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No more gray!! Opened the headlights and painted the inside!!!

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Old 05-17-2011, 06:24 PM
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Cool No more gray!! Opened the headlights and painted the inside!!!

Well I decided enough was enough with the gray so I opened the headlights and painted all of it black and what a difference it looks much better! While they were open I also decided to get some leds in there that I can control with a remote so I can use them for shows or pictures!

What sucks is the border gray seems to be injection molded to the lens so what you have to do here is just paint it or vinyl it. However, I am working on getting a mold of the lens so that it will be clear or color of the car instead of gray and no need to paint em or anything!

Check it out and tell me what you think. Thoughts and opinons??

I will probably start reproducing this for those who are interested! Haven't figured out a price or anything yet though!
What I did was just paint it all black but I mean I can have it match the car paint or something just like this, I can also setup the leds for you too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54121596@N03/5731390733/
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Killer. Looks great.
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Looks good!
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Looks good
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Thanks guys! sorry the lenses are a little dirty still got clean them up a bit!
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looks awesome! Let's see the interior of that beast with all of that suede! I'd definitely consider sending you my headlights to paint and match the Silver exterior (fastest color!). Ha. Let me know how long it'd take you/price etc.
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I like it
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That looks a million times better than stock!
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Id definitely be interested in getting a set from all black as well. Unless you wouldnt mind giving instructions on how to do it yourself : P
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Takes a lot of pocket to play with caddy parts =p congrats on the good work
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Nice! I was wondering why noone done this sooner. Looks awesome n don't lose visibility like u do when u just paint the lenses.
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I want to do this
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Thank you guys! I will let you know you know once I figure everything out for reproduction!
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Nice!
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you get the tint look without the visibility issues, nice
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The red LEDs look evil!
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that is sexy looking. As stated, you get the blacked out lens look without sacrificing the light output!!! Best of both worlds!
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thats a great look, were the red leds mounted in the projector housing?
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I think this will be my project for next week. Awesome.
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Looks badass! I was going to do that this summer....except for the LEDs. Having red in the headlights is illegal so I was thinking purple


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