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Old 05-22-2008, 12:48 PM
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So your low on $$, what to do? DIY day

here's my all day project yesterday, so I finally put my 6000K in, re-painted my grill, buffed my headlights, took apart my headlights and took out my orange diffuser. so here she is now....




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Old 05-22-2008, 01:14 PM
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You can also cut ur springs for as low as $19.99
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looks good, been lazy, got to do my head lights...
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Originally Posted by ironsurfer129
You can also cut ur springs for as low as $19.99

what? and your point is?
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whatd u use to get your headlights cleaned up?
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Originally Posted by DFoster0
whatd u use to get your headlights cleaned up?

buffer and Meg. Plastx. It work pretty damn good cause I had a lot of oxidation on my headlights. I'll probably hit it again today and try spend more time and get as much off as possible. Try it out bro it works
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do those chrome bulbs blink orange or white? the look kindof white in the pics..
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what did u do to paint the grill, i know i did it half ass first time and i had to go back and re do it, if u dont sand it really well, use a primer, and put a million coats, it will most likely peel
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Originally Posted by RYANGP
do those chrome bulbs blink orange or white? the look kindof white in the pics..
White but it matches the wedge bulb almost perfectly so I'm gonna leave it like that. I had LEDs for my turn signal and was thinkin about LED wedges so everything would match the my HID's but I just said fuck it, it looks fine so eh
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Originally Posted by TypeStylinOnU
what did u do to paint the grill, i know i did it half ass first time and i had to go back and re do it, if u dont sand it really well, use a primer, and put a million coats, it will most likely peel

I painted it before and I never had a problem with peeling I just had problems with rock chips. The first time I only sanded it down and painted it, Half ass sorta. I shot 3 coats of paint and called it a day. This time I did buy primer, and I shot like 4 coats of paint and I was gonna shoot a couple coats of clear then my ass forgot to clear coat from the parts store and I had no front end so I said fuck it and just painted it. No matter what you do your gonna have problems with chipping it just has to be re-painted every once in awhile but to avoid painting less often just lay down a couple coats of each. Next time I paint it I'm doing it completely right...sand down, primer, paint, clear coat.
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looks clean
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Originally Posted by JayT
buffer and Meg. Plastx. It work pretty damn good cause I had a lot of oxidation on my headlights. I'll probably hit it again today and try spend more time and get as much off as possible. Try it out bro it works
thanks man hopefully it works mine look real similar to the way yours did
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good work! i'm still on the fence about whether to leave my amber reflector in on my anthracite. I can't tell which looks better...
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Originally Posted by DFoster0
thanks man hopefully it works mine look real similar to the way yours did

I buffed them out yesterday again just to really get out everything possible and it came out great... I'll see if I can get a picture of it before and now with this last buff.
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Originally Posted by DFoster0
thanks man hopefully it works mine look real similar to the way yours did
this is after the second buff.

Before:





After:

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Originally Posted by evan03CL
good work! i'm still on the fence about whether to leave my amber reflector in on my anthracite. I can't tell which looks better...

Thanks bro... hope this helps...

W reflector:



All Black housed:




IMO Take that reflector out!!!
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