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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 10:45 PM
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^^ yea, i was gonna just take it out, but then there were like 3 holes. so i had to leave it on, painted.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 10:47 PM
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yeah good point, cause i've seen people without it and theres holes and just a big bulb there. cant wait to see it on the car. I'll have to look into doing this. oh and which oven temp and time did you do?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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i did 275F for 5 mins, then after taking the lense half way i baked it for another 3 mins.

omg my frds just reminded me something, I CAN PUT ANGEL EYE IN! but would it look sorta weird around the orange blinker?
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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bought some cheap angel eyes on ebay~~ http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8005501689

so im just gonna leave my headlights opened for a week until the halos arrive
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:04 PM
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my how-to https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=164475
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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did you use high temp. spray paint?
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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no lol.... regular spray paint can endure the temperature of halogen headlights and sun light. Im not sure about HIDs tho
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:36 PM
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great job i think i will do that to my car instead of buying new black headlights for like $200 looks good keep it up and post more pics if you can
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 11:06 PM
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theres a lot more pics on my how-to https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=164475
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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man, i wonder if after you seperate the chrome piece from the lense, could you then put it back together and leave the chrome piece out? cause behind it is already black...
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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lol iono man....that plastic part isnt painted, its just black plastic, and there are screws on it.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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oh ok, it just looked pretty clean in the pic, but you definately did an awesome job on the painting, can't wait to see the angel eyes. good look with that.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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walk it off.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 07:43 PM
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^^ u mean my broken arm? lol, yes it will fall off :-P
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are halo eyes lega in california? cuz i was thinking of wiring it to parking lights, but if they are not legal, i'll have to put a switch
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