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Old 04-24-2011, 10:51 AM
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Anyone ever had a problem with HIDs melting the paint from doing the whistler mod? I never really thought of it to much but HIDs tend to run hotter inside the housing then standard lights so was thinking what if they get hot enough to melt the paint inside the lenses? Anyone ever had this happen? I did the whistler about a month back but since then have hardly driven the car at night and if i had it wasn't a very long drive but never noticed any issues.
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That's my setup 6000k hid with whistler mod and no issues at all.
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I'm sorry, but what's a whistler mod?
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Whistler mod is painting the factory chrome headlight housing black on the inside.



It's named whistler because the member here who came up with the idea is Whistler so it was named after him.
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Old 04-24-2011, 12:03 PM
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haha that's whats up, a mod named after a member lol.
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had mine for about a month now, no issues so far.
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Originally Posted by BoricuaHec01
I'm sorry, but what's a whistler mod?
Exactly what jmurray said. I've had several diffrent headlight looks but IMO this one looks the best.
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^ 2x on looking the best. I wanna do it to mine but have yet to pull the trigger do to other stuff on the list for my car and bills. I'll get it done one day, lol. OP, what shade black did you do yours in if you don't mind my asking.
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No problem here. 6k-35 watts.
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i skipped the whistler, and just vht'd my headlights.. lol

6k's still look great!
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Does anyone know where i can find the steps by steps to doing the Whistler mod?
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Does anyone know where i can find the steps by steps to doing the Whistler mod?
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Good to know shouldn't be a problem with melting/

Originally Posted by 9WhiteCamaro9
^ 2x on looking the best. I wanna do it to mine but have yet to pull the trigger do to other stuff on the list for my car and bills. I'll get it done one day, lol. OP, what shade black did you do yours in if you don't mind my asking.
Just regular automotive plastic/bumper gloss black by duplicolor from Autozone. I also put primer on first though of course but no clear coat was added on top.

Originally Posted by Bay Area Y2K_Z28
Does anyone know where i can find the steps by steps to doing the Whistler mod?
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/224386...-camaro/page-2

It's also in the sticky under "Appearance "Hall of Fame" Threads"
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No problem for me at 35W 10k
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