Blue Headlight Mod and Black Billet Grill
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Blue Headlight Mod and Black Billet Grill
Alright, so I painted my lame chrome billet grill and did the headlight mod today...i'll show off my 06 badges i did the other day too
i started off (following instructions of course) by melting the glue in the oven. I used 250 and I have no idea on time, i just checked it every minute or two to see if it would budge
then i cracked them open
then my girlfriend helped tape them up (she's a fashion student, she said it's just like draping or something) anyways, she did an awesome job and it took her like 3 minutes...seriously
ready for paint
primed
painted
and now on to my girll
i made my own "paint shop" out of a tree and some wire
and heres all my finished product shots...sorry for the picture whoring..i know you guys like pics, and i took like 15
You can see...the color is way off!!!
thats what I"m pissed about...the color is SO off, but it still looks good. I was tempted to just do black after I saw the color, but I don't know how great that would look. Opinions???
I'm going to do 06 corners too, so, I was thinking just to crack open my lights again and paint em black, either that or buy new ones and do the headlight mod in black and do 06 corners in black again.
Conclusion:
Everything was easy, but i'm mad about the color being off. I still think it looks awesome and 100 percent improvement. I can't wait for 06 corners, but the real question...black, or the color I have now. I kinda like the blue.
And I don't get it, I color-matched the paint...it looked fine on a piece of bare metal I had, but on the headlights with the cover on, it kinda changed the color a bit...I don't know, I'll give it a few days!
Anyways, IMO, I love it!!! The black grill and the headlight mod set it off...oh ya, 06 corners too baby!
i started off (following instructions of course) by melting the glue in the oven. I used 250 and I have no idea on time, i just checked it every minute or two to see if it would budge
then i cracked them open
then my girlfriend helped tape them up (she's a fashion student, she said it's just like draping or something) anyways, she did an awesome job and it took her like 3 minutes...seriously
ready for paint
primed
painted
and now on to my girll
i made my own "paint shop" out of a tree and some wire
and heres all my finished product shots...sorry for the picture whoring..i know you guys like pics, and i took like 15
You can see...the color is way off!!!
thats what I"m pissed about...the color is SO off, but it still looks good. I was tempted to just do black after I saw the color, but I don't know how great that would look. Opinions???
I'm going to do 06 corners too, so, I was thinking just to crack open my lights again and paint em black, either that or buy new ones and do the headlight mod in black and do 06 corners in black again.
Conclusion:
Everything was easy, but i'm mad about the color being off. I still think it looks awesome and 100 percent improvement. I can't wait for 06 corners, but the real question...black, or the color I have now. I kinda like the blue.
And I don't get it, I color-matched the paint...it looked fine on a piece of bare metal I had, but on the headlights with the cover on, it kinda changed the color a bit...I don't know, I'll give it a few days!
Anyways, IMO, I love it!!! The black grill and the headlight mod set it off...oh ya, 06 corners too baby!
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Originally Posted by fx4me
I didn't notice the colours being different until you pointed it out. So I think it'll be alright with the blue. It looks good. You should put your Ford emblem on the grill, then it'd look even better. And the corners will help a lot too.
I am definetly doing 06 corners...I think bob has em for 65...I just want to wait, theres a long list of mods for me to do!
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Originally Posted by got-dirty
your truck looks to be bright island blue, not sonic blue, maybe a clue as to the color differences.
looks great though, nice start to a long list of mods to come.
looks great though, nice start to a long list of mods to come.
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Originally Posted by fx4me
It's been 5 mins. Where that picture?! Don't make me wait! I don't like to wait.
i didn't want to take off my grill again and thats the only way that badge will go on
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Originally Posted by birdie2000
temp fix...3m trim tape.
is therre a hole in the top of the grill that you could reach behind. i cut small holes in the posts and used wire to attach the the emblem to the grill.
is therre a hole in the top of the grill that you could reach behind. i cut small holes in the posts and used wire to attach the the emblem to the grill.
i'll do it one day...maybe the next mod day I have
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update: I got some bright island blue spray paint from underdog (i just ordered it) so I am going to crack apart my headlights again and re-spray them. I am going to maybe buy those 06 corners soon
edit/update: I just bought clear corners, I'm going to mod them (hopefully successfully) to bright island blue
and one question...does anyone know how to fix the chrome that came off of the headlight? I had some little chips come off, I was thinking about just putting on that chrome reflective tape, or maybe even find something similar.
I ask this b/c next time around I'm thinking about fixing all those little spots. Quite a few came off, should I just use touch up paint?
edit/update: I just bought clear corners, I'm going to mod them (hopefully successfully) to bright island blue
and one question...does anyone know how to fix the chrome that came off of the headlight? I had some little chips come off, I was thinking about just putting on that chrome reflective tape, or maybe even find something similar.
I ask this b/c next time around I'm thinking about fixing all those little spots. Quite a few came off, should I just use touch up paint?
Last edited by jrpro130; 04-25-2006 at 06:04 PM.
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im with him^^^ dunno about the whole throwin my headlights in the oven part...but i dont think your truck is sonic blue? or did you know that cause if you look at zachs or my truck compaired to yours its more off a light blue but it looks good..i still love the black headlights though and the grill...awsome man keep it up! glad to see another guy has his gf slavin away too LOL
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Originally Posted by Blurple
im with him^^^ dunno about the whole throwin my headlights in the oven part...but i dont think your truck is sonic blue? or did you know that cause if you look at zachs or my truck compaired to yours its more off a light blue but it looks good..i still love the black headlights though and the grill...awsome man keep it up! glad to see another guy has his gf slavin away too LOL
Yea, I just figured out that I definetly messed the paint color up.
It's bright island blue.
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Originally Posted by straightedge
gosh, you have guts too crack open them headlights, becase I don't. My project is getting new speakers hopefully placing the order this week and thats about it.
I can help ya w/ speakers too, I did mine, it's cake!
PM me or somethin
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