I didn't do mine, I got 180 custom to do mine

 

now I understand why all those (done) lights cost so much.

it's allot of work to get them done right.

 

Primer then paint, turned out great. Didn't bother sanding.

 

I've got a G37, and didn't spend much time sanding... just scuff it up, primer then wet sand in between paint coats... mine came out great.

 

put a tape on it and then peel it off then you'll wish you have sanded it.


As I said, I'm painting it two diff colors, I need to be able to mast one up and peel the tape off afterwards without the paint peeling as well. So sanding was a MUST.

 

damn, all that hard work and I fvcked it all up.


painted with too much moisture in the air and when I went to bake it all the moisture that was sealed in the paint just bubbled up. Now I got to re-do the entire thing. Good thing it was only one side.

Minus the bubbles it looks good tho.

 

Did you wipe it down with pre paint or mineral spirits before you painted them to remove all the oils from your hands etc...?

 

yep.

 

Did you paint them outside in cold weather, then put them right in the oven when you were done?

 

I painted it in the garage with a door open while it was raining outside.

then put it next to a heater once I noticed white haze on the paint.

Then I painted over that haze and once I was done all the moisture bobbled up from the heater.


Anywayz, I know I fvcked up, good thing I did only one yesterday so I'm gonna strip all the paint and do it all over again. This time I'll do it right.

 

Thats where the prob lies, putting it next to a heater. It shouldnt be a drastic temp change like that. Ideally everything should be done at room temp. Prep, prime, paint, and cure

 

yeah, I made a mistake by opening a garage door and letting all the moisture in.

This time I'm gonna crank up the heater in the garage and get it nice and warm in there before I paint, got to find a fan so I can blow the fumes out tho



Now that I have seeing it painted I'm wondering if I should do projector bezel in graphite to match the wheels instead of silver.

I do like the silver tho.

 

one done, one more to go

 

I did the same thing when i cleared my rims. It turned white coming out of the can. Turned out since i had the door open it was making the clear to cold.

 

Joker, any pics of the HLs? Resurrecting the G?