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Old May 14, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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ok i've been thinking of doing the whistler mod for awhile but i don't want to do the traditional look! i was thinking of matching the color of my car, i have a red z28! just an idea how would it look i have a buddy that works at body shop that would paint them the same color as my car! yay or nay! i think it could look pretty good!

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Old May 14, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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people have done it. it looks good but i wouldn't say it looks god.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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The new c6 headlights are color matched to its body color and they look clean. i say try it, it might look good, but you cant lose with the traditional black color people do either.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 01:05 AM
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It has been done in white and sunset orange I believe.....white looks the best...if you have a white car that is...
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Old May 15, 2008 | 03:17 AM
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been done before.....
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Old May 15, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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go for it dude....seen it before in white and it looked good. Ive never seen it in anyother color though, so very interested in seeing it in red
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Old May 15, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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idk it might look ok but ill stick with black
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Old May 15, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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Seen it done before, and IMO doesn't look very good.
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Originally Posted by tylerdj
Seen it done before, and IMO doesn't look very good.
I agree, there is a thread floating around somewhere of somebody who compiled some pictures of cars with colormatching headlights, I don't know if a search would turn it up but they didn't look so good.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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the reason people dont think they look good is because Camaro headlights are NOT integrated very well on these cars....there is a fat black rim from the rubber seal and there are gaps.....They would have to be better fitting and integrated to look good like the C6 Corvette headlights do...
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Old May 15, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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PICS:

Sunset Orange Metallic:




White:



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Old May 15, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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^ damn, that white does look good!

IDK about red though..maybe?
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Old May 15, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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white looks decent, but red will look like
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Old May 15, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
the reason people dont think they look good is because Camaro headlights are NOT integrated very well on these cars....there is a fat black rim from the rubber seal and there are gaps.....They would have to be better fitting and integrated to look good like the C6 Corvette headlights do...
Took the words right out of my mouth
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Old May 15, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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Red looks like crap. I saw some guy did it on a black camaro but it just look dumb IMO.


Red:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/643292-anybody-painted-their-halo-headlights-same-color-their-car.html
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Old May 15, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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The white does look cool. Try color matching them. If you don't like it then you can always paint them black.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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Yeah I am the one that painted mine white. My thoughts were the same as other peoples here. Try it, if it looks like crap paint it black. My white mod seemed to look pretty decent so ive kept it. I wont stress this enough, you need to color match the paint you get with your car. Dont eye ball it. Also I went low gloss paint on mine fyi.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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wow i really like how the white turn out!!!
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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ok i dont think a metallic paint like SOM works, but the white looks great and i think those red halos look pretty good but not the rest of the car...i say go for it and if you dont like it paint it black...ill be watching this thread closely
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