Painted headlights done! pics inside

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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Painted headlights done! pics inside

I ordered a pair of clear projector lens for my headlights to make them a tad brighter and the cutoff sharper and more colorful. Since I had to completely disassemble the headlights to swap out the lenses I painted the chrome section inside the headlamp black since I really like the way the TL-S looks. Everything turned out perfect. I left the amber portion in the headlight as im not a fan of the clear/chrome look. Taking off the bumper and removing the headlights was a pain in the ass IMO. The drivers side was a pain to remove the ballast bracket since that rediculously huge air intake box is right in the way. Other than that fairly straight forward the headlights came apart easily.
I also threw in a picture of my recently painted calipers and rotor drums.















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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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Great work man it looks fantastic!
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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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You didn't clear the headlight? lol.. very clean.
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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Majofo
You didn't clear the headlight? lol.. very clean.
Nope and didnt want to.
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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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I actually kind of like the look of the painted headlight with the reflector. It's different.
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Old May 12, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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^I agree. I will be doing the same exact headlight mod + halos.

It actually looks meaner... I thought that doing it exactly like this + tinting the amber a shade for too would look nice as well.
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