Blacked Lights
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:51 pm
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Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:25 pm
Nice! I've done the same mod to my other cars. How hard was it to open up the lights? Did you bake them?
Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:51 pm
Yeap, 250* soak and the lens fell right off. (I've had your DRL disable writeup bookmarked for months - BTW). Pretty easy, but the mess from the melted tar took some cleanup. It's not a difficult process, but it does leave us DIYers with a number of ways to mess up a delicate item.
For what it's worth, the chrome seems to be more of a painted coating than a plating (similar to Alclad?). Don't sandblast it, and don't use too many chemicals on it. I rubbed the chrome off of one of the shrouds .. and had to buy a whole new headlight ($300) just to finish these up. Probably should have just gone ahead and painted the shrouds black as well, but I felt the chrome kept them looking pretty OE, which was important to me on this run.
For what it's worth, the chrome seems to be more of a painted coating than a plating (similar to Alclad?). Don't sandblast it, and don't use too many chemicals on it. I rubbed the chrome off of one of the shrouds .. and had to buy a whole new headlight ($300) just to finish these up. Probably should have just gone ahead and painted the shrouds black as well, but I felt the chrome kept them looking pretty OE, which was important to me on this run.
Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:01 pm
That looks really nice! Awesome work.
Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:13 pm
Hmm thanks for the idea
Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:13 pm
Yup, you oughta paint the shrouds red for your ride. Might be pimp.kconklin33 wrote:Hmm thanks for the idea
Re: Blacked Lights
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:03 am
In the states at the moment, but gonna do this as soon as i get home. Big improvement for the looks without much $$$
Starting to miss the car after 3 weeks without it.
Starting to miss the car after 3 weeks without it.