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drjesus616 08-17-2010 04:17 AM


Originally Posted by RickAKATed10 (Post 256027)
On the headlight, is that a vinyl or paint?

believe it or not its about 10 coats of niteshades ... and then a clear coat ... i had about half a can left after doing my tails, and my buddies clearance markers on his F350 so i decided to use up what was left of it ...

ill get some pictures with them on the car as well as the blacked out grill trim ring ... i think this car is finally lookin evil enough for my tastes and its cost me less than 50 bucks :cool:

drjesus616 08-17-2010 04:20 AM


Originally Posted by Cully77 (Post 256118)
drjesus, what suburb are you from, I could swear I saw your car the other day. I'm in Arlington Heights.

i live in wooddale which is between itasca and ohare but im constantly out in the cook county burbs as its where i grew up ( meadows ) where i used to live ( arlington ) where i work out ( lifetime in schaumburg ) and where all my friends are ...

ive been trying to talk awesomess into meeting up at a car show sometime but its never panned out :mad:

hit me up sometime if you want ... maybe do the meadows friday night one

RickAKATed10 08-17-2010 11:31 AM


Originally Posted by drjesus616 (Post 256149)
believe it or not its about 10 coats of niteshades ... and then a clear coat ... i had about half a can left after doing my tails, and my buddies clearance markers on his F350 so i decided to use up what was left of it ...

ill get some pictures with them on the car as well as the blacked out grill trim ring ... i think this car is finally lookin evil enough for my tastes and its cost me less than 50 bucks :cool:

Very cool. Can't wait to see pics.

AwesomeSS 08-17-2010 11:42 AM


Originally Posted by drjesus616 (Post 256150)
i live in wooddale which is between itasca and ohare but im constantly out in the cook county burbs as its where i grew up ( meadows ) where i used to live ( arlington ) where i work out ( lifetime in schaumburg ) and where all my friends are ...

ive been trying to talk awesomess into meeting up at a car show sometime but its never panned out :mad:

hit me up sometime if you want ... maybe do the meadows friday night one

Because of my work schedule I can't make cruise nights during the week. I frequent car shows on the weekends. There is one in Palatine this Sunday if you are interested. I will be there and I might have to judge also. Corner of Hicks and NW Highway - let me know.

drjesus616 08-18-2010 06:41 AM


Originally Posted by AwesomeSS (Post 256230)
Because of my work schedule I can't make cruise nights during the week.

i was just giving you a hard time ... and because of my work schedule my weekends are mon-wed ... but if its not too late or early on sunday i could stop by ... any more info or a link ???

drjesus616 08-21-2010 08:28 PM


Originally Posted by RickAKATed10 (Post 256229)
Very cool. Can't wait to see pics.

well here you go rick ... the pictures arent car show quality or anything but you can see how the front end looks entirely different now

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/pi...pictureid=6568

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/pi...pictureid=6567

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/pi...pictureid=6566

TheMonteMan 08-22-2010 01:43 PM

i think maybe you should have made the eyebrows wrap around towards the fenders.

MillerMonteSS 08-22-2010 02:06 PM

I don't think that looks bad at all. You followed the "seam lines" that were already in the headlight housing right?

drjesus616 08-22-2010 08:03 PM


Originally Posted by TheMonteMan (Post 257497)
i think maybe you should have made the eyebrows wrap around towards the fenders.

i thought about it and still might add something later - the only problem being there is no line to tie into other than the one that was already there - sure i could estimate and get something to work but i like the way they turned out ... once again is one of those things that just looks better in person ... i dont know if i mentioned it or not before but i want the ccfl projector headlight housing thats all black inside, as these were scratched and yellowing already any attempt to get some more life out of them wasnt entirely a wasted effort

this was mainly just to see if i could get them back to clear and shiny again ... which i managed :D

EDIT ----
@ miller ... yeah they happened to line up perfectly with the hood so i figured why not ...

RickAKATed10 08-24-2010 12:32 PM

She looks very pi$$ed off. I like it! A lot.


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