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jabartram
10-08-2005, 09:13 PM
Color match painted, 3 layers of clear, and reassembled(still have to reassemble the other one) i put one in place to check how it would look and here is a pic.

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I need to do something about that gap.
cherrington17
10-08-2005, 09:33 PM
what do you do about the gap?? and yeah, the color looks good.
jabartram
10-08-2005, 10:04 PM
Originally posted by cherrington17@Oct 8 2005, 08:33 PM
what do you do about the gap?? and yeah, the color looks good.
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I don't know yet? and thanks.

i have a question though, the bulbs in the corners where the reflector used to be, when do they light up? i just checked and they never came on?
Youngblood77
10-08-2005, 10:11 PM
when you turn on the turn signal, the corner 194s should alternate with the turn signal bulbs, J BTW, the color looks great man, you're gonna love it. :thumb: Try a set of Jamstraight LED clusters for the corners instead of standard 194s. They stay clear, but light up amber. $6 @ Autozone. :cool:
cherrington17
10-08-2005, 10:13 PM
why couldn't they just make the lights .25" bigger on the top and bottom? :wtf: i'd look soooo much better.
jabartram
10-08-2005, 10:27 PM
Originally posted by Youngblood77@Oct 8 2005, 09:11 PM
when you turn on the turn signal, the corner 194s should alternate with the turn signal bulbs, JĀ;-) BTW, the color looks great man, you're gonna love it. :thumb: Try a set of Jamstraight LED clusters for the corners instead of standard 194s. They stay clear, but light up amber. $6 @ Autozone. :cool:
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i have led's in the corners now, they just wont light up.

cool i got them working, bad connections.
smlzalero
10-09-2005, 12:30 AM
Looks nice. About that gap, it's not a gap, it's a bulge in the middle. I've read some people take care of it by using some sort of adhesive on the underside of the bumper cover & sticking it to the foam underneath, and in turn sticking the foam to the bumper. I plan to take care of mine some time, but I want to see someone else do it first, since I don't want to end up setting the airbag off or messing up the functionality of the airbags in the future - should I ever need them.
jabartram
10-09-2005, 01:51 AM
^^^actually mine is a gap, it is level under the hi/lo beam section and drops down under the turn signal section, i checked it earlier, i know the foam piece your talking about and mine is still attached, thr section further to the right has no foam below it so it is sagging down. i've got a fix in mind for it i just have to find the pieces i'm thinking about.
pawzbear
10-09-2005, 01:21 PM
awesome.. i was thinking about doing that one day... I have a few spray bottles of body color paint somewhere.. i was also thinking of doing the interior in body color/silver or something...
smlzalero
10-09-2005, 01:48 PM
Originally posted by jabartram@Oct 9 2005, 12:51 AM
^^^actually mine is a gap, it is level under the hi/lo beam section and drops down under the turn signal section, i checked it earlier, i know the foam piece your talking about and mine is still attached, thr section further to the right has no foam below it so it is sagging down. i've got a fix in mind for it i just have to find the pieces i'm thinking about.
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I know what you're saying, I thought that at first, too. But if you look at the curve of the bumper cover on the far right where it meets the fender... it's actually not sagging. If you stuff something under it, you'll bring it up even in the front, but it'll look pretty nasty from the side. It seems to me that the opening between the hood & bumper cover are just not the same shape as the headlights. I'd think the only way to really take care of it would be to change the corner of the bumper cover or to somehow adjust the entire headlight assembly to center the outside corner between the hood & bumper cover.

Mine has a bulge, but on the outer side, there is more space between the cover & headlight than there is toward the center of the car..
jabartram
10-09-2005, 03:37 PM
^^^^ i have pushed the corner of the bumper up by hand and the gap closes, the foam padding under the bumper cover is evenly attached to the bottom of the bumper cover, but there is no foam padding under the right side where it is sagging, i'm working on a fix for the sagging problem.
smlzalero
10-09-2005, 06:56 PM
^ allrighty... yours looks the same as mine but I guess it's not since mine won't fix like that. Oh, well. Good luck with the fix you're planning.
Justy311
10-09-2005, 08:19 PM
Looks awesome man, but when you turn on the blinker, how is it going to look with the whole thing the same color. I want to do this, but not sure how...that looks good though!
jabartram
10-09-2005, 10:32 PM
Originally posted by Justy311@Oct 9 2005, 07:19 PM
Looks awesome man, but when you turn on the blinker, how is it going to look with the whole thing the same color. I want to do this, but not sure how...that looks good though!
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i'll get more day / night shots so you can see.
Justy311
10-10-2005, 12:47 PM
Great...thanks a bunch
johny_boy32
10-10-2005, 05:02 PM
it looks good, nice job.
kwhauck
10-10-2005, 05:53 PM
Originally posted by cherrington17@Oct 8 2005, 07:33 PM
what do you do about the gap
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i have a bulge and a gap, i just don't really worry about it....

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/322000-322999/322880_82_full.jpg
jabartram
10-10-2005, 05:57 PM
Day shot with all bulbs in place, i'll take a night shot later.

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kwhauck
10-10-2005, 05:58 PM
looks good......
DRA-GON
10-10-2005, 06:40 PM
Yeah looks really nice man
jabartram
10-10-2005, 10:04 PM
Night shots

with flash
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without flash
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Menace
10-11-2005, 10:02 AM
Came out really good!
Justy311
10-11-2005, 11:44 AM
Very nice man, very nice!
blueyezalero
10-11-2005, 02:58 PM
Yeah your car's still purdy!