My headlight and taillight project! chrome blackout
Oct 6, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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My headlight and taillight project! chrome blackout
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Oct 6, 2013 | 07:31 PM
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Looks sick, did you dip your wheels?
Oct 6, 2013 | 07:39 PM
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Looks sick, did you dip your wheels?
Thanks, yes wheels, window trim, rear spoiler, and front lip are all plastidipped
Oct 7, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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Oct 7, 2013 | 10:42 AM
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1000x better!
Thanks! Yeah it's crazy how big of a difference It makes!
Oct 7, 2013 | 10:53 AM
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What paint did you use for the headlights?!
Oct 7, 2013 | 12:50 PM
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What paint did you use for the headlights?!
I used Krylon gloss Black, their higher quality spray, built in primer, but I also pre primered
Oct 7, 2013 | 12:56 PM
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did you sand down or just primer then paint?
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I used Krylon gloss Black, their higher quality spray, built in primer, but I also pre primered
Oct 7, 2013 | 01:00 PM
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Oct 7, 2013 | 01:35 PM
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did you paint the lenses as well?
Oct 7, 2013 | 02:46 PM
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did you paint the lenses as well?
Nope, I did put a border of nightshade around the tail lights just to darken the sealed outline, other than that the tail lenses are Red still
Oct 7, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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You should use glossifier on the plasti-dipped parts of your car if you already haven't - just a recommendation
Oct 7, 2013 | 05:11 PM
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You should use glossifier on the plasti-dipped parts of your car if you already haven't - just a recommendation
Already did, makes a huge difference!
Oct 7, 2013 | 11:13 PM
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Looks great! Would love a how-to if you can. I'm wanting to do this with mine.
Oct 7, 2013 | 11:26 PM
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Looks great! Would love a how-to if you can. I'm wanting to do this with mine.
http://www.6mt.net/forum/g37-sedan/3...-blackout.html
Partially followed this one for my headlights,
As for tails, I just looked up how to cut them open, the rest figured out on my own. if your interested I can go into detail more on them for you. let me know
