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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 09:40 AM
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Blackout or Bodycolor

Maybe it's me, but I just can't get used to the black circles around the headlights on a light colored mini.
Right now, I have a Horizon Blue S with Black rims/alum edge, blacked out tail light rings, blacked out side scuttles & gas cap, black stripes, blacked out grille, and blacked out hood scoop. All sanded, primed , and painted.
I can't decide what to do with the headlight trim. I'm thiinking if I do Black, it would be too much. The chrome doesn't look bad, but I was thinking of going body color. Anyone out there running blacked out except for the headlight trim?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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I have body color headlight trims, which I ordered from Aestetic Creations. They look great.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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I have white headlight and taillight rings to match the roof and it looks good and my grille surround is body color.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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+1 for body color
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Yeah, I'm gonna do body color. Blacked out the Hood Scoop and put it on today. Looks great. I figure with the blacked out grille, black stripes, and black scoop, the body color trim rings would be good. I ordered another pair of rings just in case I decide to leave them chrome. I painted all my black trim (gas cap, side scuttles, tail light rings, and grille surround) with Rustoleum Flat Black after sanding and priming. Came out great and it takes wax without any marking. Matter of fact, the wax adds a dull shine to it and it looks even better.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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Body color.





Still trying to figure out what to do with the fuel cover and door handles...
 
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