gold2003tl (90)

after a lot of work and time spent, and a few mess ups on the way. so here is what i ended up doing.
blacked out headlights, grill, and mud flaps.
also clay bar and wax from Mothers
custom 5000k hid kit for low beams from Xentec, my oem ballast went kaboom on me so i wired up an after market kit. it was cheap and works. also i have LED fog lights from v-leds. the low beams are working great and no leaks in the headlights from installing after market ballasts or blacking them out.


^ i am a little worried about how bright my turn signal is now, maybe time for leds?












^these are 5000k low beams, they just look really blue.


^ painted mud flaps and angle tips (don't hate)


^ two 12 inch kenwoods



^mazda6i 2.5L is my moms and its a great car, handles better than mine.

well, i am happy to say i love the new look of my car and hope you all enjoy

Silva-type-s

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lower it. looks sick with the blacked out headlights and the grill

gold2003tl (90)

a drop is on the way, once i have $

Type-SuperFast

looks good man...did you think of maybe doing the grill body color?

I think that would also look good

VoLLy

iTrader: (8)

nice, first time i've see a blacked out grille on NGM.

spoka

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its time for a drop

bonknhead

You painted your mudflaps...black? Body color would look better.

ntv4o9

iTrader: (2)

^ yea i think body color would of been better but everything else looks nice, oh and need a drop and better wheels

kidduce

iTrader: (1)

Good job on everything, obviously u need a drop but so far so good. - just dnt think those tips look good on our cars bro, but to each their own.

twistedwedge

The grille and headlights turned out real good man! Nice work!

I would have painted the splash guards body color .

Far as turn signal brightness goes-youll be fine. Mine are done the same way and they still light up bright enough.

...and like others said-time for a drop!

'03TL-S

iTrader: (10)

Good job on the headlights.

Drop, wheels, kit and call it a day.

gold2003tl (90)

thanks, i did think about it but i didn't want to spend too much money on it, so i ended up painting it black. i love the way glossy black and NGM mash.

thanks, i love the way it looks.

yea i know

i was thinking about body color, but i like it black

thanks, more is coming

thanks, i like the tips and thats what matters. you need to see them in person before you really take sides on them because i think they look great, and so do a lot of people who have seen it in person. but still to each their own.

thank you very much, you inspired me to do the headlights and grill.

thanks, i will need help choosing a good looking rim to match everything else.


I like they way everything is turning out and i can't thank acurazine enough for all your help.

now its time to

02type-s

Nice work, I still need to grow some and do my headlights and grille. lol

mlrskn06

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yeah looks good man, but yeah as far as grille and flaps i would've done body color too but yeah looks good man

TailoredTL-S

i like the headlights, but i'm not feeling the blacked out grill, but nice car

gold2003tl (90)

thanks, its not that hard to do just make sure you are careful and don't try to force anything. PM me if you need any tips or ideas/help

yep, i want to have a unique look and i am happy with it. thanks

thnx, its all about personal preference, I could not stand all that chrome up front with NGM. It used to look like an old man's ass car to me before i blacked it out. I love it now.

twistedwedge

^^I like the grille blacked out look better than body color for your car. I think it looks better on NGM. As for other colors like ABP, WDP, FPR? yeah body color would look better.

I was thinking about leaving my chrome surround painted as is on mine and doing the interior body color..hmmm

JCharged

iTrader: (5)

I like it.

TailoredTL-S

I agree the chrome does look old manish on your car, better black then NGM or chrome.... I have NBP so i guess i'm used to chrome...

NGM_granturismoNJ

what type of paint/what method did you use to black out the grille? i've been thinking about doin this to my NGM for a little while but im nervous that if i mess it up i wont be able to get back to chrome (and then awesome, my grille looks like a pile of dead bugs).

also for blacking out the headlights, did you put them in the oven to release the glue? or is there some better alternative that i havent heard of yet?

overall though car looks really nice. and i know im 10000000 to say it, but lowerrrr ahha

gold2003tl (90)

i used automotive primer, plastic glossy black spray paint and clear coat. sanded 1000 and 1500 grit. a few coats. buffed it and waxed it.

you wont be able to get the chrome back, i had to sand the chrome off before painting with 300 grit sand paper.

i baked them first in the oven at 250 for 10 min, but after sealing them back up i got a few leaks, so i took them apart with a high performance heat gun and removed all the factory glue, then resealed it with liquid nails silicon adhesive. no more leaks for a month now. i also sanded down the lenses with 1500 grit paper and buffed them smooth with a high speed buffer.

i spent a lot of time on it mainly because i rushed the first time and had to redo it after the leaks (repaint).

its not hard work, just be careful, anyone can do it.

gold2003tl (90)

yea FPR with blacked out grill would be
i was going to do it body color, but i wanted to turn a few heads down the road and look different

thanks

a goldish car with lots of chrome up front was old manish, most other colors look fine with the chrome up front.

gen3types

nice lights. did you do those yourself?

gold2003tl (90)

thanks, yes i did.

nachy

nice ride

gold2003tl (90)

thanks, and welcome to acurazine

adamlee05

You're wasting a lot of the potential in your system pointing them up. Face them towards the trunk :2cent:

gold2003tl (90)

i keep them up against the back seat i moved them for the pic, i custom ported them. the port holes are up against the back seat.

and they hit hard like a mofo

Russell The Love Muscle

did you remove you grill when you painted it? I'm thinking about doing the same to mine, but I can't figure out how to remove the chrome peice from the hood...