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Blacked out everything but the reflectors on my 97 headlight

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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 01:55 PM
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Damn , I didnt even know a bonniville site existed like this .....cool . Thought I would post pics of my headlight mod . It made the front of my 97 look alot more with the times and it still looks like it could be stock . All I did was separate the headlight lens , and corner lens from the housings and painted everything but the reflectors flat black like the newer style headlights . Also on the clear headlight lens I had to paint everything but the front of the lens , on that I painted on the inside . Its pretty easy to do , just tedius , getting the housing warmed up enuff to not spider web the chrome reflectors and to make the sealant plyable enuff to pry the lens apart . The lens and housing are VERY easy to crack . Definately worth the time spend , the end result looks awesome .








....and heres what happens when u get lazy and dont heat the lens up enuff . I thought the lens was plastic lexan , but its glass . Now I gotta look ghetto fabulous till the new headlight comes :(

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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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That is one sweet mod you've made ....you're right it does make the car look much more current. Tough luck on the crack...happens to the best of us.

Welcome to the club....hope to see you around.
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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That is pretty cool. Looks like the 2000+ headlights. Nice job.

Has it affected the brightness or light dispersion at all?
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Wow.... that looks awesome!!!!

Don't suppose you took some "in work/progress" pix?
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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Wow.. two awesome cars! Let'* see some better pics of the bonne??
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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Wow, that looks amazing. More details, please.
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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That looks sweet, did you only clear one of your corners?
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 19bonne93
That looks sweet, did you only clear one of your corners?
I wondered why only one corner was cleared..... Looks realy cool with the black
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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that does look awesome. nice work!
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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makes me want a 97 even more
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