Headlight Mod Event PART DEUX: The headlightening

Sales@AAMComp · 09-19-2012, 08:24 AM

you guys will forever me DM, EW and Blades

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 08:28 AM

We should start calling you Khoi@AAM

Sales@AAMComp · 09-19-2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

We should start calling you Khoi@AAM

grand entrance when we showed up last week

ew: "hey guys AAM Competition is here!!"
me thinking in my head: uhh it's just me and Dan.. nothing crazy lol

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

grant entrance when we showed up last week

ew: "hey guys AAM Competition is here!!"
me thinking in my head: uhh it's just me and Dan.. nothing crazy lol

ryan6042 · 09-19-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Dee what time you want us to be at your place? Don't want you running around with 2 hrs of sleep again. Also an FYI, we're gonna have to jack my car up to get the bumper off, but that shouldn't take too long.

Your car is not that low.. can get the bumper out no problem without having it on jacks. But for a safe/peace of mind, you can have it jacked up. lol

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan6042

Your car is not that low.. can get the bumper out no problem without having it on jacks. But for a safe/peace of mind, you can have it jacked up. lol

I'm pretty sure I've tried before and couldn't do it..........or maybe I'm thinking about taking the undertray off since you can't reach the bolts towards the back end of it.

eastwest2300 · 09-19-2012, 09:41 AM

Anybody notice any condensation in the headlights after those storms yesterday?

dmhenderson · 09-20-2012, 04:13 PM

Alright I'll be there at 10 on Saturday. Picked up my car today after the paint flake issue was cleared up and everything was fine. Turns out they had washed the car - 2 hrs later, I have condensation in my passenger-side headlight.

That's the one we ran out of time on where it wasn't re-baked long enough.

So I'm going to definitely re-crack both of them, paint the boomerangs, touch up the nicks and then reseal the everliving f*ck out of them.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-20-2012, 04:23 PM

I picked up the paint and gloves from Walmart today. There wasn't any color in Krylon Fusion close to gun metal so I'm gonna have to try a different kind of paint. I'll try it out and see if it looks good. If it doesn't, I'll just spray over it with black.

dmhenderson · 09-20-2012, 04:37 PM

Make sure the paint you got is the quick drying kind meant for plastics

b1adesofcha0s · 09-20-2012, 04:41 PM

Yeah it's not made specifically for plastics, but says it can be used on a bunch of different surfaces.

dmhenderson · 09-20-2012, 04:50 PM

I'm gonna let E/W do my painting because his hand is steadier while I worry about the baking/cracking and moisture cleaning. I want to get an early start so I don't run out of daylight. Once they're put back together, I want to bake, cool, seal, bake, reseal

dmhenderson · 09-20-2012, 04:51 PM

So it's just the 3 of us this time?

eastwest2300 · 09-20-2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Yeah it's not made specifically for plastics, but says it can be used on a bunch of different surfaces.

Blades, you're always willing to take a chance.. let me just warn you, if you paint something one color then try to go over that painted surface with a another color, its gonna look like sh1t.

Its not something, i'll want to have any responsibility doing. You can do it, but I dont wanna mess with it, sorry man.

dmhenderson · 09-20-2012, 06:00 PM

blades - E/W tells me that there's a walmart like 4 miles from his place that has the stuff we need.

09-19-2012, 08:24 AM	#46 (permalink)
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09-20-2012, 04:13 PM	#53 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Alright I'll be there at 10 on Saturday. Picked up my car today after the paint flake issue was cleared up and everything was fine. Turns out they had washed the car - 2 hrs later, I have condensation in my passenger-side headlight. That's the one we ran out of time on where it wasn't re-baked long enough. So I'm going to definitely re-crack both of them, paint the boomerangs, touch up the nicks and then reseal the everliving f*ck out of them. __________________

09-20-2012, 04:23 PM	#54 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	I picked up the paint and gloves from Walmart today. There wasn't any color in Krylon Fusion close to gun metal so I'm gonna have to try a different kind of paint. I'll try it out and see if it looks good. If it doesn't, I'll just spray over it with black. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

09-20-2012, 04:37 PM	#55 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Make sure the paint you got is the quick drying kind meant for plastics __________________

09-20-2012, 04:41 PM	#56 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Yeah it's not made specifically for plastics, but says it can be used on a bunch of different surfaces. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

09-20-2012, 04:50 PM	#57 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	I'm gonna let E/W do my painting because his hand is steadier while I worry about the baking/cracking and moisture cleaning. I want to get an early start so I don't run out of daylight. Once they're put back together, I want to bake, cool, seal, bake, reseal __________________

09-20-2012, 04:51 PM	#58 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	So it's just the 3 of us this time? __________________

09-20-2012, 06:00 PM	#60 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	blades - E/W tells me that there's a walmart like 4 miles from his place that has the stuff we need. __________________

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