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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 02:40 AM
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looks very nice........
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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Hi Ro_Ja Boy,

I attempted this a few months back and when I heated housing up with heat gun and start to pry the light apart, I found the black part a bit soft. Did you have any issue with the black part or back of the housing when prying apart the light?
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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real nice job man and dude your all around tint ROCKS!
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Hi Ro_Ja Boy,

I attempted this a few months back and when I heated housing up with heat gun and start to pry the light apart, I found the black part a bit soft. Did you have any issue with the black part or back of the housing when prying apart the light?
Definitely. The black plastic is very soft. When putting them back together I flattened it back out. I think that next time I will use some kind of roller to flatten it even better.

Thanks for the nice comments guys!

Ryan
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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looks really nice. I don't like copying but i think I might be doing this. I painted my front H emblem flat black and i think it would blend very nice.
Did you use krylon flat black or ultra flat black?i have tons of this paints for my graffitis
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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Flat black enamel is what I believe that it was called. And I don't mind if you copy me.
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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I really like the look of that a lot. I personally think it looks better than the OEM NBP headlights, the flat paint is much nicer! Damn I miss my black housing JDM teg .. sigh
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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The black lights look great

whites a great colour to show black of
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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looks good,definetly on my list.

But im just too lazy to sit there with a heat gun,are the headlights strong enough to be baked?


What soft black piece are you guys talking about?
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ro_Ja Boy
Flat black enamel is what I believe that it was called. And I don't mind if you copy me.
yes, there's krylon flat black enamel and krylon ultra flat black enamel. I guess flat is best since it wont look like a fading black as ultra flat does. Thanks man
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 09:24 PM
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I like the tinted winshield. I wish you could do that in Georgia. I'm not even sure if you can tint the headlights in this state.
 
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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Very nice job - brave to try that on your Fit! but it looks great. As above
Honda should make them all this color just to give it some variety. We are
all wanting them black so why not Honda! Listen to the Fit Freaks on this
one.

Cat :X
 
Old Jun 23, 2007 | 07:52 AM
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Very Nice job on ur fit and s2k. hell yeah, i am local too. I will be first in line for headlight painting.

I also want to know does the tinted front window affect ur driving vision
 
Old Jun 23, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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Did mine myself too in flat black Krylon paint as well. Took 20 min each side to do. The funny thing is the headlights were already kinda separated from the insane tropical heat that we have here in Indonesia. I could separate the body from the cover by hand.
 
Old Jun 23, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Very Nice job on ur fit and s2k. hell yeah, i am local too. I will be first in line for headlight painting.

I also want to know does the tinted front window affect ur driving vision
Just let me know. We need to get some more Vegas participation for a meet. The tinting hasnt affected my driving.
 
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jtanoyo1
Did mine myself too in flat black Krylon paint as well. Took 20 min each side to do. The funny thing is the headlights were already kinda separated from the insane tropical heat that we have here in Indonesia. I could separate the body from the cover by hand.
damn!
 
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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Looks real good, my friend painted the headlights of his celica but instead of a heatgun he used an oven and baked them
 
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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Very nice job - brave to try that on your Fit! but it looks great. As above
Honda should make them all this color just to give it some variety. We are
all wanting them black so why not Honda! Listen to the Fit Freaks on this
one.

Cat :X
Honda have been selling the Fit locally in Japan up until the latest facelift with black-only inner headlight housing. The newest facelifted model is now color-matched to the body.

The Jazz in other markets have been sold with chrome inner housing.
 
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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looks really good Ryan
 
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 06:18 AM
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yup, i suggest a local Fit meeting also. should i get flat black or gloss black?
i think JDMchris has gloss blk painted headlight. Anyway i should paint my fog light surround too.
 



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