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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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Had the day off so I decided it was time to black out my headlights. Let me know what you think.
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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Had the day off so I decided it was time to black out my headlights. Let me know what you think.

That looks great man. Good job on the work... AND PATIENCE! How long did it take you to do it?
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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The whole dang day. It's hard not to get impatient.
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Looks good. Post pics installed!
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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Waiting for the installed pics.....
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+1 on those pics. I'm sure it'll look awesome!
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Got them installed! I think they turned out great.
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look good man nice job!
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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tight yo
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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very nice !!! I want to do my housing when its warmer in KS(I know you live in WI,hehe)
what kind of paint did you use and where did you get that?
Using oven method to open the housing?
How many coat did you do?

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Nice...in for tha method!
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I used Black Satin Krylon Fusion. Wonderful paint. It did a great job, doesn't need a primer or clear coat. I used the oven method to get them apart and put on like 5-6 coats. I also took apart the projector housing and painted that because I haven't seen anyone do that yet.
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Originally Posted by Try&keepup
I used Black Satin Krylon Fusion. Wonderful paint. It did a great job, doesn't need a primer or clear coat. I used the oven method to get them apart and put on like 5-6 coats. I also took apart the projector housing and painted that because I haven't seen anyone do that yet.
I like the idea of painting the projector housing. Bet that was a pain in the ****.
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Originally Posted by Try&keepup
I used Black Satin Krylon Fusion. Wonderful paint. It did a great job, doesn't need a primer or clear coat. I used the oven method to get them apart and put on like 5-6 coats. I also took apart the projector housing and painted that because I haven't seen anyone do that yet.
cool, you get it from Autozone or advance auto?

I just want to take out the amber strip and do the top corner only, not even the turn signal light area...
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I like the idea of painting the projector housing. Bet that was a pain in the ****.
Yea it was those things did not want to come apart and I had to be real careful not to get paint on the lense

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Originally Posted by 350z-noob
cool, you get it from Autozone or advance auto?

I just want to take out the amber strip and do the top corner only, not even the turn signal light area...
Got it at Wal-mart for like 5 bucks. Also if you take the amber strip and turn it over and paint the back with a few light coats it makes it look smoked. Mine turned out great.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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Any chance of larger pics? That's 100x better than the plastic covers.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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pm me your e-mail and I can send you the full size ones.
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