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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 06:38 PM
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Default Carbon Fiber Headlights, How do you think these look?

I saw a post with this photoshoped Z eariler, I'm in the process of re-doing my headlights and I want to see what people's opinion of these headlights are. I have a concept very similar. When I do them, I will do a full write up with pictures on the install from start to finish along with the model #'s for the lighting selection. All lighting will be PIAA.

Can someone help me out with photoshop and make the color of the car Super Black? If it's not to hard, can someone put PIAA Super Rossa wheels on it?

Thanks for you help and your opinions!
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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It looks like only a little bit of fabricating. Definatley gotta use projector lenses. carbon fiber in the back w/ heat resistant clear coat... doesn't look like to much of a bizzle, if you have time and money.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 08:38 AM
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Can anyone help my out with the photoshop request to change the color of the car to Super Black?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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I'm getting votes, but not many responses, let me know what you would change?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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Here are a few shots of the way my headlights look now painted black with 12 LEDs as the turn signals. They light up Bright Orange.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Check these out



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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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What ever happened to the custom headlights with Q45-like design?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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I've seen these, they look good but that orange reflector is in there and from what I read you can't get them. They were only made for that car.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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MAN i wish they made those headlights, they are SICK. Hey vick, when are we gonna meet up man?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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Here's what I'm talking about:
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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What ever happened to the custom headlights with Q45-like design?
You mean this one?



I know the guy who put this together & unfortunately (like the Kenstyle shown above) it's custom & not for sale .
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Yeah I talked with him at a show. He said it was the biggest pain in the **** to do. He said they wouldnt be doing them again.
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Murphy what are ur plans for the headlights?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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Some people have offered me $ plus their headlights. I hadn't thought about it but, it doesn't matter to me because I'm gutting them anyway. PM me with any offer you guys want to make for my current headlights, but I MUST GET YOUR headlights and they must be completly free of SCUFFS, or SCRATCHES ON THE LENSES. NO EXCEPTIONS. I was planning on doing this to my headlights, so I have to have yours, I don't have an extra set and I don't have the time to take a cash offer and buy replacements. I'm on a short timeframe, I want to do this project next weekend. I can sell the guts of mine seperetly after I do the mod but, you will have to take yours apart to do the swap. The LEDs are drilled into the orange refelector strip and have been painted flat black. To swap them into another set of headlights, you will have to drill a hole in the back of your housing and seal it. My headlight also have been re-wired within the factory harness, it just plugs in, you will not need to rewire anything, everything works and has for the past 6 months.
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Originally Posted by GTNPU Z
You mean this one?



I know the guy who put this together & unfortunately (like the Kenstyle shown above) it's custom & not for sale .
This was a unique idea, I like it but I'm gong to stick to the race style I posted. Please keep the pictures coming!!! I would like to see as many different styles as I can. .....and there is no such thing as [I]not for sale[I] with enough cash you can just about anything! or like me, you can learn to make it!!
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I like the way the headlights are set-up (original pic/post). I would change the turn-signal though. Maybe make something flush against the back. LEDs of course.
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Originally Posted by MurphysZ
I saw a post with this photoshoped Z eariler, I'm in the process of re-doing my headlights and I want to see what people's opinion of these headlights are. I have a concept very similar. When I do them, I will do a full write up with pictures on the install from start to finish along with the model #'s for the lighting selection. All lighting will be PIAA.

Can someone help me out with photoshop and make the color of the car Super Black? If it's not to hard, can someone put PIAA Super Rossa wheels on it?

Thanks for you help and your opinions!
Those look simply amazing! Hopefully it will still be xenon and lens design?

Headlights is likely to be my next area of focus once i have my exhayst w headers, bodykit, suspension and stereo in place in some 2-3 months!

Only comment on improvement over how the photoshop is done is to have the surrounding area around the CF in the cars color instead of black as in that pic.

Best of luck with the project! Looking forward to some pics and DIY writeup!

/Roger
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Good luck with it. It sounds like a huge project with a lot of headaches, but you gotta do what you love.
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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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Once I get the money up I plan on having Gallardo or Murci headlights put on my Z- the lights are like $2500 each though but I think it would be pretty cool and something no one else is going to have. And I have a sponsor who can do all the bodywork in the world so it's no problem there.
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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
Good luck with it. It sounds like a huge project with a lot of headaches, but you gotta do what you love.
LOL, isn't this always the truth. I know I'm going to have problems, and a ton of frustrations and lots of cusing.....but for some reason, I'll do it anyway.

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