Originally Posted by XCUSM5 (Post 923082)

Tried on some exhaust tips. They still need to be lined up. They don't look too bad. Spacers are on. It look much wider in person.

The interior needs a serious Leatherique clean. Tri-stitch is flithy and the grip on the steering wheel has a sheen. Once she's out of the shop its clean time.




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Originally Posted by XCUSM5 (Post 923348)

Thanks. All the skirts/trimming has been paint-matched to Jet Black. If you want to restore the black plastic you should use BlackWOW, works nicely.
The exhaust tips are made by Superior and they are polished stainless steel. They are bolt-on with rolled edges. Its a round straight cut. The model # is 28-4101.

Originally Posted by DTMdan (Post 923276)

Took some photos this weekend, my fiance surprised me with a roof rack for vday/our anniversary. :o

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Originally Posted by XCUSM5 (Post 923694)

I know some of you will hate this but I wanted to try something out. I despise ambers. I haven't made a finally decision on exactly what the final outcome will be but this may very well be the look that stays.

I took apart the facelift headlights. Originally I didn't want to cut them but I tried to bake them open twice and failed. I kept ruining the assembly so I decided cutting the assemblies open instead. With my extra assembly I pulled out the amber lens first. Just like X5SND said, the headlight looked so naked and awkward. Plus the black plastic holder showed the holes. It wasn't working. After a little bit of looking around I saw people pulled these out and painted them. I wanted to try it out so I taped off the clear deflector and painted the reflector part a silver chrome from one of those arts and crafts rattle cans but the finish was definitely not as advertised, not even close. I sanded the paint off and used some white/clear reflector self-adhesive film but it was just a touch too transparent and you could see the amber behind it. I kept trying but I couldn't get the inside cut of that U shape to come out crisp so I tried removing the clear indicator deflector lense in the middle. With some dremeling I finally took that deflector out. It didn't look as naked. It didn't look too bad. The paint didn't look like something that would sit inside a headlight assembly so I sanded the paint off again and remembered I had some left over Di-Noc in Brushed Aluminum. Its a really nice film and the grain really gives the perception of metal. I wrapped the amber U piece in the film and it came out pretty nice but it looked a little too simple. I grabbed that white/clear reflector film and cut out a little triangular piece that would work with the lines. In different angles it looks the same color as the aluminum and in other there is a hard contrast, exactly how a reflector would work. I'm a little bit on the fence about this whole thing but it might stay.

The front lense that you see is my spare that has some overspray on the lense. I think once I clean it up it should come out okay. I also have silver/chrome stealth indicator bulbs to help take out that egg-yolk look.

Feel free to leave any feedback, good or bad.

Originally Posted by XCUSM5 (Post 923713)

I opened them with the Thin Cut EZ Lock Disc, its pretty simple as long as you take your time to make a decent cut without burning through the plastic or else it goos up. I'm passing the sander tip on all the edges to make sure there is no garbage between the gaps. I'm not too worried about sealing them back up, pretty straightforward just have to make sure I let it cure properly.

Below is another picture of the entire assembly with Stealth Bulb and then a picture of the wrapped reflector with the cutout deflector.

Originally Posted by DTMdan (Post 923817)

What are you going to seal them back up with?

Originally Posted by X5SND (Post 923810)

You boys really have a passionate hatred for those ambers eh??