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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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White Headlight Housing??

hey i was wondering if anybody has done this yet?? i have a pearl white max and you know how some of the guys are painting the inside of the 2k2-2k3 housings black to match wit the car?? what if i painted mine white to match mine?? im currently testing it out on my old 2k housings just so i can get an idea and its looking pretty good, but i cant post pics up can somebody help me out ill send the pics to you and someone can post em up for me?? i want to paint match tho not just ordinary white ya know..... i havent done my 2k2 housings yet cuz im waitin on my dde's so i can do that clear out then paint all at once
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 01:11 PM
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get a cardomain account and link from there or many of the other free picture hosting sites on the web.

then type [img]url from external site goes here[/img]. for some of the hosting sites they give you the info directly, for cardomain, right click, properties and grab the http://asasf.jpg info.
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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i was planning on doing the same thing to my projectors, when i was doing the retro fit. but decided not too. i am also interested to how it is going to look
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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interested in seeing it first....
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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i painted mine body color, you can go to my cardomain and look at page 2 you should be able to see it
my car is a merlot though
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by white m3 guy
i painted mine body color, you can go to my cardomain and look at page 2 you should be able to see it
my car is a merlot though
see thats exactly what i wanna do...that looks good as hell
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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ok i have a cardomain site up now
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/628908/1
what you guys think??, should i go ahead and do it to my 2k3 housings when i get my dde's?? i like the way it turned out... it looks a little yellow in the pics due to the fact that the plastic front part of the housings were diiiiiiiiirty

OK JUST A HEADS UP THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY MY POWERFUL 1.3 MEGAPIXEL S710A SONY ERICSSON CELL PHONE
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 05:34 AM
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If you can get the paint to match then it might look good. However, the pearl is really hard to match so good luck.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 05:38 AM
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If you can get the paint to match then it might look good. However, the pearl is really hard to match so good luck.
Wouldn't getting factory paint take care of that? I found a website a while ago that sold factory paint when I was looking at paint for my motorcycle...can't think of the name though.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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of course factory paint would match... that was my intention the whole time i was just testing how the color scheme would flow together(the white and inner crome of headlights) i didnt want to go an spend more money for the exact color to just test ya know, this just gives me a pretty good idea on how it will look together
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 08:40 AM
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i don't know but for me i would rather have black housing so it's got a bit more of a contrast and stuff...someone on v6p.net painted their headlights white to match the white car and some guy painted it red to match his red car...to be honest i don't think it looks that good...i think black housing is the best way to go


btw...the 02-03 housing are gunmetal? i can't really tell but i like how the stock color looks haha
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 08:53 AM
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JdoubleO has his done also.. i think he was the first one to ever do it.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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I did it with the projectors but it didnt look that good because i used the duplicolor for the car but it didnt match at all.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by xXx TeCaO xXx
of course factory paint would match...
Even if you use the factory pearl paint it is still hard to exactly match the rest of your car. I am very **** about that sort of stuff so if it is not perfect I'd be pissed.

If you can get it professionally done and if you can take it back to be redone if it does not match, then it would probably look good. However, if you use the Duplicolor like Icelandmax did then it will not look good at all.

Do you have any pics of them on the car so we can get a better feel for it?
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 10:01 AM
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not really digging this...


To me the reflector housings aren't really doing it for me with the paint.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 11:49 AM
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Its hard to choose but off the car the black ones look better I would need to see the white ones on the car.
Old Aug 9, 2005 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by xtantmaxima
not really digging this...


To me the reflector housings aren't really doing it for me with the paint.
Install them first, then take a look. It will look different once they are installed. Post pix if you're up to it.
Old Aug 10, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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ill post up some pics when i get home from work today ill install it to see how it looks.... and my brother works at an infiniti dealership by me and hes got connections with the paint guy there and im goin to have him paint it for me to match good
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