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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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Blacked out headlights

Blacked out my headlights this weekend. I did this on 3 of my previous cars , so this time it was a snap and looks great. Cant even tell the headlights were even opened! Cost me 15$ and some time lol. Questions ,Comments?
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P.S. Sorry the car is so dirty,all this damn weather we have been having.
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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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Looks good! I want to remove the orange lens from mine sometime.
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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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they look great man.. mine are done too, infact i do all my cars. all it takes is a little time a patience.
and as far as the orange goes.. leave it i like it

sorry for the bad picture but heres mine blacked out with yellow lamin-x
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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I'd like to get mine done. I like it.
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Looks great!
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 12:02 AM
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here is a pic of mine, sorry its not closer up. flat black and amber removal. I used Krylon Ultra Flat Black (its part of their camouflage paint line) and a heat gun. I HIGHLY recommend using an oven and baking them, seeing as how using the heat gun took FOREVER because i was being extremely careful as to avoid cracking the lens. Got the whole project done in 10 hours. from starting to remove the front bumper to putting back on the last bolt

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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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oops, didnt mean to post twice... sorry. and boostez, what headlights do you have now?? i might trade
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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Yes use the oven I did mine and it took me all about 1 hour. Preheat the oven for 400 degrees and put them in for 2 to 2 1/2 mins. Then they just come apart . Then paint
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Evo-Mike-2
Yes use the oven I did mine and it took me all about 1 hour. Preheat the oven for 400 degrees and put them in for 2 to 2 1/2 mins. Then they just come apart . Then paint
damn.. i used the oven and it still took me 6hrs, 3 just to scrap off all the old adhesive
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:02 AM
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im in the process of doing mine
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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damn.. i used the oven and it still took me 6hrs, 3 just to scrap off all the old adhesive
I did mine and it took me 6 hours or so also!
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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oops, didnt mean to post twice... sorry. and boostez, what headlights do you have now?? i might trade
I've got the evo8 headlights but I want to keep my HIDs. If you have a 9 with HIDs, I'll trade.
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 10:46 AM
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Ok I should have been more specific. It took me an hour to take them apart and get all the crap off of them. Then 2 hours to paint and let them dry. 1 hour for the adhesvie to dry. So it took about 4 hour sorry bout that.
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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I did mine in a very diffrent way. I havnt ever used the oven, i have always been too scared to melt the actual lights. I just use a heat gun very carefully. And when putting them back together i put a new bead of sylicone over the old adhisive. And remelt the 2 halfs together agian. That way when your done, they look like they were never opened in the first place.

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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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i want to do mine...just need help cause i dont want to **** them up...
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