Rumor has it that there is a member whom has their headlights bodymatched to WDP, anyone have this image/know who this is? Thanks!

 

There was a guy named Daniel something (I think it had numbers after it).
He painted his WDP and wentas far as customizing the turnsignals. Something totally out of the ordinary.

 

Found it! Here you are:
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/custom-headlights-daniel123588-what-do-you-think-710512/

Oh wait... his pics are down.

 

Fack, the dude totaled his car, to boot.

Thanks for the post, komodo, I wonder if he'll respond to an email...

 

Got it, thank-you Google! Backdoors rule.

 

Hmmmm, WDP ain't gonna be the way to paint those suckers.

 

backdoors! lol, at that comment!

Yeah, too much white, the LEDs look ok though, different.

 

I think the ideas were sound, but the execution fell short. I was considering a similar thing, but the idea of having to back open headlights to a bulb out to preserve legality was more then I was willing to put up with (this is my DD, afterall)

2 more weeks until I can finally dig in to the front end/headlights...

 

I like the idea, but thats to much, I think maybe it would look good if he had left more of the silver reflector thats around the fog light showing. If that makes any sense haha

 

Ehhhhh, I dunno. I think body matched headlights can only be pulled off successfully on certain colors. Darker reds seem to have the best 'flow' with bodymatched headlights (after black, of course), but that's just my opinion.

I was toying with the idea of WDP headlights, but was concerned with the lack of contrast...suffice to say, my concerns are confirmed.

 

^^^yea black are one of the only colors i think that paintmatched headlights would look good on

 

No problem, DM, glad to have helped!

Cars like the Fit can pull off color matched headlights pretty well. I think it is due to the larger headlight.

I think the WDP headlight MAY work if you say... painted the low-beam-shroud black and smoked ambers [or smoked TL-S sides].
But I remember your TL already had quite a lot of white.

 

Found a site that has quite a few of his images... but dang it is full of pop-ups that it is lagging my netbook!

Have to head to work now but here is a front shot:

 

Meh... Just doesn't work in my book, either.

 

Please no.

 

not feeling those at all.

BUT i think you can pull off WDP colormatched headlights if you do it right, his is very very extreme, if you painted the chrome strip, ring around the projector, and fog light nipple black, then throw in some clear diffusers with blacked corners (leave turn signal reflector chrome).

those have some potential


did he actually mount little leds in those holes? or did he just drill holes? either way it isn't something i would do

 

i have a wdp but not feeling the headlights

 

^ i agree not feeling em

 

Essentially what I was getting at. Painting the shroud/bezel thing around the projector black and smoking the amber [or smoking a clear diffuser] may help the conrasting of a WDP matched light.

Daniel123588 has actual LEDs in there. Similar function to that of a switch back. They will light up white... but will blink yellow.

 

I don't know guys....the more I look at them, the more I'm feeling them. Dare to be different!

 

That paint doesnt even look to match up right. I think if you just did some accenting in WDP and not the whole light in it it would look good. Just like your tails

 

 

I like them since they are totally different than anything else I've seen. I can't say I would want them on my TL though

 

I personally love them.

 

I think that if the turn signal was not WDP that these would look crazy.

 

THAT is the link I was trying to find.
Ok DM...that guy overdid it, no doubt. But think of your tails. The CHROME area painted gloss black, and the front portion painted WDP, and the amber diffuser blacked out with VHT Nightshades.

Still going to be legal because turns will light up amber, IMO they will match the back perfectly. Some variation of what I'm saying, you get my drift. The headon picture about ALREADY looks good IMO...and with your skill and creativity I KNOW you can make this work.

J.

 

^^^ precisely the image I thought of.
Someone gets it!

 

Hey, thanks man.
On the forums and in life there are 3 types of people.
1) The ones that really just plain don't like it, they usually don't have a vision or the analytical skills to look at something and make changes to it in their head to see what they would like.

2) The people that do have the aforementioned qualities and will make it look nice and become trendsetters and mod gods (which I KNOW DM is even if his car isn't for everyone).

3) The people that just come on and repeat back what others have said because forming their own opinion would be scary.

Just sayin!
Lol...no offense to anyone in particular, I've just found on these and other forums that sometimes people form their opinion based on the title of the thread before even clicking it.

 

Thanks for the kind word, dude. In all honesty, though, while I could do something as noted above, I just don't think color matched headlights are going to give us a satisfactory result in spite of doing everything in the 'proper' manner (w/ respect to coloration of components).

I only think the dark reds/blues can pull this look off, ergo, we go with the other discussed plan next weekend.

 

nope