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real quick: it looks like you painted the inside of the reflector housing for the highbeam. has this affected your highbeam's performance at all?
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You need to take off the entire front bumper to do this?!?! Looks like I'm going to pass, haha, I don't think I would be that capable of doing it myself.
Also, I agree with the above posters... It looks like you have painted the reflectors around the highbeams...
Also, I agree with the above posters... It looks like you have painted the reflectors around the highbeams...
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Bumper removal is easy...like everything else, its just nuts and bolts....
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i just wanted to make sure you were aware of what you did! good luck with the reinstall.
i started to do this mod (I had the headlights out and was about to bring them in to start baking them but then i had an epiphany and decided i didnt like the blacked out headlight look on a black car! all that work for nothing.
i started to do this mod (I had the headlights out and was about to bring them in to start baking them but then i had an epiphany and decided i didnt like the blacked out headlight look on a black car! all that work for nothing.
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here is a link who ever wants to do it them selves atlist a lil idea what and how u should do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6lNQY3RV-U&feature=fvst
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Wow they look great on the car...i will post some pics when i get it back in the garage, we are going out for dinner with some friends, but it looks sharp!
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Woah man, Hotel..those look awesome. What your basically saying is that I should have come to NC so I could have done mine at the same time right..?
haha.
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HotelCrazy you can start a business doing this![Big Grin](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Looks a lot of work with no margin of error allowed (especially in the baking process
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Looks a lot of work with no margin of error allowed (especially in the baking process
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Looks great! But I personally would have used some black chrome paint for the high beam portion so that I can still get SOME reflectiveness out of the housing :3 But mannnn that looks mean. Depending on the price/turnaround time, I'd definitely be interested if this became a business
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My car is leased, but I am 90% sure I will buy it out at the end. My question is, if I don't, is it possible to remove the paint somehow. Or could I repaint it "chrome" or silver with any success? I guess worst comes to worst I can always sell it for a straight swap?
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Here is a shot of final assembly, will get some proper photos soon! Notice chrome trim around fog light painted as well!
![](http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g174/xXHotelCrazyXx/183688_10150096289767701_788487700_6346690_3374343_n.jpg)
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If its a lease im not sure if i would do anything to it until I owned it.
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Looks good. Great job. Baking open is the easy part, it's making sure it's properly sealed that gets tricky. Nothing worse than condensation on inside. ![thumbs](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
I'm still toying with the idea of opening mine up, but I'd wrap the inside with CF.
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I'm still toying with the idea of opening mine up, but I'd wrap the inside with CF.