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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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What's the deal with that chrome piece in the corner? Can it be painted to match the rest of the housing? Or better yet just body color?
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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dizzam, whose sexy ass headlight is that?

and it isnt really chrome, or that noticeable. Its part of the lense so its kind of hard to paint cause you take take it off.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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dizzam, whose sexy ass headlight is that?
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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this is a good time to ask, but cant you just use a heat gun if you have one, rather than baking your headlight, i know you still need to bake the piece after you paint it, but there's something that makes me nervous about putting my brand new headlights in the oven
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 02:48 AM
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yes I beleive you can just use a heat gun instead.. I left the chrome on the corner unpainted as well.. sometimes I wish I painted it, oh well
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 02:58 AM
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i think you can take it off...i think some alcohol or some gasoline will make if come off..then you can paint it...i dont want to think how you're going to repaint it again without having the same curves tho..lolz.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by h2o-pr00f
yes I beleive you can just use a heat gun instead.. I left the chrome on the corner unpainted as well.. sometimes I wish I painted it, oh well
You can use a heatgun
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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i actually like it like that.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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i actually like it like that.
It looks perfect on klep's car like that
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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How about people that have tinted or painted the corner piece orange?? How would I go about doing that,. someone should do a write or post pics in this thread
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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I think it would look real good if you painted that part black along with the rest of the headlight. I'm surprized noone has done this yet.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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^i think someone have in the past.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Blenz
I think it would look real good if you painted that part black along with the rest of the headlight. I'm surprized noone has done this yet.
its been done before, and people have posted pics.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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its been done before, and people have posted pics.
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