HELP! on headlight blacking out on a 04
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almost done! i ended up using the cheapest primer avaliable at autozone, and i chose the medium expensive gloss black paint at autozone. and at the end, i'll spray a light coat of $8 metalic black that i used for my dash before. i took pictures through out every step so i'll make a write up on how to black out 04 headlights~
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awesome thatll be cool, I'm sure everyone would appreciate the how too. yeah i forgot to say, def. go with the gloss black, thats what the RA's are. cant wait to see the finish
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done with the spraying! but DAMN I FORGOT TO CLOSE MY GARAGE WHEN PAINTING! now i have all these imperfection caused by the dust...... my house is like right next to the freeway so theres always hella dust.... gosh what do i do now......
im gonna wait a night before putting everything back together
im gonna wait a night before putting everything back together
xtian has done it before, he said he followed the how to for the 02-03 Lancer headlights, but I still think its a good idea to make a write up for the 04's, regardless if its similar to the other how to. great job man, can't wait to see the finished product. Haven't seen xtian on here for a while now, but you could contact him about it, because he did this as well.
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i don't know about the metallic coat, right now it looks exactly like the RAs if thats what youre going for, wonder how the metallic would look with the headlights on...
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arrrg...so many little dust bumps on the surface.... eh well... its not that obvious. and im just gonna leave it gloss black cuz it looks really nice now. man i cant wait to put everything back together...but i think letting the paint completely dry before cooking the lights again would a great idea..right?
makes me wish I had an OZ instead of the ES, just because of the headlights....lol, cause I'm too much of ***** to try this DIY....haha. Hopefully arnold's write up will make me want to do it.
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Originally Posted by drucea
of course thats a good idea, ok so did you do the othe one already?
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makes me wish I had an OZ instead of the ES, just because of the headlights....lol, cause I'm too much of ***** to try this DIY....haha. Hopefully arnold's write up will make me want to do it.