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Old 04-22-2009, 04:13 AM
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blacked out my headlights today
so i finally decided to got around to painting my headlight housings black today. ive been wanting to do it since the day i bought the car, and luckily i had a free day today and didnt feel like sitting around. overall, it took me about 5 hours to do. it was a lot easier than i thought it would be. let me know what you guys think! ill have some better pics up soon







and one shot of the rear wheel stance for fun
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:17 PM
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What did you paint them with? How's the light output at night?

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Old 04-22-2009, 12:35 PM
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The output should be the same as the reflectors are left in tact.

Looks good Nat. I like how you decided to keep the bezel for the turn signal chrome to change it up a bit from the rest. You ever consider clearing the turn signal lense?
 
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Looks good! Looks a lot like mine. I like how you left the signals chrome. First time I've seen that. Nice work!
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by G35papa
The output should be the same as the reflectors are left in tact.

Looks good Nat. I like how you decided to keep the bezel for the turn signal chrome to change it up a bit from the rest. You ever consider clearing the turn signal lense?
thanks man. im glad i kept the turn signal bezel chrome as it added some contrast to the housing instead of having it all black. as for clearing the turn signal lense, i was never a fan of it, so i just kept it stock.
 
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Did you paint just the inside housing, or did you paint the lens? Or, did you already have overlays on the lens and just paint the housing?

I was referring to whatever you did to the lens. If those are just overlays, disregard my question...

-Jerome
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:44 PM
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I need to do this ! what paint did you use, and how did you seperate your lens from the housing and then reseal it ?
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 12:49 PM
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This should save Nat from having to answer all the questions

https://g35driver.com/forums/lightin...eadlights.html
 
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This should save Nat from having to answer all the questions

https://g35driver.com/forums/lightin...eadlights.html
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 6MTFTW
Did you paint just the inside housing, or did you paint the lens? Or, did you already have overlays on the lens and just paint the housing?

I was referring to whatever you did to the lens. If those are just overlays, disregard my question...

-Jerome
im not too sure what youre asking, but all i did was paint the inside housing. nothing was done to the lens
 
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Old 04-22-2009, 02:07 PM
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new pics added to first post!
 
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Nevermind. It was just the lighting in the first group of pictures. It had me thinking that you painted the lens. Haha.

My bad.
 
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they look great
 
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dammnn looks really good!!! wanna help me with mine??
 
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Old 04-23-2009, 02:43 AM
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Looks great, Nat! i say you do an emblemless grill and paint it silver to match the wheels. I'm in the middle of doing that to my stock grill right now
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