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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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painted my headlights

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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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looks good
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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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i got to get some better pics of them
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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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Moar picss!!! lol Lookin good!
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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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trying to get more up
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Old May 13, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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they look great bro.... wheres the pics!
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:06 PM
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What paint did you use? How did u get them open? Oven? And did you paint the tur signals to? Did u do your tailights to? Im lookig to do this but was just wondering how much time it would take
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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nice did the same beats paying for JDM ones
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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it is a satin black paint . yea i used a oven to open them up. did not paint the turn signals they just look darker from the black behind it and i painted the tail lights just on the outside
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:18 PM
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yea beats buying jdm
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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Old May 13, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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it is a satin black paint . yea i used a oven to open them up. did not paint the turn signals they just look darker from the black behind it and i painted the tail lights just on the outside
How long did you bake them for and what temp?
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Old May 13, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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looks REAL good
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Old May 13, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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Bake at 275 for 5-6 min on a moist towel
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Old May 13, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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Looking good. I did this myself this past Monday. Took me about 7 hours from start to finish but well worth it and savved me 900 bucks. I did mine on 225 for 12 minutes on a moist towel, and mine barely fit in the oven. Its easy as hell but I was pretty scared of melting something
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