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Old 08-10-2012, 08:13 PM
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Completely it last week. Took a while because we ran out of material but could have finished in one day if we had enough. Check out the pics below. Don't mind the red headlights, I'm saving up to get black ones soon... What do you guys think?
This is what i started off with...

Now with carbon wrapped targa and halo and new wheels...

Removed all the mirrors, headlights, taillights, side markers, fogs and weather striping... time consuming..

Now we started wrapping...

And now the finished product plus a drop on stock bolts...

Old 08-10-2012, 08:15 PM
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I like it!
Old 08-10-2012, 08:19 PM
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Looks good..................

But it still has RED headlights.
Old 08-10-2012, 08:23 PM
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lol yeah I'm saving up for some black ones. I need to change the lenses so I might just paint them black while I have the headlights apart.
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wow, that's a lotta work! looks good and hope it lasts a long time, or as long as you want it to. whew!
Old 08-10-2012, 08:24 PM
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WOW! What is that stuff. Does it come in colors and will it come off?
Old 08-10-2012, 08:30 PM
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Why not tint the ones you got for now?
Old 08-10-2012, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cvalvarez77
lol yeah I'm saving up for some black ones. I need to change the lenses so I might just paint them black while I have the headlights apart.
Good deal on eBay right now...I'm not affiliated with this seller, but looks like you might wanna check it out


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-2010-C6...#ht_1132wt_922
Old 08-10-2012, 08:35 PM
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Looks good...
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How much did that cost?
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The shelf life of the 3M 1080 is 4 years without damage to the paint (so they say). It does come in a ton of gloss, matte, and specialty colors.

I did tint the lights with tinted clear but I did too many passes so they came out super dark. Had to sand through 4 coats of gloss and three coated of tinted clear and after that I wasn't willing to respray them again. I need to change the lenses so I'll just paint then bezels when I have them apart. Saves me a few hundred bucks.
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Totally cost was ~$400
Old 08-10-2012, 09:13 PM
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Headlight sale

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I think you did an amazing job! and a material cost of 400 dollars is chump change.

I don't know if you've ever considered it but you should offer this as a paid service.

Really really sharp.

Best of luck

Enjoy
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Originally Posted by ncvette_1FUNRIDE

But it still has RED headlights.
That's ok - the car had a rough night.


OP - car looks really cool - great job!
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What about the door jambs and under the hood? Are they still Red?

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Old 08-10-2012, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ncvette_1FUNRIDE
Looks good..................

But it still has RED headlights.
I like the red lights, matches the rears
Old 08-10-2012, 09:28 PM
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Great job! Big fan of what you have done. How hard was it to trim that rear section?
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