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7th Gen ('06-'07): MistreSS Headlight Project

Old Apr 9, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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Looks great - nice job!
 
Old Apr 12, 2013 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 06mistreSS
Thanks Scott! I'm very happy with them so far. I PM'ed you about working on that other pair.
Your box is full...How much would you want for your labor to do the lights silver?
 
Old Apr 13, 2013 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by AwesomeSS
Looks great - nice job!
Thanks Amy!

Originally Posted by SSilver
Your box is full...How much would you want for your labor to do the lights silver?
Scott, I PM'ed you again. Sorry about the full inbox, I cleared a lot of it out so it should be good to go through now.
 
Old Apr 13, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 11:19 AM
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those look awesome! I wanna see what the black ones look like, but those with the clear reflector look great cuz they match the SS emblem
 
Old Apr 13, 2013 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by trewyn15
those look awesome! I wanna see what the black ones look like, but those with the clear reflector look great cuz they match the SS emblem
Thanks, yeah I like the clear side marker pair that I finished and am sticking with those for myself. I do have the blacked out pair, still apart, but it sounds like I am redoing that pair for Scott (SSilver), going back to the clear side marker and doing a silver bezel to match his car.
 
Old Apr 26, 2013 | 12:32 PM
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Bit of an update. I now have both pair of Stealth turn signal (#3157) and side indicator (#194) bulbs. The turn signal bulbs were ordered from ebay and the side indicators directly from Stealth; took like a week-and-a-half to receive the turn signal bulbs (through USPS) but only three days for the side indicator bulbs. I got those bulbs installed in the housings earlier this morning and will work on installing the headlight assemblies in the car later this evening so I can adjust the aiming of the beam if necessary.

More pictures later.

Thank you Greg (ZIPPY02) for the links to the bulbs.

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And installed in the headlight assembly.

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Old Apr 26, 2013 | 04:07 PM
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those bulbs look much better than the stealth ones i tried out. looks great all together
 
Old Apr 26, 2013 | 04:58 PM
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Very cool Matt!

Your Monte just looks soooooo sick!
Nice Job!
 
Old Apr 27, 2013 | 07:31 AM
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Thanks guys. It's coming together slowly but they will be installed soon.

The weatherstrip supplied with these headlights for the upper seal is junk, and isn't the best style for it's intended purpose, so I ordered some 23/64" wide D profile EPDM weatherstrip. Auto parts stores don't carry this exact product. Hardware stores have this exact product but only stock brown and white, so I had to resort to ordering black online.

M-D Building Products 1025 All-Climate Auto and Marine 17-Feet Weather Seal Strip, Black - Amazon.com M-D Building Products 1025 All-Climate Auto and Marine 17-Feet Weather Seal Strip, Black - Amazon.com


Actually this style is almost identical to what was used for the weatherstrip on the stock headlights.
 

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