boostedinaz
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Last weekend I received a set of mint 93 headlights from our own Garfield Wright. They were in very good condition, but as everything else in life they could have been better. A weekend being bored + my anal nature (no homo) + trip to Ace hardware = Super mint 93 headlights.
For now I have just done one so I can get a good before and after shot. The next one I will take detailed pictures on how I did it and and road blocks I faced.
Here is what I started with. Great mechanical condition with no chips or cracks, but dirty and a bit ugly.
Masking off the lights to repaint the tops and bottoms. I also did the ends so the whole thing is black all the way around.
This is where things got carried away. I put them backing on the light and started to notice other things that were dirty. First it was the screws, then it went to the adjusters. Those were stripped and cleaned.
This is the before and after, but for some reason things still weren't as good as they could be. They still didn't seem "super mint" to me.
The plastic that made up the back of the headlights was gross in comparison to the rest of the light. It wouldn't clean up with a rag and various types of cleaners so it was time for more masking and some more paint.
Ahhhh much better. Now the final product. Yes, I have way to much time an effort into lights that will get dirty, but they look sick for now. Almost to sick as I don't want to put them on now. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif
For now I have just done one so I can get a good before and after shot. The next one I will take detailed pictures on how I did it and and road blocks I faced.
Here is what I started with. Great mechanical condition with no chips or cracks, but dirty and a bit ugly.
Masking off the lights to repaint the tops and bottoms. I also did the ends so the whole thing is black all the way around.
This is where things got carried away. I put them backing on the light and started to notice other things that were dirty. First it was the screws, then it went to the adjusters. Those were stripped and cleaned.
This is the before and after, but for some reason things still weren't as good as they could be. They still didn't seem "super mint" to me.
The plastic that made up the back of the headlights was gross in comparison to the rest of the light. It wouldn't clean up with a rag and various types of cleaners so it was time for more masking and some more paint.
Ahhhh much better. Now the final product. Yes, I have way to much time an effort into lights that will get dirty, but they look sick for now. Almost to sick as I don't want to put them on now. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif