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Old 02-15-07 | 09:18 PM
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last weekend my friend and i went to his dads body shop to work on blackhousing my headlights. there were many problems that we encountered, but overall it turned out pretty well i think. here are some pics, they are pretty bad and my car is dirty sorryy~!







how do you guys like it??

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Old 02-15-07 | 09:26 PM
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Looks tight, what kind of problems did you run into?
Old 02-15-07 | 09:29 PM
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Ill dub it the black stallion
Old 02-15-07 | 09:31 PM
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higher melting temperature by far... it took me a while to take the headlight apart and when i put it back on my adaptive headlights werent working.. we had trouble putting back the bumper on correctly. we had alot of careless mistakes
Old 02-16-07 | 01:36 AM
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Looks good in those pics. What is the melting point for the housing glue?? Also, did you primer and use high temp paint??
Old 02-16-07 | 03:23 AM
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Love your ride !

Please post two pics in same angle (before and after).
Old 02-16-07 | 03:39 AM
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sick sick i am going to send mine off to have that done soo i dont have problems lol
Old 02-16-07 | 03:43 PM
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were the "problems" with the removal/install, or with the painting?

is moisture getting in the housing now?

looks great, be proud of the job you did!

i'm hoping to get mine color matched.
Old 02-17-07 | 11:44 AM
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looks good wayyyyyy better than smoking the outside black

black housing > smoked headlights

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i concur with you hunny
Old 02-17-07 | 10:27 PM
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we need a bold soul who is willing to put up a good DIY!
Old 02-17-07 | 11:16 PM
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or someone that will do it for money.
Old 02-17-07 | 11:22 PM
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=] i like it! mine are blacked out too and i like them much better... the problem is now i have to black out my fogs or it wont look right =( CONGRATS!
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Got any daytime pics?
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Originally Posted by GRAND_LS 4
Got any daytime pics?
ill try to get them asap, i got to borrow someones camera first


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