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Old Dec 16, 2009
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headlight painting mod - inside

ok ive looked everywhere for this how to or atleast decent instructions and i cant find them. i want to paint the inside of my head lights black but b4 i try that does anyone have a write up?
 
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Old Dec 16, 2009
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Generation-Edge.info Forum - Headlight Mod

While your at it, paint that reflector that is in front of the headlamp bulb, it looks pretty cool.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2009
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thanks man, i want to do it but i don't wanna ruin them, my dad would kill me because he hasn't really noticed anything i've painted so far lol
 
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Old Dec 16, 2009
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you can buy a set off of ebay, they make em already blacked out with tinted corners...

thats what i did because I couldn't get mine apart.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2009
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I agree with the buying them off ebay. I'm all for doing a mod yourself but when I tried to do my stockers when I'd pull the masking tape off the chrome reflective material would come off with the tape. So I said screw it and bought the ebay ones.
 
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Old Dec 17, 2009
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yeah thats what im afraid of, but no money = no new lights
 
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Old Dec 17, 2009
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If it is your father's truck maybe you should respect what he has given/loaned you and ask permission before you do anything to it.
 
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Such a terrible mod. Not only do you ahve to deal with possibly not getting em apart, and heating them too much ruining them, and the chrome coming off with the tape, but then there's also the prospect of not sealing them up good enough and water seeping in over time. I did the mod to the corners and went thru 2 sets of em before I did it right without destroying them. And they still didnt look that great because you could see the line of clear silicone from the outside and no matter how neatly I applied it it just didn't look nice from up close. And I had a minor seeping issue with one of them. I would have spent less money had I just bought the f***ing black ones off ebay from the start.
And all for a mod thats played out and doesnt even look that cool on Rangers lol thats why I went back to stock
 

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no its my truck, i just finished paying him off for
 
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i did mine, had no issues, i heated them a little too long, and a little too hot, so they got a little crystalized (lenses) but it looked awesome! i used black silicone, so you couldn't see it...
 
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Originally Posted by gts007
Such a terrible mod. Not only do you ahve to deal with possibly not getting em apart, and heating them too much ruining them, and the chrome coming off with the tape, but then there's also the prospect of not sealing them up good enough and water seeping in over time. I did the mod to the corners and went thru 2 sets of em before I did it right without destroying them. And they still didnt look that great because you could see the line of clear silicone from the outside and no matter how neatly I applied it it just didn't look nice from up close. And I had a minor seeping issue with one of them. I would have spent less money had I just bought the f***ing black ones off ebay from the start.
And all for a mod thats played out and doesnt even look that cool on Rangers lol thats why I went back to stock
you know they make black silicone.....Mine has no leaks after 6 months I use industrial adhesive that we seal down polymer here at work. works great and its black.
 
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