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Old 05-22-08, 11:39 AM
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I just finished this last night i thought you guys might be interested. baked the lights, opened them up, painted the housings flat black, resealed them w/ silicon caulk, and put them back in.

the turn signals were a real ***** to get open because they're glued not caulked, I wish i knew that before i started. but the final result made them well worth the effort. Has anyone else done this to their LS?
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Car is not mine, but belongs to my buddy and fellow CL/Neloc member Greenvy2k. Note the retrofit on the projectors.

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Hey Jason!

I'd say retrofit a Q45's gatling projectors!
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do the Q45 headlights work w/ my car?

and those lights look sick on that green LS, hell the whole car looks good. tell your buddy he should do what i did on the corners, its hard, but sooo freakin worth it for the look it gets. see for yourself....
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i hope u have the money for those Q45 gatling gun projectors...IIRC their like $400-500 for the REAL ones not the replica ones.
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WOW very nice work! Looks very nice, the headlights tie into the black of the grill very nice. Man, I wish there were some cooler Headlights available for the 1st LS400, got the clear bumper blinkers and two tone red and white taillights which look hot on the all white paint, however I would like to upgrade the headlights.

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Originally Posted by jasond86
I just finished this last night i thought you guys might be interested. baked the lights, opened them up, painted the housings flat black, resealed them w/ silicon caulk, and put them back in.

the turn signals were a real ***** to get open because they're glued not caulked, I wish i knew that before i started. but the final result made them well worth the effort. Has anyone else done this to their LS?
Bandit!!

How did you get the corners open? What are they held by?

Maybe if your car were black. Im not feeling the black on white, but you did a real good job!
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VERY nice man!
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