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Old Jul 2, 2011 | 08:47 PM
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Default Painted the Headlights :P

I dont have any pics of them atm, will get some tomorrow.
Like the look from what I could see in the dark, lol

Painting isnt A+ its like A- lol, But its only a temp thing till I can get Black Ones instead of Chrome.

I had to redo one as when I put clear on it started to bubble the paint.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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what part did you paint?
 
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
what part did you paint?
the top of them, like a eyelid, I got the idea off here I see a few people did it. I acutally never thought of it untill I seen it here.
Will have pics up in a few minutes.
 
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Before pics of Months Ago tho.

After:




 
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nice job, how did you do it? which paint? primer?
 
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Originally Posted by Supra
nice job, how did you do it? which paint? primer?
They are only temp, So I didnt go all-out doing them, So im not sure how long it will last lol.
No primer, No Clear. (The clear actually ****ed one up so I had to redo it) Its a High Build Fleet Paint designed for Transports and such.

I scuffed up the headlight area ALOT, it basically look frosted before I painted them will around 6-8 light coats to build them dark enough to not see the light thru.
They turned out alot more glossy them I thought they would.

I want Night Runner headlights, But since I just got a set of Stainless Nerf Bars for under $200, I dont know if I will or not anymore since the only thing shiny would be the bars, if I do lol
 

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Looks good.
 
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Nice work! Did you also paint the Mopar on the bumper? That looks good too!
 
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
Nice work! Did you also paint the Mopar on the bumper? That looks good too!
Nope thats a Decal, Im surprised its still on there since its textured plastic its on, lol
 
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