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Wheel_Man 02-21-13 10:17 AM

Gold headlight housings!?!?
 
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What!! Who does this? Cleaning my headlights because I thought that maybe the inside chrome plating was yellowing, but when I opened them, the housing was painted gold:rolleyes:
I was really hoping to shine up to chrome, but looks like I'll have to go black. I'll have finished pics later;)

crenfro 02-21-13 11:06 AM

Wow that is really ugly, apparently people like having their headlights yellowed?

Yeah at this point it would be a lot easier going black, plus it looks better than chrome :D

sj408 02-21-13 11:12 AM

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Tabaka 02-21-13 11:14 AM

I agree, it looks terrible. Just paint them black or metallic silver.

TheAzn 02-21-13 11:15 AM

Let me guess, the badges are gold?

Auto part stores sell chrome paint. When you spray it and let it dry, it's kind of hazy. Just take some polish to it and you have full on mirror.... or use silver metallic paint :)

3L4jzz31 02-21-13 02:12 PM

At least the paint job looks decent lol

Kira X 02-21-13 02:14 PM

Whoa! That's weird! It's an interesting look.

kez 02-21-13 02:17 PM

Wow what the heck

PEEEE lights:D

Wheel_Man 02-21-13 03:09 PM

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Okay, housings are now flat black, projection glass, inner plastics polished and all silicone scraped off. On my way to my friend's bodyshop to polish the lenses with a high speed buffer. Yes, I know what I'm doing, I used to work in a bodyshop for 12 years;)

Blkexcoupe 02-21-13 03:43 PM


Originally Posted by 3L4jzz31 (Post 7779858)
At least the paint job looks decent lol

That was the first thing I thought too. haha

Whoever painted it did a good job.

tuterz 02-21-13 04:34 PM

I like the gold look.

Wheel_Man 02-21-13 05:37 PM

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Back from the shop with clean lenses. I used 1500, finished with 2000 and then buffed with 3M compunds and glazes. Time to assemble:)

Vwpride12 02-21-13 06:40 PM

Wow! That is a huge difference.

lilSCsteve 02-21-13 07:56 PM

WOW! That black turned out NICE! I like it!

MXT4life 02-21-13 08:36 PM

Damn you made your headlights look even cleaner than when it came out of the factory haha, goodwork man


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