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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Default Painted headlight mod! Sweet!

Did the painted headlight mod today, man it looks badass! Looks absolutely awesome on a dark colored car.



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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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looks tight man, had that on my red camaro too...really brings it out
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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wow, looks great. does anyone do this for $$? i'd like to do mine that way, but not sure how.

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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by PRAY HRD
wow, looks great. does anyone do this for $$? i'd like to do mine that way, but not sure how.

thanks,
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here ya go man
click here for how-to

props to whistler for doing this mod
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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The headlight mod how to.
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/224386/2
I gotta put that back in my sig.
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:26 PM
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I wanna do that to my car. Looks AMAZING on a dark colored car!!
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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looks great man, i am really glad i did mine too. its funny b/c most people dont know what exactly is different, but they know it looks different. it really makes the dark colored cars look mean
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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I love mine on my black car! accually looks great no matter the color. i'd do it yourself, for like >$10. its not hard AT ALL.
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wow, looks great. does anyone do this for $$? i'd like to do mine that way, but not sure how.

thanks,
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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Looks good.
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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looks good how long did it take you to do this.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 03:25 AM
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That looks great. I would like to do that to mine when I find time.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 07:41 AM
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Has anyone done this to a white camaro yet? I would like to see pictures if anybody has done it yet. I'm guessing it would look like the black halos on a white camaro. Thanks ahead of time.
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great! thanks for the links guys. i've got an extra set that i'll have to try it on.

later,
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Originally Posted by camar0guy
here ya go man
click here for how-to

props to whistler for doing this mod

your link went to a pic of a sticker.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by anLS1x2
Has anyone done this to a white camaro yet? I would like to see pictures if anybody has done it yet. I'm guessing it would look like the black halos on a white camaro. Thanks ahead of time.
I did this to my white Z. Unfortunately I don't have any good pics yet, but with tinted windows I think it looks awesome. Now I just need to find some black wheels.
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Originally Posted by ruck98
looks good how long did it take you to do this.
it took me about 2 hours. but i was in no hurry, i had all saturday. plus i had to bake mine for about twice as long as the instructions said, i couldnt get them seperated until i let them stay in the oven for a while. but then they came right off, painting didnt take very long at all. re-installing the headlights was the biggest PITA of the whole thing

but def worth the little bit of time and couple bucks
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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I've been wanting to do this mod for a while. I have a pewter camaro and wanted to paint them pewter but I can't find the pewter paint anywhere. It doesn't help that I live in the middle of nowhere. So if anybody knows where I can find the pewter metallic let me know. Thanks
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Hey, thanks for the compliments, I love the new look! I changed a couple of the pictures, took a couple more today in slightly better lit conditions. It took me about 4 hours cuz i took my time, gave each light 2 coats of paint and let each coat dry for 15 minutes and each light dry for an hour before i put them back in the car. This is by far the best $10 i've spent on a car modification! Would recommend it to anyone, looks great even on light colored cars from pictures i've seen.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Has anyone done this with the same color as their car? Like a red Camaro with red painted headlights, blue on blue, etc??? Might look kinda cool, like the C6 Vette and how their's matches the body color.

I did them in dark charcoal on my red car, but I wonder how orange would look on my orange car
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Has anyone done this with the same color as their car? Like a red Camaro with red painted headlights, blue on blue, etc??? Might look kinda cool, like the C6 Vette and how their's matches the body color.

I did them in dark charcoal on my red car, but I wonder how orange would look on my orange car
yea man, id like to see that too....
cmon, thers gotta b someone there that wants to do it...
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