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Smoked Headlight Mod -- my experiment results are in!

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by BenWA, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. Mar 2, 2012 at 8:05 PM
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    ETaco23

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    I am doing my stock headlights today and tomorrow with this stuff. I almost got one done and it came out good! had to do about 3-4 light coats to get a even layer. But it works pretty good.

    I ended up just buying some lights off ebay for my truck that look like OEM smoked headlights, didnt want to do this at the time. But now im going to finish my stock lights with this paint and then sell them probably... :D

    The ones I got off ebay dont even match each other, they are really close but the passenger side is a hair darker then the drivers. I may take it apart and make it a hair darker to match, not sure though....

    This paint is really hard to match one piece to the other, you need good light..
     
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  2. Mar 2, 2012 at 10:20 PM
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    Came out great. Nice work!
     
  3. Mar 3, 2012 at 12:41 AM
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    This was actually my last resort if I didn't find an OEM set.
     
  4. Mar 3, 2012 at 1:15 AM
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    They look OEM to me. I couldn't tell they were the 05-08 Chrome headlights. Nice work.
     
  5. Mar 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM
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    Im finishing up my stock headlights today, then going to sell them bc I or ready baught some off ebay... I made the "smoked" paint alittle darker then say a OEM style, but still looks great... :)

    pics coming later today...
     
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  6. Mar 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM
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    Heres the ones i just finished today.. made them alittle darker with about 3 coats on them... But they came out good. Outside in daylight they look like a smoked/black chrome.

    [​IMG]
     
  7. Mar 3, 2012 at 7:12 PM
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    That looks awesome, good job
     
  8. Mar 3, 2012 at 7:14 PM
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    thanks! Its kinda nice that you can control the darkness of them, by how light you spray them or by how many coats you put down.. I like it alot...
     
  9. Dec 22, 2013 at 1:36 PM
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    sorry to ressurect this thing, but i will use this exact method soon, and wanted easy info access.
     

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