlight. Pm me if interested
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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nice, i did the same thing last week. had halos on and decided to go to blacked out stock headlights. my corners are painted all the way so they are a little darker than yours.
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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looks sick and love the 2 tone paint job i have a tcm and was thinking of doing a 2 tone job similar to that. btw is that a baid-aid on your front bumper?
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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looks good how is the out put on the lights is it about the same as before the paint?
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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your car looks like a mad cow... i like it alot.. lol
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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Looking Good. I like what you did.... Very Nice Ride Mang!!
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 02:45 PM
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As long as you leave the parabolic reflector alone, the output is the same... When I get a spare set of OEMs I'm doing this too.
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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burstaneurysm-do you mean the reflector that covers the bulb?
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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nice bandaids
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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to me it seems brighter or it could just be from the lag of light that the projectors beem out that i for got what a light look like... asfar as the bandaid i did i cause i have a crack on my lip and insted of just having a crack on there i just put a bandaid on and iv seen 240 drivers put them on after they get drift damage... oh thanx to everyone for the comments
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 11:44 PM
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look sweet. i gotta make time to do this mod.
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