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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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whats up, i have a set of " crystal clear " corners on my 95 coupe and I installed some strobes in there from my stunna days anyways when sealing around the wires to keep the water out i guess i didn't an A+ job if you know what i mean, NEways the chrome in the corner light is wearing and fading away, secondly im gettin a set of BLACK halo Projector lights, to match my BLACK Coupe,
I would like to work with what i got... Should I

A. heat them up pry the lense off and prime and paint the housing.

B. Heat them up pry off the lense and tint the inside of the Lense.

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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 09:56 PM
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do B. saw a sedan with those projectors and he smoked the inside of the lenses. IMO it looked DOPE
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 10:01 PM
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do you think the tint will hide that the chrome is fading plus I have Piaa Hyper white blinkers and now they will not be seen So you think painting the housing is no good ?
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 10:19 PM
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check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1871071124

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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 10:24 PM
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those look ghetto. I don't think you should tint them. Get Krylon Stained Glass black paint if they have it, and paint the inside. If not, then smoke them with regular Krylon flat black.
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 10:24 PM
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you could still probably paint the housing black. That would still look decent
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 09:09 AM
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[QUOTE]those look ghetto. QUOTE]

I personally do not like them either but hey.
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 09:29 AM
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How about just buy some new clear corners for like $12.00 or get the fake Vision ambers for like $40.00?

Moving to appearance forum.
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 10:49 AM
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Cheap clears for $12-$15 and go to the store and get whatever stained glass paint you want and go to work My painted clears look amberific.
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 10:49 AM
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i saw a dude with an accord who painted the inside lenses on the rear. The part that is on the trunk lid. He did a clean job, it looks good. But I don't think I could bring my self to do it. I would do what most people do and go to the autoshop and buy some window tint and use that. At least you can get it off if it looks gay.
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