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I'm deciding if whether or not I should paint my headlights. Here's a chop I did. Let me know if I should proceed. I'm thinking of getting a really hot exacto blade and open the headlight that way rather than sticking the entire headlight in the oven. I'm guessing it will work the same way since I'm only going to run it through that silicon adhesive stuff. ANy thoughts?
Before chop...
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 Is that a carbon fiber paint job
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YAY! Painted headlights look sweet.
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The after pic looks great! The hot knife idea is going to take forever to do... Just put it in the oven. It's not as bad as you have probably heard.
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i wanted to get the vac gauge because it constantly moves. more of a race feel i think
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i don't know if that's carbon fiber paint. I took it from someone else's picture and I chopped it onto mine.
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o yea...looks much better with them
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i would...looks slick 
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there is no such thing as carbon fiber paint  I deff say go for it that looks great. Seems like a gunnmetal color
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paint looks great on ur car... maybe some tint from bluebatmobile.com
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tint them and post how easy or hard it was to tint
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those look nice, it wouldnt look good if you were to paint them like red but doing that little tint it makes it look good
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it looks sweet to me i say you should do it
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painted 
![[Linked Image]](https://celicahobby.com/forums/attach/1953483609-sig46.jpg) Ask yourself one question. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
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yes paint them! i want to do mine but dont have enough balls to do it yet...
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Is that a carbon fiber paint job that made me laugh. anyways, i think you should definately paint them.
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Ask yourself one question. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
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go for it
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yes i think painting the housing is worth it. well worth it than getting headlight covers
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YAY! I wanna do it too, just don't have the guts to, haha!
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paint them and get a carbon fiber hood!
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I say PAINT it as well.
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YAY 
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Go for it. I wouldn't hesitate to do mine again. They look SOOO good.
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Do it look really sick
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thanks for your input guys. I'm going to do this in the spring when it's nice and warm. Not really looking forward in removing the front bumper though. *yikes*
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thanks for your input guys. I'm going to do this in the spring when it's nice and warm. Not really looking forward in removing the front bumper though. *yikes* good decision - imo, it's second best next to buying the JDM's... 
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How do you go about painting them?
Do you just paint the outside or inside?
How much does it affect lighting?
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thanks for your input guys. I'm going to do this in the spring when it's nice and warm. Not really looking forward in removing the front bumper though. *yikes* The bumper is a piece of cake. Take off the engine plastics. Then there's 4 screws inside the hood. 1 screw in each wheelwell where the bumper meets the fender & 8 screws underneath. Cake. How do you go about painting them?
Do you just paint the outside or inside?
How much does it affect lighting? Here ya go. Take your time & do a good job.  http://celicagarage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1185
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definitely paint ur headlights!!!!!
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