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Old Oct 16, 2009
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Blacked out my lights today.

Blacked out the rear end, corner lights, and third brakelight. My first time doing this. Feedback?

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Old Oct 16, 2009
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looks good. not a big fan of niteshade though. what kind of prep did you do?
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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looks like they need wetsanding and some clearcoat and more wetsanding
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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Cleaned them, nightshade, little bit of scratch pad, clearcoat. 1st time doing it and I figured might as well do it on something that I dont have money invested in haha.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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I don't like it one bit, but it looks like you did a good job.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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Thanks.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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looks good, you need to clear up those headlights
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009
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Yeah I just bought new headlights online last night, im gonna open the old ones and put blackhousing on the inside to see what it will look like.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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Tails and 3rd brake light look good.

Not a fan of the corners though. Paint your headlights and corners black.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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not a fan, but looks good
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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never liked blacked out tail lights or marker lights.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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If you like it... IMO to dark
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009
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corners are way to dark. Looks horrible IMO. I did my corners but not near as black as yours. Niteshades will get dark on you quick
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009
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too dark IMO
 
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Old Oct 22, 2009
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I wouldnt have done the corners and I would have done the tails lighter, but good job
 
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Old Oct 23, 2009
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IMO way way to dark on the corner lights, should have just left them alone.
 
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