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Headlights Painted and Baked

looks great...im getting mine done friday...pumped....

Yeah it was a long night yesterday... Gonna get at it again when I get off work. The original design was pretty complex and we decided to simplify it a little. Taping and prep work is really what was taking the most time. Since I wanted to give billet a really unique headlight design I thought we would take te time to do it right. I the first few coats of paint aren't perfect and since billet and myself are perfectionists we are going at it again today to see if we can clean it up a bit and make them flawless. All in all I am really liking how these are coming along and I will be offering my services to those who want a cheaper solution to getting their headlights painted.

^ i thought about doing a similar design, but then i hesitated at the prep work, then got lazy. i'm happy with how mine came out, but it's cool to see someone had the same idea and is actually finishing it :p

The red ring on the inside looks Sick! I bet that would be wicked with a red demon eye... If you don't do it, I sure am! :tup:

Can't wait to see the finished product guys. :tup:

Thanks guys for the comments... Bullitt and myself should have final pics tonight. He has a great eye and skills for this job so I'm happy with his services. It would have been finished yesterday if we just painted the rings one color but we decided to go for something different. Way longer but worth it

Have you started to make a ballpark figure for cost since you said this would be cheaper than other routes??

looking good. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Somebody's ready for this weekend! Looks awesome. Best mod that can be done cosmetically.

subscribing for sick updates ;)

I've been wanting to get my headlight housing blacked out! If anyone is willing to lend a helping hand, I'd be most grateful. :)

We are looking at the $350+ range depending on what you want done. I will also be doing LEDs too.

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Originally Posted by Bullitt@UAMotorsports (Post 987409)

We are looking at the $350+ range depending on what you want done. I will also be doing LEDs too.

:eek2: Like OMG. Thats 1/3 of the cost. lol Awesome! Can't wait to see final product/options.

good job sir :)
got guts!

looks very good and interesting!

looks different very nice

Looks good. Can't wait to see it on Saturday.

I don't know if it's just my taste... but no matter how many times I see it done, I just don't like painting the insides of headlights the same color as the car.

Props to you for doing it, it looks like proper work, but man... red light rings just doesn't do it for me.

Wow looks good man. Good job. Now u can do mine :)

Looks good. Its different thats what I like about them. :tup:

I wasnt a big fan of painting the rings the same color but painting them the way we did was perfect in my opinion. Not too much red and yet it allows the overall flow of the car to work

Thanks again Mike aka bullitt@uamotorsports , you biatchhhhhhhh

Some people will like this mod some wont. When Billet asked me to do his headlights... he was wanting to do something like what most have done. I then spoke up and said lets do something different. So we brainstormed threw a couple of ideas together and came up with what you see on his car now. If you want your headlights done feel free to PM me and we can work something out.

Mike

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Originally Posted by Bullitt@UAMotorsports (Post 990190)

Bullit i sent you a pm, check your inbox ;)

looks great. I may have to consider going down that road.

Looks great nice job!

Thanks again for all the comments guys! I do want to remind you if you have the budget and can send your headlights off te guys over at 180 customs do a great job. I know my headlights will be going back to Igor soon for some new unique upgrades!

Bilet/Bullitt - I'd like to say for both you guys...

http://www.the370z.com/members/xwchr...0116-jesus.jpg

its mother freaking
BILLET not bilet... kris :)

AND ANOTHER THING....THANK YOU

Nice!!!!:yum::yum: What sealer did you guys use?

you did a really clean job man... :tup:

WOW i love to interior carbon fiber !! where did u get them??? thanks:tup::tup:

you can get more info on the carbon fiber by visiting our site Carbon Fiber Element or just pm'ing me :)

Sealer I used was simply a black color high temp gasket sealer they sell at autozone for 5 bucks. I have read people just reheat the lights when complete "which we did as well" but I felt the extra black silicon wasnt going to hurt anything and would just give better protection against water and leaks....

PS: NO LEAKS OR WATER OR ANYTHING... they are still perfect :)

Man... I have the balls to rip the interior pieces and change out the LEDs, but I'm still trying to grow balls to bake, take apart, and paint the headlights! I ordered a bunch of stuff while the car is still in the body shop. If all works well, I'll create my own thread.

yea I was the same way. interior no prob, exterior no prop....Headlights HELL NO FIND A PROFESSIONAL lol...but the week I did my headlights my balls showed up and they were golden LOL....