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Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238641 16/11/2006 05:05 16/11/2006 05:05
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Guys, i was thinking of doing this to my coupe and i know its not a east task lol. has anyone got any pics of it done to a red coupe?? with the inserts being silver. cheers!

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238642 16/11/2006 05:11 16/11/2006 05:11
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales cowboy Forum is my life
cowboy Forum is my life Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales	might help http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=181642&an=0&page=0#Post181642

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238643 16/11/2006 05:14 16/11/2006 05:14
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales cowboy Forum is my life
cowboy Forum is my life Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales	heres a tip dont bother with the rear surrounds,nightmare.buy the rings for them very smart

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238644 16/11/2006 05:16 16/11/2006 05:16
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Anonymous Unregistered A	cheers for that cowboy, am after some finished pics with the lights in silver. any about? cheers

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238645 16/11/2006 05:30 16/11/2006 05:30
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Anonymous Unregistered A	thanks for the email too i like the lights very much and the wing mirrors too, never thought to do them lol.

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238646 16/11/2006 05:33 16/11/2006 05:33
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales cowboy Forum is my life
cowboy Forum is my life Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales	good luck,and post some pics when done plz

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238647 16/11/2006 05:36 16/11/2006 05:36
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	i will if it turns out a good job haha

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238648 16/11/2006 05:38 16/11/2006 05:38
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Anonymous Unregistered A	oh my god!!! this has just put me off hahaha.... http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=237096&an=0&page=0#Post237096

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238649 16/11/2006 05:39 16/11/2006 05:39
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	opps wrong link.... http://195.20.14.201/0/14/14/57/fiat/www...g-show-2002.jpg

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238650 16/11/2006 06:38 16/11/2006 06:38
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales cowboy Forum is my life
cowboy Forum is my life Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales	lol mmmmmm see what you mean lol

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238651 16/11/2006 15:24 16/11/2006 15:24
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow benmuir Making a profit
benmuir Making a profit Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow	Shakey, My 16VT with the lights painted, makes quite a visual diffrence which I like. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l319/craig1690/DSCF0254.jpg Italian Day 27 May 07

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238652 16/11/2006 18:09 16/11/2006 18:09
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	i like it Benmuir! was it a pain to do?? how long did it take you per headlight??

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238653 16/11/2006 18:26 16/11/2006 18:26
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow benmuir Making a profit
benmuir Making a profit Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow	Shakey, Cant take the credit for the lights, former owner ROSSO did it, on asking he did say it was not to bad however the car will be off the road for a couple of days as you spray them up correctly. Italian Day 27 May 07

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238654 16/11/2006 20:37 16/11/2006 20:37
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,228 Anywhere that has roads W Welformed Forum is my life
Welformed Forum is my life W Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,228 Anywhere that has roads	Painted rear light surrounds I'm going to tint the rear lights blue. In photoshop it looks far better. IMO the metal rings look ghastly, but that's just IMO. A 340Bhp, 300lb/ft powered thread hijacker

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238655 16/11/2006 20:44 16/11/2006 20:44
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow benmuir Making a profit
benmuir Making a profit Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 330 glasgow	Rear lights with the chrome surround, personally I think they look good on a red car. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l319/craig1690/DSCF0261.jpg Italian Day 27 May 07

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238656 16/11/2006 20:46 16/11/2006 20:46
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,228 Anywhere that has roads W Welformed Forum is my life
Welformed Forum is my life W Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,228 Anywhere that has roads	Yeah I know - Retch! Each to their own and if the tradionalists hate it then that's ok by me! A 340Bhp, 300lb/ft powered thread hijacker

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238657 17/11/2006 00:18 17/11/2006 00:18
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I agree the rings are Personally i think the only mod on the rear lights thats needed is blending the horrid line around them in http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/adyr5/ft.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/adyr5/r3.jpg

Re: Painted Headlights & Rear Surrounds #238658 17/11/2006 01:36 17/11/2006 01:36
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	benmuir you headlights look stunning mate! i think that really suits red coupe's. i want to do mine pretty much exactly the same shade... i dont suppose what paint he used to do it?

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