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How to get rid of chrome around headlights?

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Old 03-28-13, 09:24 AM
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I would leave the headlight on, just heat form the vinyl around it with a card and use an exacto knife to trim it.

I know it may sound ghetto, but if you "just wanted" to see what blacked out looks like you could use electrical tape and if you like it redo in good quality vinyl.
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Originally Posted by ibidu1
I would leave the headlight on, just heat form the vinyl around it with a card and use an exacto knife to trim it.

I know it may sound ghetto, but if you "just wanted" to see what blacked out looks like you could use electrical tape and if you like it redo in good quality vinyl.

lol ...NOT a bad idea at all.
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You could always go old school and do headlight covers...lol J/K
Old 04-01-13, 08:27 AM
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And if you want white trim use the white out tape (for ink pen mistakes) just to see what it would look like first. It's cheap easy to use and will be flat white.
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Originally Posted by TBone12
Has anyone done the plasti-dip? id be curious as to how it looks. my car is black and I want to get rid of the chrome accents in the front as well
Plasti Dip is so easy to use, you don't need to cut around anything it is spray on and peal off, Took me less than an hour and that was with 5 coats and drying time. check out www.dipyourcar.com

I am doing the rest of the chrome tomorrow.
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