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Sep 11, 2004 | 08:51 AM

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Keenov

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I think it looks way better on a black car. If my car was black, I would take the hassle to paint them. It looks 10x better than the stock chrome look.

Sep 11, 2004 | 09:42 AM

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LT1Burnout

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holy smokes that looks ****!! too bad i dont have a camaro

was wondering if there is ANY kinda mod for mine??

Sep 11, 2004 | 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LT1Burnout

was wondering if there is ANY kinda mod for mine??

BFH

Sep 11, 2004 | 01:52 PM

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Vassago

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Very NICE

Sep 12, 2004 | 05:23 PM

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Well I just did it over the weekend, and I must say...It looks awesome. Those of you that say it looks best on a black camaro, wait till I get my pictures, sebring silver is by far the best contrast. It makes the car look meaner, it matches the black top, and will go with my berger panel when I do that in a few weeks. I will take pics hopefully on Wednesday. I cant wash my baby till then and I dont want to take/post up dirty pictures. Think what that will do to my reputation...anyway, keeping yall waiting till then.

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Sep 12, 2004 | 06:14 PM

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it does give the car a more "sinister " look . someone mentioned it would look best on a black car , i agree. that whole"stealth "look rules!

Sep 14, 2004 | 12:39 AM

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Here are some pics of back when I did mine. I used charcoal metallic paint.

Before:

After:

Sep 14, 2004 | 03:27 AM

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I think this mod looks really great, and have been contemplating it for a long time. I think sometime this week I'll have the stomach to bake my headlights. If all goes well, it should be well worth it.

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Sep 14, 2004 | 01:00 PM

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ssorange

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Originally Posted by camar0guy

heres what mine came out to look like, did that few months ago

You've got one of the best looking F-Body's I've seen. Not too much flashy crap and I love the color. I wanted that color but had to settle for Sunset Orange b/c they gave me $6000 off and wanted full price for the orange.
The tint really looks good I'm gona do it to my SS Orange and will post picts.

Did you follow the above noted directions? Did you buy tinted lenses? I think I'll go darker on mine.

Thanks for sharing your car.

Sep 14, 2004 | 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ssorange

thx man....i did mine like over a yr ago, and they stil holding on...i used flat black on mine...and yes, i used the same techique as everyone else, but they all did it later than me i tink...
its a very nice mod, i like it a lot

Sep 15, 2004 | 03:13 PM

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Where can you buy other head/tail lights? Mine r messed up. Do you think red paint on a red car would look dumb? Do you have to use high temp paint? Anyone interested in blackouts?

Sep 17, 2004 | 05:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CMKworm

Where can you buy other head/tail lights? Mine r messed up. Do you think red paint on a red car would look dumb? Do you have to use high temp paint? Anyone interested in blackouts?

No you dont have to use high temp paint. I would go with black only because I think it is the only color that looks good inside headlights but I guess if you dont like the color you can always paint over it. I do remember a long time ago when this mod first started being done some guy painted his headlights blue on a blue car, I didnt care for the look.

Sep 17, 2004 | 09:51 PM

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well the new vettes have them painted the same color as the car...looks good

Sep 17, 2004 | 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by abadss

here's a few pics of mine, looks good on NBM

http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harl...lights%201.JPG
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harl...eadlights2.JPG
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harl...eadlights4.JPG

That is one bad *** looking ride you got there man!

Your name says it all.

Sep 18, 2004 | 12:20 AM

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Ive had mine done for about a year and a half, hell I took these headlights off my 99 after it was totaled. They still look like the day I painted them. To me I think every Camaro should have this done.