lazy afternoon decided to paint my reflectors gloss black...

I'm going to admit, I did a shitty job, I didnt let them dry enough and then tried to push them in through the fenderwell, which ended up messing up the paint...
Decided to put another coat on and wait a day.... Removed the bumper and installed them that way... let me know what you think

 

Stick to buying the real smoked reflectors and call it a day. Cool for trying though...

 

Thanks I guess... I'm not gonna buy 60 dollar pieces of plastic but I do think I should have used vinyl instead

 

 

A for DIY
C for Final Product (could've been worse)

 

A+ for not listening to ppl who don't get DIY. Some ppl buy stuff instead of doing it, just because I guess its, um, cool? Just make sure next time to do it right man, You don't want to look like a rice civic with a $50 mufler tip... Buy some vinyl, I wouldn't have used paint imho.

 

On my iPhone i think it looks good, good job OP. It's not too late to vinyl but see how the paint holds up

 

its never too late....sand that s h i t down , and redo it!

 

Thanks for the input guys. If you read my original post you would know that I knew it was a shitty job, I just wanted to try something out myself. I'm gonna see how the paint holds up, and if its a no go I might try a different approach

 

I'd try a different approach right now. I mean you know it looks cheap. IFgure out a way to get the finish a little nicer and I think it would turn out a lot better.

Also, whats with the horrible offsets? You buy wheels from an S2K or something?

 

put some clear on them...right now they look like wood from that close up pic.

 

Because um, it doesn't look like ****?

 

i did mine black as well and they kickass. my motivation though, was that i couldn't find any black/smoked reflectors for 06-08. otherwise, i would've bought some. I was very happy with my results but i think i did a much better job at it than you lol. i can send pics if u want, or just look at my sig/albums.

 

I'm having a body shop smoke mine. Yours look okay (I think you could've taken a little more time and precision). I like the look with the black wheels though ;]

 

+1

Props for DIY!

 

I think it would look cool with a good paint job.

 

i think you downgraded your car from stock

stock 06+ wheels look better than whatever those things you have on them now
unpainted reflectores look better than that little DIY project of yours

just my 02cents

 

I painted mine too. Some people don't want "smoked" nonsense. I ordered smoked fronts once and as it turned out, I can't read, they were for 03-05 Zs, not 06+, so they didn't fit and at the time nobody made anything otherwise.

If done right, painted looks just fine. I am always amazed at the amount of "part snobs" here.

Now, if he painted his interior.....................................

EDIT - I painted mine too;

 

I got smoke but I don't like em. Wish they were darker.