So as most of you know, I painted my corners a sexy DSG the other night and when I went to seal them of course I was in a rush and ended up putting a little too much silicone on one of them. It doesn't really bother me that much but I just want to know what you guys think of it. If it looks that terrible I can easily pop it back open and redo it.






The spot I keep picturing the most is the upper right hand corner. That's really the only place that has too much silicone.

 

You just got me off with those

 

I take it that you don't think it has too much silicone?

 

IF YOU WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ME AND PAINTED THE RING YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM!!!

 

Mother ****a, you NEVER told me that.

 

Just redo it with black silicone if you're not happy

 

I was really considering redoing it but it it sealed and doesn't have any leaks so hell with it.

 

what did u use to paint it?

 

Krylon Fusion Hammered Silver

 

Fix them and I might send you mine... how much you charge? Paint quality looks great!

 

Looks good to me

 

You pay shipping both ways and I'll do em.

 

its really not hard at all, use a hair dryer on hot and a screw driver to seperate it, thats what i used on mine and then painted the chrome with night shade

 

you must have a nice hair dryer...

 

Yea I had to use a heat gun on mine.

 

with how easy mine melted, i don't think that i would have any issues with a blow drier....

 

Painting the lens edge does 2 things. It eliminates the whitish "halo effect" around the corner and it hides the sealant groove. I painted mine from the inside for durability and to make it match the headlights better. These are the original pics from 2005 but they look the same today.

 

See Bob my only thing is, will it look good having the ring DSG when the housing is black?

 

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I say mix or match the colors anyway you want. I just think it looks better when the rim is painted vs clear.

 

Pretty sweet. Nice laptop btw, I have the same one and I heard smakes does too.

 

Yea he does. He got his like a few weeks after I got mine.

 

Can't you just paint the housing dsg also or are you thinking it will not seal?

 

I probably could. But I just went ahead and resealed it and it looks good I think. Personally I'm not a fan of the paint ring. I kinda like my non-painted ring.

 

Yeah, I think they look real cool how they are also. Something different, good idea.