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Old Apr 27, 2004
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Blacked out Headlights

I am considering blacking outmy headlights. I have a red 2001 ex coupe. I have saw several different ways and styles to do this and i was wanting opinions on whick would look best for my car here is a couple of pics.

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Just black i guess. yea just balck the whole thing out and leave the amber piece in there
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theres a whole bunch of other forums with about blacked out headlights... check them out, but heres a pic of my rallye red with my headlights blacked out



pic is kinda crappy quality
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nice


modify, can i get that pic of your old red headlights again, i think i lost it
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unfortunately i can't upload the pictures from work onto here ...but guess what i found the link to them

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...hreadid=149377
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nice, i cant decide but i am leaning toward black i just need someone to push me
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Black all the way!!

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yea that looks awesome, should i leave some chrome?
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make them 100% exact like mine

looks hella lot better in person.

visit my site to see more pics of closeup's/etc.

http://www.neonimpact.com/
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looks nice, what about the JDM look?

i think i am just about convinced!
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some people paint the blinker and the parking light place too. what about that?
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what about you do what you like instead of doing what everyone tells you.
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hmmmmm..... someone needs more sleep. lol just trying to find out what looks best! kind of like what you did when you had people post pics of their blacked out lights.
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well IMO all blacked out with no amber looks best on red.
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cool man, i appreciate it. im sorry but i cant afford all the kits and lambo doors and new headlights cause if i fck up then it looks like crap. know what im sayin. pretty much all i can do is DIYs
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u kno what would look so fcukin sick on ur red coupe...

if u painted the housing black, dont paint inside the parking bulb and amber. clear the orange amber piece...

if anyone knows wtf im talkin about, post a pic.

but heres my headlights, kept only the amber chrome and also kept the amber itself orange. i guess its the jdm 'style' look ..
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in the dark with flash on the camera..
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@dark, parking lights ON, camera flash ON
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here's a pic of my headlights...but currently my car's still in the shop. owell...enjoy!

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wtf was that all about ^???! owell annnyways....


better closeup pic...i think

btw, this is a pic of the JDM-style headlight AFTER my recent 5400 dollar wreck. so yah, its not actually ON the car
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i still dont know which style i want for my blacke dout headlights..amber or no on silver?
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^^ yea mang... I have been figuring out what way i want to ... then i found them like this



^^^ THATS WHAT IM A DO.... they look dope
this guy is actually selling those, but he is selling them with the HID kit... for like 450... whew....
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black them out they look nice that way
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lol, i blacked out my stock headlights last night cuz i'm tired of my projectors fogging up all the time. i painted ever thing black and this morning when i got up i went to a local shop and got my headlight lens tinted w/ 35% tint looks f u c k i n g awsome. i know if you did that on your red vic it would look sweet.
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^^^that sound pretty bad post a pic!
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Originally posted by jttegx
u kno what would look so fcukin sick on ur red coupe...

if u painted the housing black, dont paint inside the parking bulb and amber. clear the orange amber piece...

if anyone knows wtf im talkin about, post a pic.

but heres my headlights, kept only the amber chrome and also kept the amber itself orange. i guess its the jdm 'style' look ..
not quite sure what your talkin about. prolly have to see it
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any more input?

I like the Jdm look like jttegx's at the top of page.
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DANG! the more and more pics i see the more ideas i get. i am so confused on all the different styles that i will prolly hold off on it untill i see one that i like more that any other cause as soon as i do it i will see one i like more. that is the way it happens with me!
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