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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 08:23 AM
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Blacking Out Headlights: Flat, Semi, Gloss Black Or Gunmetal?
Today I am going to black out the headlights but which of the following colours would look best on my '99 Silver Hatch?

Flat Black

Semi Gloss Black

Gloss Black

Gunmetal


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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 10:32 AM
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I already bought the paint, I decided to go with the gunmetal. It's a dark silvery mettalic paint. It'll turn out (hopefully) like this:


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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 01:04 PM
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looks sweet. hope it works out.....
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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 02:54 PM
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i think gunmetal looks the best
nice choice
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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 04:50 PM
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I would have went with flat black, but gunmetal looks good too.
Good luck.
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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 06:11 PM
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Here's a preview:

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Old 12-Jun-2004 | 07:30 PM
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Done! I'll get better pictures later on.

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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 01:14 AM
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lookin good!!!!
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 02:02 AM
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it looks sick... how long did it take you to do it??? i wanna do the same to mine...
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by Capo
it looks sick... how long did it take you to do it??? i wanna do the same to mine...
Thanks, it took me about 6 hours because I wanted to take my time and not screw up. I am really happy with the final results. It was a whole lot easier than I thought, the only part that gave me trouble was the baking but other than that it was pretty straight forward. Here are some more pics:




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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 01:10 PM
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Looks very nice bro, congrats.
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 02:05 PM
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Looks good man, and It'll look even better once you ditch those hubbies... Nice job
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 02:14 PM
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Oh man, nice job......it does look good!
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 02:32 PM
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 02:50 PM
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You guys think I should drop the hubbies and just run on steelies?
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 03:35 PM
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noway man, keep the hubcaps on, i'm rockin the same hub's ur rockin i'm proud of them....LOL keep em on!!...LOL

until u get a set of rims, then u got the right to rock the pure steelies in my opinon......LOL
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 04:11 PM
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take the hubs off.
man, i should follow my own advice!!
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 07:18 PM
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keep them on and dont pretend u have rims

also wat is the name of the paint you used?
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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 07:36 PM
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I got the paint from Canadian tire, it's the Dupli-Color Gunmetal Paint. Since I had some left over and was bored, I painted my Civic car model also.

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Old 13-Jun-2004 | 08:23 PM
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I did my lights this weekend but just cleared them out. I took them apart Friday evening, siliconed them back together on saturday morning and then reinstalled them into my car this mornign (sunday). AND NOW THERE'S SOME ****** EFFIN CONDENSATION!!!!!!!!! Looks like i'm gonna have to redo it...

Any tips? (besides buying new lights)
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