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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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Need help, color for painting headlights.

I bought a used set of headlights on ebay and I am currenty playing around with them. I was stuck between gloss and flat black, so I decided to paint one of each. Which one should I go with on my car?

Flat or Gloss Black

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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:14 AM
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Gloss black FTW
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:22 AM
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flat black with a gloss black headlight shroud. NO CHROME!!!
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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+1 to what Raul said. Car is coming along great! U gonna start coming to some of our meets in Houston?
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Old May 4, 2011 | 02:10 AM
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Go with flat (partial cus mine are!) and +1 on getting rid of the chrome.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 02:24 AM
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Too bad you already painted it..

I'd suggest gunmetal to match the rims, and mask off the "eye brow" and leave it chrome. Paint the projector shrouds gloss.. but get it painted professionally, that rattle can "gloss" is no where near the real finish of gloss black.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 02:35 AM
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flat black housing. gunmetal shrouds.
do it
gunmetal looks amazing with graphite colors for somereason
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Old May 12, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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gloss!!!!
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Old May 12, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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Semi gloss!!
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Old May 12, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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flat black!
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Old May 12, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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gloss black for sure! i love your rims they go nicely with your car!
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Old May 13, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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Paint it whichever color comes closest to the midnight grill so the different shades doesn't stand out too much
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Old May 13, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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i like the flat black
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Old May 13, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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what brand of paint you using?
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Old May 13, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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Gloss Black 100%
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