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Tired of that nast gap under the headlights?

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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:18 AM
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Default Tired of that nast gap under the headlights?

Here's what I did. I was mainly looking for better aero.



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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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I like it. It'll probably help keep some water out of there too. BTW just curious, but how light is your hood? lol
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Old May 8, 2011 | 12:26 PM
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kinda make its look like your car has got punched in the face and now has black eyes lol

nice job though
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Old May 8, 2011 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by metalmilitia606
I like it. It'll probably help keep some water out of there too. BTW just curious, but how light is your hood? lol
I got it from chaser aero. It weighs 23#.
Trip I'm still on the fence as far as looks go...I'm just tryin to reach 125mph in the 1/4 and that was a pretty big hole to catch air........I think maybe the bitch has on eyeliner....lol
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Old May 8, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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do you have extra material by chance ? i would make another set if you do and color match them and then see which ones look better
or you can just paint your whole car black so its less noticeable lol
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Cool idea
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Old May 8, 2011 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tripblackls1
do you have extra material by chance ? i would make another set if you do and color match them and then see which ones look better
or you can just paint your whole car black so its less noticeable lol
Eventually I'm gonna paint the hood, I figured I would run around in carbon for a while to get my rice on. When the hood is painted I think it eyebrows will look better, then it will just be a little detail instead of a bunch of carbon.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 07:22 PM
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Looks good but like what's been stated before though it looks like it has two black eyes now, lol.
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Probably should've got the chrome housing's on the new headlights instead of the black.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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I like the black eye look
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Old May 8, 2011 | 08:47 PM
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how did you get that piece shaped so well? Contours perfectly to the light
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Old May 8, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Ls2SilverBullet
how did you get that piece shaped so well? Contours perfectly to the light
I made a template....plus I have a nac for fitting stuff.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
I made a template....plus I have a nac for fitting stuff.
Nice, well whatever you did it looks great. What did you use for a template? (curious and cant picture it in my head)
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Old May 8, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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baller ...post up some more pics
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Old May 8, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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I use poster board to make templates. It has some body so you can even bend shapes to it almost like metal.
Trans am...I don't have anymore recent pics. These are kinda old.

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Well take some more! x2 on the pics, looks pretty good. I don't really care for the cf look but it looks like its ok, hard to tell from the pic though cause you can't see it all. Nice work, i've always hated that gap.. wtf chevy.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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I did'nt do the carbon for the look. Everything has a function.The hood is less weight and i will eventually paint it. the eyebrows close a gap and I have a sheet of carbon that's easy to work with. The carbon grill/headlight covers stops a pile of air from gettin packed under the hood.
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Nice eye liner
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A few more pics



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I'm gonna remove the hockey stripes soon
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