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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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im painting mine black aswell...
my BF did it to his car and he says dont clear coat them..

1 good coat of primer (dont use cheap primer)
and 2 coats of either Krylon low gloss or rustoleum low gloss black

his look amazing
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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can you guys PLEASE show me some pics from you doing your headlights please? i need all the pics i can get before i start, i need a visual

thanks!
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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yeah imma download them in a min but if u wanna look right now go to this link....

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ram05baby.html
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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ok so heres where I am at!!!!

lights pulled out with rubber romoved and oven pre heating
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llens and insert pulled apart after oven bake @ 225 for 7 mins
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taped off and bondoed
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again
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sanded bondo
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lens painted eyelids
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more to come the inserts are in the freezer and im taking a greenery break
 

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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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lens's clear coated
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inserts finished and re-inserted back into lenses
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Looking good so far man. Can't wait to see a pic of them installed. What made you decide to put a bottom eyelid on?
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Off_Road_Teacher
Looking good so far man. Can't wait to see a pic of them installed. What made you decide to put a bottom eyelid on?
225 degrees for 7 mins melted on of my lenses and it made it all melted and white at the top so i sanded it back to normal and painted over the spot decided to make me a vador line... hopefully it will look good installed... i went to that first little line in the headlight
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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so here are the lights compressed
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post some pics of him finished tomarrow
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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y did u paint the bottome eyelid? jw
 
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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I don't think he knows yet..... The greenery break came way too early!!! LOL
 
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