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Old 05-04-2011, 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 05-04-2011, 12:14 AM
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Gloss black FTW
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Old 05-04-2011, 12:22 AM
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flat black with a gloss black headlight shroud. NO CHROME!!!
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Old 05-04-2011, 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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Go with flat (partial cus mine are!) and +1 on getting rid of the chrome.
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Old 05-04-2011, 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 05-04-2011, 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 05-12-2011, 06:10 PM
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gloss!!!!
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Semi gloss!!
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Old 05-12-2011, 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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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 05-13-2011, 01:35 PM
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i like the flat black
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what brand of paint you using?
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Gloss Black 100%
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