The Project Pad

ok, headlight time....


euro light brackets 8)


i like the look of the blacked out surrounds in the 4kq lights.. so that's what i did today, and here's how i did it.

first off, take the lenses off by removing the clips. carefully pop the lense off. sometimes the gaskets likes to stick... so be real careful removing it from the glass. you can carefully scrape it off by lifting and scraping at the same time as i had to do on one of my lights....

clean the lense real well


mask as desired



then put a start to spray light coats inside. heavy ones won't do any good



both drying for a little while...


next for the reflectors


do yourself a favor and take a piece of tape, stick it on the flat surface you plan to paint, and pull it off... see if the silver comes with it. if it does... DON'T TAPE INSIDE THE ROUND PART... it will pull it off and make it ugly. find another way to mask it i got lucky this time, but haven't in the past.



i mask the surroundings as best i can to prevent ugly overspray


with everything done and removed it should look like this


this method of masking the inside of the lense works just like the ol' RC car bodies


viola'! finished product!


and a little test fit on the car i need to remove one broken screw so that i can have all four mounting point securing the light. that's good for longevity of the other three tabs

wow. That's gonna look majorly secksy.

noriceforyou wrote::o

wow. That's gonna look majorly secksy.

Very much so!

yay!! she has a beautiful face again!!

Is that a crack I see in one of your bumper reflectors? Tsk Tsk Tsk..

Just for that I am taking your car away and you'll have to start over.. :wink:

Looks good Derek!

damn, impressive! what happened to the bixenon idea?

Looking spiffy!!

Now quit playing around with the spray paint and get that giant ball o' wires taken care of! :-D

nice!

Hybrid_Hatch wrote:damn, impressive! what happened to the bixenon idea?

the bixenon's are in my room still. i haven't finished them. so these are just to tie it over for now. the hardest part about the bixenon conversion... is finding a suitable way to seal the backsides up so that i don't have moisture issues. i didn't the first time, but this setup is a bit bulkier... and i have the turbo inlet hose a lot closer now, so i'll have to redo it in order to make it work properly.

Nice choice in wheels!

oh, and cool headlights!!!1 :wink:

ok!! i found some period correct wheels!!






P.S. Chad... you thought you had good photoshop skillz

does it drive comfortable with the Gallardo wheels?

LOL...that's hoopty status right there :bashtard:

Sam

Looks a little rediculous with those rims on there...

LOL, rediculous is right.. but they sorta fit! 19x8.5 ET42 with 235/35/19's..... no spacers! they rub when the wheel is turned because of the larger diameter... but the width/offset is just about perfect. i was thinking about lifting it about 2-3" and calling it the rich mans Box

Follow through with that, and we'll drag you into the street and murder you in the slowest, most painful way possible.

it did look really silly sitting at an angle.... so at least it's sitting flat now

Your car looks like a micro-machine

It's going to transform next isn't it?!?!?!

Looking good Derek! I'm stoked about those Gallardo rims. Now we just need to bring the zermatt back up here and terrorize the countryside!

Awesome work as usual Derek! Keep it up and congrats on the new job too (I think)

H

HOT d4MN !!!

those fit my car.... :woowoo:

well, you don't have to worry about speedbumps :wink:

Those are the replicas?