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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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painted my headlights for my 03....overall not to hard....im **** about being perfect so it took me a while, i let each coat dry for 24 hours.....in a nut shell they arent perfect, a couple spots i saw when i resealed them, but i said **** it...anyway...heres some pics

cracked open


the outer lens

parts everywhere!!

parts i wanted to paint

parts all primered


my paint booth/workshop haha

all done painting with the flat black




old vs new


not perfect but look good to me

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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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nice, looks great
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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Looks really good man except you're gunna lose all your visibility because on the 03's you have a regular bulb controlling your daytime lights which needs the reflective housing around it. Only the bi-xenon headlights can be all blacked out. Overall looks good though!
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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yea i was told about the day time bulb but i dont really care about that...i just love the blacked out look...thanks for the comments guys
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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i would love to see the pic after u install it...
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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too much black for me. But is that pandesal i see?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 03:48 AM
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Need better pictures But it still looks great
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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did u ever finish?
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