hate taking pictures of black materials in bad lighting. it just never works out but i felt compelled to share this with you all.

what do ya think?

 

wow that looks really nice on a black car. is that gloss black?

 

I like how clean your making it . Better be clean as well for the next meet!!

 

That looks really good, Cowboy. What has gotten into you these days? At the rate you're upgrading, I think your Cobalt will be self-aware by the end of the year!

 

yeah i clear coated the paint. i want a new set to do it right. had a little issue with the glue resetting and touching the bezel.

 

That look nice and clean.. Got any day pics of the whole front?

 

if you buy a new set, ill buy your old ones off you

 

looks good

 

bitchin

 

why, yes i do have day pics. i was so excited last night i had to tease myself with a coupla pics.








looks good with the blacked out grill, huh?

 

looking really good man

 

Hmm quick question - what did you reseal the lights with? and how long did it take? also what did you use to clean the surface where the old sealant was?

 

i resealed the lights with Permatex black scilicone adhesive sealent. i used black in case it got on the bezel.

took about 5 hours total per light.

First - heat oven to 200 and bake the housing (all lights removed) for 25 min.

Second - pull housing apart. with my bake method it pulls straight apart no tools needed.

Third - sand all the chrome paint off. if you dont your **** will flake eventually.

Fourth - prime the bezel with paint adhesive, 2 coats. Dupli-color makes this stuff.

Fifth - paint your body color or black, again at least 2 coats. Dupli-color makes all the gm colors.

Sixth - Clear Coat with dupli-color, 3 coats. let the clear coat set before you touch it.

Seventh - heat oven to 200 and rebake the painted housing and lens seperately but at the same time being carefull not to get adhesive on the fresh paint.

Eight - pipe the new sealeant into the track and press the lens and housing together, tightly.

you're done.

i did not clean the old gray stuff off the housing back. it shows through a little and does not match my black beauty. which is the reason i want to redue this project with a new set of lights. i found that 3m makes a product that removes the adhesive. i used it during my project but did not have enough to completely clean my light housings.

hope this helps.

 

Get silverstars for your turn markers, it looks alot better!

 

didnt know they made the turn signals. so whats the difference between the two. they would still be yellow right?

 

theyre yellow when on and bluish when off

 

just called pepboys. picking up a set only 10 bucks and its gonna look hot. thanks dawg

 

That is the first 4 door I have seen with painted lamps, looks good!

 

hey merc you notice the black grill?

 

i ahve the silverstar corner lights in mine, you can see in my sig

 

or you can get the silver xtremes from our forum vendor vision bulbs and instead of having a bluish bulb in there, you can have a silver one in there that blends with the housing.

you can see it in the top of the black part of my old headlights. they look a bit darker because i went with full black up there

 

Those are some nice pics.. I wish I had the time to do something like that..

 

already picked up the silverstars. they'll burn out in like six months and then i'll get the vision.

 

bumpin this one too guys...