I was just wondering what ya'll think about the different types of headlights. Should I bake them or go all bling, bling and get the real ones. If you have pics of what you have SHOW EM!!!

 

whatever YOU want...and SEARCH for pics

 

bake 'em and spray 'em and save yourself $300+

 

bake em and spend the extra cash elsewhere

 

The real ones look cool with the daytime runners on them. ;}

 

im gonna bake mine just cause im on a budget. It will never look quite like real JDM, but it still looks very nice imo, and its a cool got-bored-DIY for all us little time ballas.

 

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ill bake your headlights anytime

 

I'm planning on baking mine because I'm a college student working 2 part time jobs... plus I personally think that the shake n' bake ones look better

 

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hey if you bake it and paint it with Tamiya transparent Smoke color paint, then it actually looks pretty close to the real deal headlights. i saw a guy on HT that used that paint instead of black and it looked really good. But I have never used that paint myself so I am not 100% sure that it will look good.

 

Hey thanks ill look into that... I talked to one guy who did flat black on the bottom and then a light layer of metallic flake paint over that, and it looked ok... but thank you for the suggestion ive been looking for some ideas

 

paint or buy knock off's.
If I saw some real JDM CTR head lights I'd break'em $450 is too much for a stupid reflective housing.

 

Paint em .. heres an awesome DIY

http://www.honda-acura.net/for...56277

 

its all up to your budget

 

I like the CTRs...but I would never pay that much for them.

 

They sell the headlights with the JDM ion blue look to them on ebay. They are like 100 bucks

 

I don't see why everyone always hates on the CTR headlights... say you actually got a good deal on them... would they still be so bad? I got my genuine ctr's for $170 (shipped) because they had 2 big scratches down the front lenses... dropped them off with my friend at the body shop, the next day, they were crystal clear like new (polished that plastic till it looks like glass). Look around... just be thrifty while you're at it.

 

dont make the mistake most people make and think you can make them look just like CTR's my friend did this got close but no cigar. the real CTR's have a black REFLECTIVE chrome housing and you cant make yours nearly as reflective as the real ones so go for black IMO

 

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Sounds like a plan, and I'd do it if I had some extra money..but I don't...so I guess it's a moot point.

 

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It's not that they hate them, they hate the price of em. Unless i had money dripping out the butt, i wouldn't pay $450 for em, but i would pay $170 for em anyday.

 

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DITTO....whatever your budget demands, phool....

 

Ive had both
jdm is the way to go

 

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werd

 

CTR's I love mine

 

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Bake em'....i love my money

 

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