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Headlights: Yay or Nay!

Just picked up the Z. I blacked out my housing earlier this morning. I can't decide whether I like or not. At times, I think it looks bad *ss and

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Old 01-09-2014, 06:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Just picked up the Z. I blacked out my housing earlier this morning. I can't decide whether I like or not.

At times, I think it looks bad *ss and sometimes I think it looks

I'm planning on powder coating the wheels gun metal down the road so hopefully that would blend in with the darkness. Meanwhile, I can't decide if I like the black housing or not.

Let me know what you think







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Yay. Definitely looks meaner. Now if you black out your fangs in the front, it will look really aggressive

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Id say plasti-dip or have you emblems painted. The chrome emblems is probably what is throwing you off since the headlights aren't chrome anymore.
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Id say plasti-dip or have you emblems painted. The chrome emblems is probably what is throwing you off since the headlights aren't chrome anymore.
Yea. I'll be plastidipping the emblems shortly
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…you have to add more black to the car. Emblems, fangs, door handles, wheels, etc. It'll look great. I'd like to black mine out with a little yellow in there but until I start with the paint of other parts, it'll have to wait.
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IMO, should have kept the projector shroud silver so it doesn't look like a black hole.
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IMO, should have kept the projector shroud silver so it doesn't look like a black hole.
Yea that was my first thought. I kept mine silver to make the headlight stand out more.

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Based on the shots you posted, I like how it came out. Black out your fangs to round it out. Don't over dip. How does it look to you up close?
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I'm not completely on board with how it is now. If you paint matched the shrouds...it'd be perfect. I know a lot of people do it like that on here, but honestly it's the best looking way to do it.
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…you have to add more black to the car. Emblems, fangs, door handles, wheels, etc. It'll look great. I'd like to black mine out with a little yellow in there but until I start with the paint of other parts, it'll have to wait.
Yea. I'll be blacking out more parts in the future! Money Pitttt!!
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IMO, should have kept the projector shroud silver so it doesn't look like a black hole.
I can't reverse time now! Lol, black rims, and fangs here I come.
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Based on the shots you posted, I like how it came out. Black out your fangs to round it out. Don't over dip. How does it look to you up close?
It looks good up close. It does stand out a bit more only the fact that everything else is silver.
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I can't reverse time now! Lol, black rims, spacers and lowering springs here I come.
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I like it, once the wheels and emblems are done it will help the theme flow more, now you are drawn to the lights because its the only thing different and dark.. agreed!

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