Headlight Mod Event PART DEUX: The headlightening

dmhenderson · 10-06-2012, 05:48 PM

Should also mention he charged me $0.00 for the whole process plus they offer competitive powder prices. Saw a set of GT-R wheels coming in powdered while I was waiting and did a double take. They were impressive.

Mike is still the guy but if you want to do wheels or something that's not easy to ship, this shop is the real deal.

eastwest2300 · 10-07-2012, 12:48 PM

Its hard to tell the difference in the pictures, but does it look better than it did before?

dmhenderson · 10-07-2012, 12:53 PM

Now it's a smooth flat spot on my light that you really have to look for to notice. Before that it looked like a piece of aluminum foil had melted my light housing...or something.

eastwest2300 · 10-07-2012, 12:55 PM

Good stuff man, Im glad it worked out, thats what a good buffing compound will do for ya.

birdmanx1 · 10-07-2012, 07:12 PM

Look a WHOLE lot better DM

Sales@AAMComp · 10-07-2012, 07:22 PM

nice!

MyKindaGuise · 10-08-2012, 02:21 PM

Got to plastidipping some stuff this weekend... keeping that blue theme going..lol

eastwest2300 · 10-08-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Got to plastidipping some stuff this weekend... keeping that blue theme going..lol

Wow, that looks good man!

b1adesofcha0s · 10-08-2012, 02:27 PM

Let me know how that plasti dip lasts in the engine bay. From my experience, plasti dip does not like a lot of heat. makes it much harder to take off. Though goo gone still works pretty well to remove it.

MyKindaGuise · 10-08-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Let me know how that plasti dip lasts in the engine bay. From my experience, plasti dip does not like a lot of heat. makes it much harder to take off. Though goo gone still works pretty well to remove it.

Yeah the Brace will be the only hard one to take off I think. Worst case I just sand and paint it again (;

Hopefully it works out okay. Im going to check on it tonight to see how it is holding up. From what I have seen that Brace only gets to 150~f max. I cant still touch it for the most part after a good drive so...idk

b1adesofcha0s · 10-08-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Getting my wheels powdered next week

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Yeah the Brace will be the only hard one to take off I think. Worst case I just sand and paint it again (;

Hopefully it works out okay. Im going to check on it tonight to see how it is holding up. From what I have seen that Brace only gets to 150~f max. I cant still touch it for the most part after a good drive so...idk

Yeah I was thinking about painting my engine cover red at some point. I thought about doing plasti dip, but I think paint will look better.

dmhenderson · 10-08-2012, 02:33 PM

Getting my wheels powdered next week

MyKindaGuise · 10-08-2012, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Getting my wheels powdered next week

Very cool dude! I would like mine done blue and black like the SA55M's

dmhenderson · 10-08-2012, 02:53 PM

I'm doing lazer crystal black with the recessed nismo logo done in satin white with a red satin "o"

Lazer crystal is a metallic black that has a silverish shine to it.

So it's this:

Combined with this:

(minus the red stripe)

dmhenderson · 10-08-2012, 05:29 PM

So getting wheels powdered takes a bit longer than doing calipers. Had to move the appointment back to 10/22 and I'll be without the car for about a week.

10-06-2012, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	Should also mention he charged me $0.00 for the whole process plus they offer competitive powder prices. Saw a set of GT-R wheels coming in powdered while I was waiting and did a double take. They were impressive. Mike is still the guy but if you want to do wheels or something that's not easy to ship, this shop is the real deal. __________________

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eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,019 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684551	Its hard to tell the difference in the pictures, but does it look better than it did before? __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-07-2012, 12:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	Now it's a smooth flat spot on my light that you really have to look for to notice. Before that it looked like a piece of aluminum foil had melted my light housing...or something. __________________

10-07-2012, 12:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,019 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684551	Good stuff man, Im glad it worked out, thats what a good buffing compound will do for ya. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-07-2012, 07:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
birdmanx1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 96 Posts: 3,175 Drives: 370z Nismo Rep Power: 24	Look a WHOLE lot better DM __________________ 370Z NISMO #0462 \| ClearBra \| 3M tint \| Head/Taillights \| Dynamat \| Black Roof \| Tommy Kaira HB \| CF Parts \| Berk HFCs \| FI SS \| NST Pulleys \| Takeda aFe \| K&N \| H&R Spacers \| Swift Spec R \| SPC F&R \| Zuperman M370 Nismo Vid \| Nismo Journal \| Nismo Rumble

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Sales@AAMComp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 4,079 Drives: GT-R Rep Power: 21	nice! __________________ Tyler Day, Technical Sales TylerD@aamcompetition.com 301-497-9214 Direct AAM Competition \| YouTube channel \| LIKE us on Facebook!

10-08-2012, 02:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Let me know how that plasti dip lasts in the engine bay. From my experience, plasti dip does not like a lot of heat. makes it much harder to take off. Though goo gone still works pretty well to remove it. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

10-08-2012, 02:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	Getting my wheels powdered next week b1adesofcha0s likes this. __________________

10-08-2012, 02:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	I'm doing lazer crystal black with the recessed nismo logo done in satin white with a red satin "o" Lazer crystal is a metallic black that has a silverish shine to it. So it's this: Combined with this: (minus the red stripe) __________________ Last edited by dmhenderson; 10-08-2012 at 03:00 PM.

10-08-2012, 05:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	So getting wheels powdered takes a bit longer than doing calipers. Had to move the appointment back to 10/22 and I'll be without the car for about a week. __________________

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