1 year celebration
1 year celebration
well its been a year since i got my car and i thought i'd share a snap shot of my car.. still waiting for some things to come in and then i'll do a little photo shoot and post some better picturess 
just another stock looking car
just another stock looking car
Last edited by Pnuge88; Mar 2, 2008 at 08:00 PM.
i just took out the amber reflector when i blacked out the housings. it looks ALOT better! and sorry i dont have any close up pics. this is actually the only picture i have of my car now cause i rebooted my computer. again until my cars done which who knows when then i'll get some nice pictures posted up. pretty much my cheap route isn't that cheap but the goal is keeping the OEM stock look.. just a few touchups to make it stand out from the plain stock ones 
Last edited by Pnuge88; Feb 14, 2008 at 11:01 PM.
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i just took out the amber reflector when i blacked out the housings. it looks ALOT better! and sorry i dont have any close up pics. this is actually the only picture i have of my car now cause i rebooted my computer. again until my cars done which who knows when then i'll get some nice pictures posted up. pretty much my cheap route isn't that cheap but the goal is keeping the OEM stock look.. im going to customize the rear GFX lip, OEM trunk spoiler and the stock side skirts.. then probably painting my stock rims.. considering this car is sexy as it is stock.. some touch ups will make it stand out.. i guess you could call this thread a teaser? lol :P
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i used a blowdryer to melt the sealant around the headlights and pryed it open. then i sanded the inner housings down then painted then sanded then painted then sanded then painted with a couple more layers and put everthing back together. took me a couple hours.
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I'm actually more interested in the painting process than taking the assembly apart. Maybe I'm just daft, but I don't understand how the painting process worked. Did you spray the inside of the housing? It's obviously not opaque black, how'd you do that. The way it come out just looks incredible. I would really appreciate it if you could take/post some close-up pictures and some from the front. Thanks mate!
that chrome housing piece is removeable after you open up your headlights.. you sand that inner housing down (wet sanded) i didnt even use primer although i should have.. but after i wetsanded it i did a couple coats. sanded it again.. couple more coats.. sanded it again (2000 gritz sandpaper) and spray painted it again a couple layers till it was dry! then reassemble everything back together without the amber which i used tape to cover that chrome piece you see so i didnt paint it and thats how it turned out like that.. it would look alot better if i did this again.. i think its too blacked out but it still looks sick non the less
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that chrome housing piece is removeable after you open up your headlights.. you sand that inner housing down (wet sanded) i didnt even use primer although i should have.. but after i wetsanded it i did a couple coats. sanded it again.. couple more coats.. sanded it again (2000 gritz sandpaper) and spray painted it again a couple layers till it was dry! then reassemble everything back together without the amber which i used tape to cover that chrome piece you see so i didnt paint it and thats how it turned out like that.. it would look alot better if i did this again.. i think its too blacked out but it still looks sick non the less
That's the only part you painted it looks like.
Again, if you can take a couple pics sometime, that would be awesome
i'll take a another pic someday lol i actually love how it turned out.. the LEDs for my DRL now kinda makes a halo ring relected around the blacked out part so it looks pretty bad *** during the evening. lol