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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 05:38 AM
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actually my paint matches pretty close to the color of the car.. its the same paint i used on the black grill.. so it looks pretty good. i think itd be sick to do that on a red car or somethin
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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I color matched mine (blue) and they look sweet, I'll post pix when I get the film developed (damn 35mm)
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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I painted my lights about 5 months ago and I used the same procedure almost and I still have no condensation in mine. I think that we have no reason to worry because the apoxy is still so new that it is still pretty sticky. I really pushed mine together hard and I would tell anyone else to do the same. I also have one more suggestion when you take apart the headlight you will notice the little silver cone thing that covers the bulb. I painted mine white and when the head light is on it makes it look alot like a bmw style headlight cause there is a dark circle in the middle of the light. When the headlight is off you just see a white circle in the middle of the silver reflector I think it looks good. I am trying to buy a camera so I can post pics but whenever I get the money I spend it on car stuff. If I buy one I will put my pics up.
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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Also paint the silver on the grill the same color as your housing it looks really good. And I would suggest using the 400 grit sandpaper on the grill and the headlight. The black also looks very good on yellow lancers.
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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you have day and night pics of them?
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 05:54 PM
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think it may look good to paint the "cone" blue to match the rest? might look good, I dunno
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 05:44 AM
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i have a pic of a black set on my ride profile check it out.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 06:32 AM
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The headlights were a success!!! They look awesome. They are not too bad to do just one or two steps that were a pain but I think anyone who want to have black housing headlights do it yourself. It cost like 10 bucks...the cost of paint, primer and sandpaper.

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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 07:08 AM
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uhh the ebay ones have more lights then the stock ones. Thats y its 200 bucks. Not the black housing as much.... They are the JDM / CEDIA ones
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 07:47 AM
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yeah but they still look just as good and I saved myself 190 bucks
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 08:27 AM
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ill post up on here too.. come tell me my headlights that i make look crappy! i dont know what the hell took you 2 days.. paint and watch the sun rise...
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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Dude just drop it!!! It took me two days big deal. It took you an hour and a half who cares. I can care less. So I'm gonna drop this right now so I hope you do too. Thank You Later.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 08:51 PM
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hey someone (kareem maybe ) can you please chop yellow housing lights on a yellow lancer? if it looks as good as im hoping ill be ordering a set of yellowed out headlights from you guys im sure you can do it if i give you a little extra for the paint
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 05:00 AM
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If anyone knows anything about tint spray can you please let me know. What kind? Where to buy? Anything would be great. THANKS
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