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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 12:31 PM
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Im painting the inside of my headlights black to match the car. But I can't decide if I should totally black the lights out or leave some silver, keep in mind my car is ALL black no silver trim dark dark wheels etc.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 12:37 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

Picture of the gray trim painted black.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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I am always partial to silver trim, it is all personal preference.

While you have it apart, you need to get a set of 120mm halo/demon eyes installed.

 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

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I am always partial to silver trim, it is all personal preference.

While you have it apart, you need to get a set of 120mm halo/demon eyes installed.


Holy ****, that looks awesome. Are you stilling running halogens for your hi, low, and fog lights? Did you switch those to HID's?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

Im " toying" with the idea of amber led's around half of the projector as a turn signal, and coverting the original blinked into a fog light
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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Any way I need ideas on if I should paint the silver bezels black ......lol spray gun is full and my trigger finger is startin to itch!
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

You can always respray them silver if you don't like...
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

To both of you, did you just bake your headlights apart or did you end up having to dremel them apart and put them back together with silicon or the like?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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You can NOT bake these lights apart the urethane that Valeo uses has a higher melting point then the light housing! If you look at james1549 gallery you can. See they cut the clear lens and then epoxied the parts back together. On mine I cut the top grove off of the housing ( leaving about two inches on the corners) and then cut the urethane, this way I have points to align the lens as well as a half inch around the light to re seal . Some people use epoxy , rtv silicone or butal tape .how ever I suggest using a good urethan like sika for example. Its what Valeo used originally. ( same stuff used to glue in windshields )
 

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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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Default Re: painting inside of headlights. need ideas

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Im " toying" with the idea of amber led's around half of the projector as a turn signal,
The Halos can be wired as turn signals as well. They are available in many colors.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Ok started painting everything black .....of course though we had to lose power and the shops generator is not working......gotta love NH weather
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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Finished painting my headlights, tell me what you think
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Its really hard to tell in the pics, but the black on black seems to work out for you. Nice. James
 
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Thanks!! Yea the pictures don't do this mod justice but I have allready had tons of people give me good comments so I guess it was worth the time involved
 
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