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Old 05-10-2008, 03:30 AM
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I have never got pulled over myself for this...knock on wood, but I have heard that some cops are real sticklers on vehical codes, but as long as you are driving cool then they have no real reason to pull you over to get a good enough look at the headlights to write a ticked up for this! Just play it smart and be a good driver..lol
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Old 09-28-2008, 08:19 AM
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that looks perfect dude! what specific kind of paint did you use? coz i want to do it to mine too.. i like it gloss or jet black.
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Old 09-29-2008, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by fadetoblack66
that looks perfect dude! what specific kind of paint did you use? coz i want to do it to mine too.. i like it gloss or jet black.
you could use any type of paint. what alot of people use is a plastic paint
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Old 10-02-2008, 03:56 PM
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the paint that I used was Tamaya plastic paint and I used the smoked color... hope that this help and best of luck on you mod.
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Old 10-02-2008, 05:58 PM
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Tamiya plastic paint, you can get it from towerhobbies.com as a last resort, or a local hobby shop.. (LHS)
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Originally Posted by bruna
Has anyone ever got pulled over for this?
No one I know of.
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Old 07-18-2011, 03:11 PM
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i just did this to my rs 2.0, i love it! I didn't blacken the blinkers though. I feel it looks more clean, I'm not a fan of the faded orange when lit. (IMO) but i seriously think all xD headlights should be black instead of the stupid mirror finish, I'll upload pics asap
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Old 07-20-2011, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by DerekMansur
i just did this to my rs 2.0, i love it! I didn't blacken the blinkers though. I feel it looks more clean, I'm not a fan of the faded orange when lit. (IMO) but i seriously think all xD headlights should be black instead of the stupid mirror finish, I'll upload pics asap
Nice I want to see some pics
This is kind of funny that this post comes back up cause I got to do this to my brothers xd he just bought
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Old 01-13-2013, 04:22 PM
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So do you just bake in regular oven? And you bake once the headlight lens is painted and again when put together?
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Old 01-14-2013, 04:01 AM
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then you bake it again to heat up the glue
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Old 01-14-2013, 11:28 AM
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What glue?
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Old 03-22-2018, 08:58 AM
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