need help deciding

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Hussain
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i want to know whats everyone's opinion on which looks better. i'm thinking about doing one of these soon (not too sure about the eyelids though)

option number 1 (baked and painted black inside)



option 2 (smoked with a spray or overlay)



and option 3 (the one i'm not really feeling too much)





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KilaDragN
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if you wanna get rid of the ambers, then definitely bake n paint. It looks much cleaner. if that's too much work, then smoking out the lights would be the next option. but definitely not the eyelids, cuz you can still see the ambers from the sideview, kinda sorta.

I wanna take mine out and paint it too, but just a little worried about the condensation issue. I used to strip the headlights on the accords to take out the amber piece, and putting it back together with the glue is a pain.

Lemme know how yours seal up and what you did, if you decide to bake and paint

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srwong
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i say bake n paint... it looks sooooo much better, and would match a color scheme much better. and like KilaDragN said, it leaves a cleaner look....

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yoonzilla
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Bakeddddddd!

but, if you can't, i would just get the eyelids

Tinting doesn't look good in my opinion

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bembol
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Baked & Painted. Not a fan of Smoked (and Chrome).

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93coupe
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Baked and painted. No contest. It looks WAY better than either of the other options.

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mcheddadi
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fiberglass MOLDED on the hood. its' the only CLEAN way. BOSER HOODS FTW (google it)

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Bmore-coupe
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mcheddadi wrote:fiberglass MOLDED on the hood. its' the only CLEAN way. BOSER HOODS FTW (google it)
couldn't find any available for the a/c though. mostly VWs

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6SpdAltima_Coupe
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baked and painted for sureeee..but its some hard work so if you decide not to do it than i say eyelids..im not a fan of full headlight tint it just looks dirty or something idk im just not a fan

johnnir3volution
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i would go with bake and paint also. But if you're scared, go to church or do what i did and tint/ eyelid. check my sig
Modified by johnnir3volution at 11:28 AM 12/29/2009


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