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Painting Chrome in headlights black!

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Old 11-06-07, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TommySC300
Nice name! That's just the picture I wanted. Too bad it looks terrible though
Old 11-06-07, 08:52 PM
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OO good tip about painting the edge, nice catch. alriite, ima bout ready to try this out for myself on my next double day off

Anyone know if Pep Boys or the like would have taillight smoke paint??? i know of the places u can order it online but i cant seem to find any local vendors. south san diego.
Old 11-06-07, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TommySC300
Reminds me of the corvette housings. Looks good!
Old 11-06-07, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by lexSCus
OO good tip about painting the edge, nice catch. alriite, ima bout ready to try this out for myself on my next double day off

Anyone know if Pep Boys or the like would have taillight smoke paint??? i know of the places u can order it online but i cant seem to find any local vendors. south san diego.
I struggled to find tail light tint spray at any local place in my area. I went all over. I got mine from a vender online. Just make sure you clear coat on top for sheen and durability.
Old 11-06-07, 11:55 PM
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I am spraying the inside of my headlights with regular auto paint. base+clearcoat. we'll see how it goes. also for the tails If you use auto paint you can just mix the color right in with your clear and make a single stage type of material. It adds a lot of depth...
Old 11-07-07, 12:22 PM
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you can find the tint spray at any decent hobby shop
Old 11-07-07, 12:28 PM
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i painted mine gun metal but looks black..
Old 11-07-07, 03:11 PM
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On my last SC I painted them flat black w/ some high temp paint. This pic was taken a few months afterward.
Oh, and the inside of my headlights actually melted after a long (18+ hour) roadtrip.. I guess I had them on just a little too long. Dont mind the timestamp.

edit: I'm also a fan of de-lining that small portion of the headlight cover.

Old 02-02-08, 08:43 PM
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im in the middle of delining my headlights, but i painted mine bodycolor(maroon saphire type color) and my projector bezels matte black. Should look really exotic!)
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