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Old Oct 26, 2006, 10:16 AM
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Question about painting headlights?

Im gona hopefully paint the headlights this weekend and i have some questions... I wana paint them as close to real JDM MR ones.. Which part do i paint so the bottom piece is amber? Do i paint the plastic headlight cover or the chrome piece inside.. I want something like this...

Old Oct 26, 2006, 11:23 AM
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paint the chrome inside, I have seen a few posts out there how you can do it.
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Originally Posted by MisterEVO04
paint the chrome inside, I have seen a few posts out there how you can do it.
but the chrome piece on the housing or the attached chrome piece to the headlight?
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most people i know use clear orange paint on the actual lense and leave the chrome piece behind it chrome. the chrome around the lights is a seperate piece than the chrome behind the turn signal.
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The headlight you posted has an amber sticker on the outside of the lense, BTW...
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