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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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I did a Search on this subject and did not come up with anything... any help would be great thank you
How did you do the angry eyes head lights...
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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By angry eyes you mean where they tint the top of the light at an angle to make it look pissed off? If so I would imagine they taped off the bottom of the light and sprayed it with some VHT nightshade.

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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by OOdynamite
By angry eyes you mean where they tint the top of the light at an angle to make it look pissed off? If so I would imagine they taped off the bottom of the light and sprayed it with some VHT nightshade.

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Holy spit that looks super easy and cheap!!

Heh, guess what I wanna do this weekend....


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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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Sweet. How much did it affect your light output? I was thinking about doing this a while back a well
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 09:55 AM
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Tape off what you don't want covered and paint. I used regular paint. Remove the headlights levels and tape off whatever is close to avoid overspread.
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ct67_72
Tape off what you don't want covered and paint. I used regular paint. Remove the headlights levels and tape off whatever is close to avoid overspread.
My concern is that since the headlights are constant on, and meant to throw light unlike tails, they should get much hotter than the tails. This heat doesn't or hasn't effected the paint that was used?
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
My concern is that since the headlights are constant on, and meant to throw light unlike tails, they should get much hotter than the tails. This heat doesn't or hasn't effected the paint that was used?
You could always use high temp paint if you are worried about it getting to hot
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 10:39 AM
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The best thing about this is some mineral spirits or paint stripper and it is undone. The bad thing is if you have to replace a headlight you have to do it over
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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ive seen people use electrical tape but i have always worried about that melting. i dont do much driving at night so dont think id have to worry about that anyway. i recently vht'ed my orange side marker lights and love how they look. ill eventually do the tail lights but as for eyelids i plan on using the night shade to tint some eyelids on that way light can still shine alittle bit through when the lights are on. i have seen painted black eyelids with vht'ed lights. so the whole light was black but when he turned on the lights you could see the eyelids..it was nasty..ill try to find a pic..sorry about the long post lol
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by razor02097
The best thing about this is some mineral spirits or paint stripper and it is undone. The bad thing is if you have to replace a headlight you have to do it over
The good thing about the bad thong is this is an easy mod that can be done super quick. Esp if the lens is already out of the truck.
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:19 AM
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Yea mines pissed off at all these florida drivers..
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 98jeepsrt6
Yea mines pissed off at all these florida drivers..

I think we have the same headlights. I hate mine...
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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Just wondering but has anyone run into legal issues with this mod?
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jcwclm
I think we have the same headlights. I hate mine...
I like the pattern i get a solid beam line.. but the company sent me two of the same.. not one left and one right.. i have two rights which dont make a left..

i upgraded the wire harness to the HD harness, and upgraded the pos and neg battery cables to 0-1 gauge.. add that with an optima red top.. i get good light output with cheapo h4s.
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Modestmike
Just wondering but has anyone run into legal issues with this mod?
not yet.. dont think its an issue at night since you cant really see it much.
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