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May 13, 2003

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painting my headlights

im painting my headlights right now. actually, i just got done with the 2nd coat of paint. looking awesome so far. hope it turns out good... i'll have pics up tomorrow when i put it back on the car

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Re: painting my headlights

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im painting my headlights right now. actually, i just got done with the 2nd coat of paint. looking awesome so far. hope it turns out good... i'll have pics up tomorrow when i put it back on the car

I painted mine as well, they look awsome.

What color did you paint yours?

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black

May 13, 2003

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same here
i had the body shop spray th em black, when i was paintin my car

looks wicked now with the gun metal paint too

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I was thinking of sparying mine the same color as my exterior EBP think it i'll look good or should I just go with black cuz that's guaranteed to look good?

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im thinkn bout doing this :/ hMmMm..
i cleared these bad boys by myself,
i think i should be able to paint em..
what kind of paint did you use? got
pics?

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I was thinking of sparying mine the same color as my exterior EBP think it i'll look good or should I just go with black cuz that's guaranteed to look good?

Black.

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EBP will look good also. it's cheaper to do black though

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got it done about 10mins ago..

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what kind of paint does everyone use?

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i just bought some high temp and glossy engine paint from autozone for like 5 bucks..

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i used high temperature engine paint.
flat black

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has anyone darkened the turn signal?

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did you sand the chrome paint off? muegenracer told me to that. greg ownz oem, so im taking his advice. lol

yeah im going black. i thought about going silver to match my ride though.

spdrcrchck has ebp for her headlight to match her coupe and it looks sick. in a few months im picking up and rs grille for my sedan so the headlights will match.

oh btw, should i clear the amber piece, if im going to black it out? it will still look good right?

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didnt mess with the chrome... All I did was use some paint thinner to clean the surface and etch it a little... It would great no bubbles or anything...

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i didnt do anything.. i just took the headlights apart, masked the orange piece, and painted 3 coats with 5-10mins inbetween each coat.. let it dry for about 3 hours.