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leave casing silver
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Projectors: completely black vs. projector casing left silver

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Old 12-21-2011, 01:27 PM
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I did mine "bumper black." It's more of a matte finish and it looks awesome. More of a factory plastic look. I also left the little silver piece of trim that pops out the original color for a bit of contrast.



 
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For reference on the matte color choice, here's a pic of my 300ZX. Its headlights are matte black straight from Nissan. So the matte is a much more factory looking choice, IMO.

 

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Old 12-21-2011, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by redpearl99
should the paint be gloss black or flat black?
Gloss black looks better on OB. Matte black for any other color.
 
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Old 12-22-2011, 01:28 PM
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So I decided to leave the bezel silver and paint the rest gloss black
 
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Old 12-22-2011, 09:06 PM
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I accidentally discovered something new while painting my lights tonight

Discovered that the chrome paint on the headlights turns into a black chrome at the touch of rubbing alcohol

So I gave a wipe of rubbing alcohol on the inside of the project bezels. It looks great

 
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