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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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i was wondering if anyone had tried painting the clear corners black like the headlights. i have a silver z and i painted the headlights black a while ago, and i was wondering if the clear corners would look good done the same way. they would match pretty well i think. i may try it
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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i was wondering if anyone had tried painting the clear corners black like the headlights. i have a silver z and i painted the headlights black a while ago, and i was wondering if the clear corners would look good done the same way. they would match pretty well i think. i may try it
i've seen black covers for the clear corners if that helps. other then that, i dont see why it wouldnt work
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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It wont work because the clear corner is all one peice or its molded together. If anyone has an idea to take them part w/o breaking them let us know because I would love to do this mod.
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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anyone have an extra set of corners? I can do it!
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1_SS
anyone have an extra set of corners? I can do it!
Tell me how.
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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i tried...wouldnt work for me...tried on a few ocasions...
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Old Jan 12, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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I dunno if this helps but there are smoked clear corners out now on ebaymotors.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...947196935&rd=1

BTW won't the oven thing work for clears just like the headlight mod?
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 07:30 AM
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damn they might look kinda cool....anyone have/seen these?
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yeah i wish someone could figure this out, the clears dont go extremely well with the black lenses, but looks cleaner than the amber lenses. is there anyway to paint them from the inside, through the hole for the bulb? if you didnt make a mess of the paint, it might work.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 06:04 PM
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DAMMIT! I wish i would have saw those! I just ordered new ones for mine since they leaked. Those look so much better!! Might have to take them back....
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I think I might order a pair, they are cheap.
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