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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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My apex sliver with blacked out headlights

Check it out. Blacked out my healdlights yesterday, i think I did a pretty good job.
took me a while to do but i had fun with it.
I wouldve had EvoDave do it but I like doin my own work on my car. what do you guys think?









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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:29 AM
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look realllll good same color i got how did you do it andhow hard was it i want to do it but i dont want to screw **** up and have them fog up on me and ****
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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I think it was pretty easy, most of the time spent was sanding and waiting for the primer and and paint to dry. I was hesitant to use the oven so i used my friends heat gun. took me a few hours and it rained last night so so have so i sealed it it pretty good i guess.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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well how did you do it do did you follow an faq or something or a howto?
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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Theres a how-to in the how to section you can use.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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whats everyone else think?
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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I think they look great and you did a good job. I woulda got mine done by evodave a long time ago, but my car is my DD and can't afford to have any downtime with it.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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They look good! I kept my corners amber though.....I think the look best with ambers left in and signals clear
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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They look good! I kept my corners amber though.....I think the look best with ambers left in and signals clear
yea i was thinking about leaving them but i personally like it like this the best.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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i would prefer some contrast in the headlights...like some amber somewhere...but the job looks good.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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i really dont see to many silver evo's with like headlights like this so that why i did it.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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nice job, good to hear it's easy
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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yea you just have to be really careful.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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looks great
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 03:04 PM
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nice, i used to have an accord and all the accord guys would do that mod
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