body colored headlights

NCMP3 said:
Here is one I found Someone did it in red Looks sweet as s***!!! I think white would look good as hell.

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Any one else thinks this looks like crap? The red doesn't match up with the paint and almost looks like it is vinyl not paint. Color matched would be cool but that is not.
 
look pretty good sundevil.

just an idea - when i do my headlights i'm going to sand off the the writing on the headlights (the STANLEY etc crap). i'm sure it'll be pretty easy to remove it
 
yah it should be, just use a little rougher sand paper for the words first then go to the finer stuff that you will use on the rest of the light, make it quicker to get the words off.

400grit should be fine for the words, 600 is fine for the rest but I would recomend 800 or higher for a really smooth finish.

Also I almost had a problem when I did mine, i did the 2 clear primer coats and then the first paint coat(i do more light coats than fewer heavy ones) and the 2nd color coat I forgot to check if the nozzle was clear and when i sprayed it puked on my headlights leaving droplets on the outside flange area.

so i had to let that dry and hit it carefully witht he 600grit again to get the tiny droplets sanded down and then put 3 more coats on of color and it came out perfect. scared me though since I thought it was gonna ruin it and I would have to sand back down to the plastic. =P

oh and i know the glare was bad, ill get more pics up tomorrow morning, I was only trying to show the painted bezels, they arent flat black but a black mica like the oem color for our cars.
 
xoom xoom said:
Any one else thinks this looks like crap? The red doesn't match up with the paint and almost looks like it is vinyl not paint. Color matched would be cool but that is not.


Might be just teh pick they look really good in person
 
i think color coded headlights look good, but only on some colors, black is obvious since that is what everyone does anyway, dark blue would look good but i dont think electric blue would, red i dont like but white would look pimp IMO.

in the end its your car and what U like is what should go on/in it.
 
rawr.. my friends car is silver but he's doing them black.. and my car is black and i did them black.. sorry can't give advice :(
 
hey Lapis, do you have a pic from a side angle or 45 degree angle so I can see the side of the light housing? The front is interesting, but I gotta see more :)

LZ
 
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