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painted my headlights and wow
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:12 pm
by alekazam
The effect is amazing. That old FTO tint really brings the look down. I pollished the lenses with a power buffer and heaps of swirl remover.. that's after a good going over with 2000 grit sand paper. The auto shop didn't match the paint properly which is a bit of a bummer.. it's not as glossy.
I also put a whole bunch of washers under the bolts that hold the lights in to raise them up about 5mm so they sit flush with the bonnet, instead of the usual resessed sunken eye look.
Anyway.. here's a pic
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:32 pm
by oodLes
Holy sh*t, yeah, wow, looks great man
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:46 pm
by vipfto
nice
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:19 pm
by alekazam
thanx I was that suprised myselfe.
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:11 am
by Bennoz
That does look good!
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:49 am
by I8A4RE
Im not usually a fan of the insides being the same colour as the vehicle but i must say that looks F*&(EN sweet, well done
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:23 pm
by aftershock
im all for painting the headlights,makes a big difference
BEFORE
AFTER
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:04 pm
by ft04me
hey man been thinking of doing this too...would you be able to do me a favour and take a far away picture...one with the whole body of the car showing from different angles coz i have a red fto too and i wanna see how it would look...
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:11 pm
by alekazam
hay aftershock it was that pic of your car that helped me make up my mind to do this job
thanx
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:12 pm
by I8A4RE
Sorry just dont like the yellow, think chrome would have looked better. But thats just my opinion
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:54 pm
by alekazam
ft04me wrote:...would you be able to do me a favour and take a far away picture...one with the whole body of the car showing from different angles ...
yep i will post some up asap
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:58 pm
by aftershock
alekazam wrote:hay aftershock it was that pic of your car that helped me make up my mind to do this job
thanx
Yeah mate,no problem. Its not everyones cup of tea,but everyone has their own opinions.
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:26 pm
by harry90
Red is HOT
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:39 am
by alekazam
ft04me wrote:hey man been thinking of doing this too...would you be able to do me a favour and take a far away picture...one with the whole body of the car showing from different angles coz i have a red fto too and i wanna see how it would look...
OK here is a whole body shot
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:32 pm
by Tippin
damn your car is sexy
ps: did u have fun getting out of there?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:46 pm
by J
tippin9 wrote:damn your car is sexy
ps: did you have fun getting out of there?
Looks like the whole front end could fit under that ute haha
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:18 pm
by harry90
How did you get into that parking spot ?
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:26 pm
by alekazam
haha yes the front end did fit under that car it is the best reverse parking iv ever done <a href="
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:10 pm
by sublime19
maybe u took those pics while waiting for the guys who parked you in to come back and move
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:18 pm
by zuihoujueding
stock FTO headlights used to be light wearing sunnies. but now, it look slike wearing glasses....
