Painted headlights
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Painted headlights
I just wrapped up painting my headlight bezels. (Satin black)
I took her down off of the winter storage dollies, and drove her out of the garage. (First movement under her own power since late november.)
Snow is off the roads just a little left in the grass. Took a nice twenty minute ride. and decided to share some pictures with all of you.
Ed
Headlights aren't on. Just lens flare from the, "fill-flash," camera setting.
I took her down off of the winter storage dollies, and drove her out of the garage. (First movement under her own power since late november.)
Snow is off the roads just a little left in the grass. Took a nice twenty minute ride. and decided to share some pictures with all of you.
Ed
Headlights aren't on. Just lens flare from the, "fill-flash," camera setting.
Last edited by Old Yellow; Mar 5, 2011 at 12:42 PM.
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The spoiler is the factory option.
Funny you mention the door handles. Their still factory original black, but carbon fiber is on the way.
The hood stripes are from, "vettestripes.com". I had Mike narrow his stock design down a little bit. His stock stripes were too wide for my taste. He's great to work with, and has no problem modifying his designs to meet your taste.
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Doesn't that trap heat in the assemblies and cause the lens to spider web?
I've heard that is a problem with putting a clear bra over 'em
I've heard that is a problem with putting a clear bra over 'em
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I did the same thing on my yellow 06 and never had a problem. The factory paints Corvettes black. I have seen flat black lights that didn't have any problems.
The lens gets gets a lot hotter from the bulbs. All of the problems with crazing lenses is from covering them with tint, or clear plastic protectors. They will also overheat if a mechanic leaves a fender cover over them with the headlights lights on. Factory service manual specifically warns against this.
This can happen in a garage with the ignition on. The auto headlight feature will turn on the headlights, and they must be turned off manually.
In case you misread my post it is the inner bezel liner that is painted.
Ed
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No problem.
I did the same thing on my yellow 06 and never had a problem. The factory paints Corvettes black. I have seen flat black lights that didn't have any problems.
The lens gets gets a lot hotter from the bulbs. All of the problems with crazing lenses is from covering them with tint, or clear plastic protectors. They will also overheat if a mechanic leaves a fender cover over them with the headlights lights on. Factory service manual specifically warns against this.
This can happen in a garage with the ignition on. The auto headlight feature will turn on the headlights, and they must be turned off manually.
In case you misread my post it is the inner bezel liner that is painted.
Ed
I did the same thing on my yellow 06 and never had a problem. The factory paints Corvettes black. I have seen flat black lights that didn't have any problems.
The lens gets gets a lot hotter from the bulbs. All of the problems with crazing lenses is from covering them with tint, or clear plastic protectors. They will also overheat if a mechanic leaves a fender cover over them with the headlights lights on. Factory service manual specifically warns against this.
This can happen in a garage with the ignition on. The auto headlight feature will turn on the headlights, and they must be turned off manually.
In case you misread my post it is the inner bezel liner that is painted.
Ed
I'm changing the color of C6 from black so my headlights will also be black afterwards.
I bet your way was a LOT cheaper
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Turned out very nice Ed... I am a little biased too...
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I just wrapped up painting my headlight bezels. (Satin black)
I took her down off of the winter storage dollies, and drove her out of the garage. (First movement under her own power since late november.)
Snow is off the roads just a little left in the grass. Took a nice twenty minute ride. and decided to share some pictures with all of you.
Ed
Headlights aren't on. Just lens flare from the, "fill-flash," camera setting.
I took her down off of the winter storage dollies, and drove her out of the garage. (First movement under her own power since late november.)
Snow is off the roads just a little left in the grass. Took a nice twenty minute ride. and decided to share some pictures with all of you.
Ed
Headlights aren't on. Just lens flare from the, "fill-flash," camera setting.
Buzz, I've been telling you that you need to do that to the banana!!
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for all colors!
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I thing Chevrolet was seeing so many Vetts with contrasting headlights, and realized how much it improved the look. So they jumped in and made it an option. If I recall it's around a $650.00 option which also added to their incentive.
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