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Old 02-09-06, 07:07 PM
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Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics

I had the clear corner lights on my car and it didn't look bad with my color paint, but I also have the rx7.com smoked bumper lights in front and wanted them to match.

Bought some smoke paint off the net and after a little advice from forum members and some trial and error it's done.

Tell me what you think...

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P.S. Also installed new redline boots, pic also below.
Attached Thumbnails Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-clearsbefore.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-cornerafter.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-frontafter.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-rearafter.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-boots.jpg  

Old 02-09-06, 07:14 PM
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Looks awsome . do you have any pics with the lights on.
Old 02-09-06, 08:19 PM
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Just took these...

Hope this helps.
Attached Thumbnails Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-nightlites-001small.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-nightlites-009small.jpg   Painted my clear corner lights with smoked paint, pics-nightlites-012small.jpg  
Old 02-09-06, 08:23 PM
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sweet!!!!
If they were a little darker to come close to the paint on the FD I think they would look better. Just my .o2 though.

thanks,
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i think maybe another coat or two. I have the smoked front turn sigs too and i was thinking of doing exactly what you did because i have clear side markers. Maybe its just the pics but i think they would need to be a lil darker to match the updated 93 smoked sigs.

how bout a front 1/4 shot so we get the front end and front fender
Old 02-10-06, 07:58 AM
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sure, I have a shot like that on my cardomain page:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2067608/1

Yeah I agree I would like a little darker myself, but ran out of paint, lol.

I am ordering more.

I also have the clear rear bumper (reverse) lights and I painted all 6.

Yes 2 more coats would be great.

Thanks for the props.

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Old 02-10-06, 09:18 AM
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very nice color
Old 02-10-06, 09:31 AM
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nice car domain page lots of pics. lights look good too. are ur front turn signals the ebay ones? do u like ur shift ****? im gettin the greddy counterweighted one i think. looks awesome
Old 02-10-06, 09:50 AM
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Thanks guys for all the comments.

My front bumper lights are from RX7.com

All the rest (4 signal lights and 2 reverse lights) are all ebay ones.

On the shift ****, I love it! Originally I had a round one but have since gotten used to my new one and the weight is perfect!
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How did you install that brake handle? I cant get mine off.

Nice car BTW!
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damn man, you got SICK car. Very nice
Old 02-10-06, 12:11 PM
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nice, keep up the good work.
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Originally Posted by Zebb
How did you install that brake handle? I cant get mine off.

Nice car BTW!

I cut the old one off with a utility knife. I just cut it down the center and peeled it off.
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what kinda smoked paint did you use? that looks awesome.
Old 02-10-06, 09:46 PM
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Here is the website I got it from...

http://www.eautoworks.com/html/ORD-1-1-1-23639.cfm
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