My new headlight project - DONE!! (pics)

FaWEeToO · Post by **FaWEeToO** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:08 am

oh and AcingTeam thats hot, now am thinking of painting them white :twisted:

what do u think guys?

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:48 pm

FaWEeToO wrote:oh and AcingTeam thats hot, now am thinking of painting them white :twisted:

what do u think guys?

Thanks

White would be nice if you have a white car.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:34 pm

it looks cool Acing... nice job.

i personally prefer painting the parts at the front of the headlights and leave the other chrome bits as they are but thats just me.

i am going to do the same project but i will paint mine black as my car is dark maroon and blacks matches fine.

i am going to try a thin knife and open the headlights in a similar way as FaWEeToO did... i am afraid of using the oven for that job.

MMamdouh

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:17 pm

I noticed you painted the interior chrome reflector part of the headlight as opposed to just the outside chrome on other cars. Did you notice any dimming of the headlights.

Nice work though, not really my cup of tea, but you pulled it off quite nice.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:51 pm

i was wondering about that too... i had asked about it earlier but didn't get a answer from someone who did it (not to dicredit anyone though). i wasnt to paint mine black and wonder if it makes a huge difference...

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:11 pm

BosnianLanos wrote:I noticed you painted the interior chrome reflector part of the headlight as opposed to just the outside chrome on other cars. Did you notice any dimming of the headlights.

Nice work though, not really my cup of tea, but you pulled it off quite nice.

Thanks for all the comments, and no, none of the dimming was noticed at all. In fact, since I replaced my bulbs, I have noticed them to be much brighter and there's no dimming what-so-ever.
I did that on purpose, because I think it gives the headlight that 3D look as opposed to just painting the exterior parts (which is almost like putting an eye lid over the headlight).

daftmajin · Post by **daftmajin** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:25 pm

looks "so fresh and so clean clean." but do the turn signals light up ok during daylight?

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM · Wed May 11, 2005 12:04 am

the car seems too red now...but it looks ok.

on another point, i think you need bigger wheels, they look rather small with the car slammed so much.

still a nice woo tho.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:21 am

daftmajin wrote:looks "so fresh and so clean clean." but do the turn signals light up ok during daylight?

Yep, not as bright as they used to be, because I colored the inside reflector part... but they are visible while blinking.

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:22 am

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM wrote:on another point, i think you need bigger wheels, they look rather small with the car slammed so much.

still a nice woo tho.

Money..... that's my only problem.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:16 pm

AcingTeam wrote:
UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM wrote:on another point, i think you need bigger wheels, they look rather small with the car slammed so much.

still a nice woo tho.
Money..... that's my only problem.

yeah... tell me about it.

MMamdouh

daewoo · Post by **daewoo** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:14 pm

that's a problem everybody has.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:13 pm

what size are those lights? 7inches?

nick

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:31 pm

lanos2001 wrote:what size are those lights? 7inches?

nick

Are you asking about the angel eye rings? If so, I will tell you exactly when I take them out to re-do them.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:33 pm

yeah the angel eyes is what i'm talking about.

nick