05-09 Exterior Modifications Making Your '05 Stand Out from the Crowd

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Old 4/16/06 | 08:16 PM
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I used a textured flat black spray paint that is "made for plastic" and "outdoor use". I did not use a clear coat.

Here's the finished product







Old 4/16/06 | 08:23 PM
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That looks great!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/16/06 | 08:57 PM
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Nice work! and you don't have to worry about it peeling off when you wash it!
Old 4/16/06 | 09:02 PM
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Looks good, great idea!
Old 4/16/06 | 09:08 PM
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Looks very nice!!! Now that's the best taillight mod I've seen!
Old 4/16/06 | 09:11 PM
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Thanks for all the props guys!

I have to admit though, I cant take all of the credit. I read about it in another thread, jumped in my car, and ran to buy my paint and masking tape [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/16/06 | 09:58 PM
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Looks good! What prep did you do?
Old 4/16/06 | 10:01 PM
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I just wiped it down and made sure everything was clean. The paint says "no primer needed."
Old 4/16/06 | 11:20 PM
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Looks nice! If my car wasn't black I would do it!
Old 4/16/06 | 11:27 PM
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Great Job!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/17/06 | 04:20 AM
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Looks real nice [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/17/06 | 04:24 AM
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Old 4/17/06 | 06:20 AM
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its taking forever for the pictures to load i still didn't see them WTF???
Old 4/17/06 | 07:33 AM
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[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/17/06 | 07:38 AM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rebel73 @ April 17, 2006, 1:23 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Looks nice! If my car wasn't black I would do it!
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dittoes [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen.gif[/img] I'm going w/ the Chrome inserts on my tail lights. BTW: This red GT would also look awsome w/ the blackout
trunk panel. that'd look killer w/ those tail lights. CDC has some new black trunk panels -- classicdesignconcepts.com -- that are honeycombed which would look awsome w/ these tail lights.
Old 4/17/06 | 08:02 AM
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Looks really good [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]
Old 4/17/06 | 01:19 PM
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nice work, was it easy preping the lights?
Old 4/17/06 | 01:26 PM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(199 @ April 17, 2006, 3:22 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
nice work, was it easy preping the lights?
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Thanks.
Before I painted them I just made sure they were clean. It took me about 2 hours to mask everything off neatly.
Old 4/17/06 | 01:30 PM
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Man, its been said many times already, but I gotta say it again- those look great!! Awesome [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banana.gif[/img]

Hopefully the paint holds up well.
Old 4/17/06 | 01:35 PM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tom281 @ April 17, 2006, 3:33 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Man, its been said many times already, but I gotta say it again- those look great!! Awesome [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banana.gif[/img]

Hopefully the paint holds up well.
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Thanks again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/04.gif[/img].

If the paint starts flaking off, I'll just do it again with a little more prep work. It was a good time waster and easy to do, not to mention I still have a ton of that paint left [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]


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