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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Default Colormatched headlights are almost done
I bought a set of broken halos/projectors at a great price. I decided to try a little project and it turned out to be a lot more than I expected. They are 95% complete, only needing to dry completely and install the HID bulbs. To do this project, I baked them one-by-one in the oven at 170* for 8-10 minutes, pried them open with a flathead screwdriver and got to work. Lots of sanding, priming and globby adhesive later.....:






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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Bad ***. That's a cool idea!
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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i think that guy flip does this too.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMonteMan
i think that guy flip does this too.
I thought flip just did the covers. I really don't know for sure though..
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Never mind. It seems you are correct, sir!
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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yeah i think he does. dps gxp headlights are painted? its the blue gxp. i dont remember his whole user name.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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I checked flip's website.

Flipscustomtails.com
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There's a few GPs with painted headlights, I had mine done when my car was silver, it just didn't look right...
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you should try flat blacking them. j/k
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They're close enough to flat black

Forgot to say that white would look good though.
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looks a lil weird but gorgious at the same time lol
man im too scared to try this my self but i wanna paint my housing flat black and smoke out the reflectors a bit too but just gotta get the courage..
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did these a while back to the stockers, got the idea from BuffaloSS and had another member helpin me out on the proscess.. my lenses were all scratched up so i figured there is no real loss if i **** it up lol
my only problem is i left the inside a little foggy, shuda cleaned the inside of the lense with something else.. i did get them custom painted and lightly tinted on the outer lense to cover up my mistakes lol







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That look awesome. I'd kill for a black car...
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That's sick Goat, I really like that.

And Mike, are those my old ones?
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coming to a GXP near you?????
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I just bought the Chrome DEPO headlights for my GXP. Was thinking about getting the amber side markers tinted but $100 seems like a lot.
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I bought leds for mine, i am just waiting for it to stop snowing lol
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Originally Posted by TheMonteMan
yeah i think he does. dps gxp headlights are painted? its the blue gxp. i dont remember his whole user name.
wow i get no love ....Flip did paint the inside of my headlight MBM....its kinda hard to see in certain lights but when you get the right light it looks nice
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Yeah Nacho, those are your old headlights. Luckily you were selling a spare set so I could try this project.

BTW: Thanks guys!

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That's sick Goat, I really like that.

And Mike, are those my old ones?
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OOOOooo hey Goat thats like exactly what im going for.. il buy them off you..
i got a question.. you bake them to open them and free up the adhesive. but how do you seal them back up?
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