ATT TWILIGHT painting headllights insides

[Riceboy]

ok with painting your head lights black on the americna site it says preheat over to 275 degreess .... is that fahrent heit ? or is that celcius ....

twiglight need ur help dude since u did it b4 .....

[CityEnd]

that's fahrenheit..
if u set it to 275 celcius, it will look something like the one on the right.. :lol:

http://www.element.net.au/subi/whoops.jpg

[twilightprotege]

yeah that's faren-crappy american temperature.

it only needs to be 100 deg C - usually the lowest setting in an electric oven. i left mine in for 15mins @ 100

[Nate]

and then your chocolate cake is ready to eat

[Riceboy]

so everythign else u followed the instructions ??? also i bought vht brake caliper paint is that ok ???

[twilightprotege]

you dont even need brake caliper paint as the temps dont get that high, but it will certainly be fine.

i just used normal automative paint

[Nate]

and lots of chocolate icing!!

[Riceboy]

well i finished it within one day :P yay

mod of the day :P

neways yeah it looks pretty tough

i wasnt gonna do it till ahb11m was gonna send me pics of his but yeah oh well doesnt matta ...

done it so will post pics tonite ...

[chicaboo]

The headlights on ahb11m's car look great. They even come up better than they will on a BJII, so be aware of that before you do it.
If you want to see a picture of them on a BJII, go look at the QLD cruise pics and you will see somewhere on the page the Twiggy has them done.

Cheers,
Gav.

[mrpayner]

Make sure you show us some pics of the final product!

AP

[platypus]

ok fine
http://users.tpg.com.au/adslvc68/DSCF0049-small.JPG

[Riceboy]

hm.. how do u post pics ...

ne sites where i can get free web space ??

[Riceboy]

ok here we go c if this works

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~vxl21c/mainpic.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~vxl21c/mypic2.jpg

[twilightprotege]

much better!

[Nate]

good work!

[chicaboo]

Could we see some natural daylight shots pleasem?

[Riceboy]

ok took these this morning

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~vxl21c/mypic6.jpg

this is of the side so u can c the black indicators and clear side white indicators :D

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~vxl21c/mypic7.jpg

[twilightprotege]

much better! makes the car look a lot meaner

[Riceboy]

i reckno i need some sideskirts and rear bar tho >.<

and also lowered....

atm car looks too stock >.<

[twilightprotege]

most definately lowered!

[platypus]

how did you do the indicators???
i couldn't open mine with out breaking them

[chicaboo]

Hey Riceboy,

Are those Hyperblacks on the rear? Nice to see some BJIs getting around looking better than average.

Good job,
Gav.

[platypus]

hey i just realised you haev the same dilema as me!!!
1.6L and mexican windows and mirrors

[Riceboy]

chicaboo : thanks yeah they are hyper blacks

ahb11m : wat u mean 1.6 and mexican windows n mirrors ??

1.6 is good for me coz im in a1 racing class racing against civics and stuff if im above 1.6l im racing s2000 integra type r etc .....

so 1.6l is good for me :D

[HI-RES]

ahb11m - how did u mesh the top section of ur front bar? what did you u fix the mesh to?
i got my lower section done a few years ago but they told me they couldnt do the top

[Red Frog]

hehehehe oh the slowtege looks so different in it's glory days.....
*sigh*.....they were the days when everything was easy going and less stressful and cars weren't damaged by things like 4WDs, buses, road graders, brick walls.....should i go on? :twisted:

[Nate]

hehehehe oh the slowtege looks so different in it's glory days.....
*sigh*.....they were the days when everything was easy going and less stressful and cars weren't damaged by things like 4WDs, buses, road graders, brick walls.....should i go on? :twisted:

you should ... i still have no idea what happened with the bus??

[platypus]

mexican windows and mirrors

most cars in the astina/protege category, came with power options, except for those on the 1.6

1.6 is good for me, coz its better that i smash a cheaper car up

the mesh i just installed straight over the top of the existing grill

[Red Frog]

^^^^hahaha fair enuff.

nate: oh wait! no it wasn't a bus..... :roll: it like ummm yeah i found it like that when i came out to the car one morning....yes, that's it.....rite.... :shock: ......hmmmm

so lets change the topic...... :shock: howz eveie going? (btw i know u've changed ur no. plates, but i think eveie is a good name!) hehe i kept on seeing all these black BGs in brisbane thinking "there's natey boy!" but it wasn't :( oh well!

[jcywong]

chicaboo : thanks yeah they are hyper blacks

ahb11m : wat u mean 1.6 and mexican windows n mirrors ??

1.6 is good for me coz im in a1 racing class racing against civics and stuff if im above 1.6l im racing s2000 integra type r etc .....

so 1.6l is good for me :D

wooh but civic vti-r push out 160hp stock....

[HI-RES]

the mesh i just installed straight over the top of the existing grill

it looks pretty clean, did you draw up a jig and then jigsaw cut it out?
i cant see any screws, how did you attach it?

[platypus]

jigsaw?? are you insane?? i dunno about your jigsaw, but mine is funny with aluminium!!!

i took the original grill out - like riceboy did
then i laid it on the mesh sheet, and cut around it so it could all bend over the original piece, trimmed it totally with tin snips, and reinstalled it on the car...

as to the lower section it was a pain in the arse.. i had to do the same style on the mid piece, and then placed it into the gaps of the bumper....

then on went the fog covers from behind - these had to be forced into place

the fog lights are just rounds, which i cut the plastic in the grill to fit

[HI-RES]

lol nah man jigsaws are fine for cutting ally, just as though you have the appropriate blades.

But yeh that makes sense how you've done it...but wasnt rather tight to fit back on with the mesh wrapped around the sides?

I tried pulling out the top grill a while ago but it seemed like there were fixing points I couldnt reach unless I pulled the bumper off? Like I removed the screws and nylon plugs but it wouldnt come off, is there a trick to it?

as for the bottom grill I got gp cars to mesh it for $100 including material, the top grill has always looked outta place since

[platypus]

yeah there is some hidden clips between the grill and the bumber
there are also some bitch clips on the top chrome section

once you get it all of its pretty good... Aluminum is pretty maluble, meaning i could hammer it flat to make the tight fit a small issue