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Old 05-03-05, 12:43 PM
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well my friend just got an SC300 5MT and we took all the lights and painted them satin black tell me what you think


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looks good but needs to be delined imo.
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delined?? i never really messed with an SC before this one...you mean take the lines out of the lenses? how is this done?the method of doing it?
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looks sweet!

BTW, what type of paint/brand did you use? TIA
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Originally Posted by Jurassic
delined?? i never really messed with an SC before this one...you mean take the lines out of the lenses? how is this done?the method of doing it?
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Search for it, it would look sick with partial deline. I don't like full but if you search around you can find some pics and see what you think.
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Originally Posted by Cloud9
looks sweet!

BTW, what type of paint/brand did you use? TIA

haha just some ace hardware gloss black laquer and gloss clear laquer, and lots of patience

and thanks Koma ill look into it
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ghlight=deline
There's a good thread right there. I think there are a few tips on how to do it right too.
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My headlights just got done at SIK Industries, they black chromed the chrome headlight housing in the headlight... and are now fully delined and polished... I should have them back in a couple weeks I will post up pictures when I get them!!!!!
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Originally Posted by TurboSC
My headlights just got done at SIK Industries, they black chromed the chrome headlight housing in the headlight... and are now fully delined and polished... I should have them back in a couple weeks I will post up pictures when I get them!!!!!
yes please keep us posted. I'm thinking about delining mine too. there was a guy on SF that was doing it.
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Yeah, I did one myself and it wasn't turning out as perfect as I wanted it to be. So I sent mine to the guy on SF (Branigan) They are currently at his house in Cali, getting reassembled and should be sent back soon.
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looks good. I also agree on the delining on the headlights. Any far away pics?
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eh, i think delined like CLEANSC is better than the whole headlight
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You rang?

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I've been wanting to match my high beams/corner lights to my headlights, but how functional are the lights now? The headlights aren't really affected, being they are projector lenses, but I can see the high beams becoming nearly useless....
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If you paint only the bezels and not the actual reflectors, they are unaffected.

My fogs are like this and they work 100% while still looking blacked out.


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