ok guys thanks, next time i'm out to town i'll stop at Advanced and check out some paints. i think i'm starting to lean towards the color matched with black shrouds...

 

Doooooiiiiiiiit.

 

yea i think that will look good andrew.

anyone worried about using a standard paint over a hi-temp? how hot does it get in there with the HID's?

 

Hi temp is for like 500 degrees lmao

HIDs produce very little heat, even Halogens wouldn't produce enough heat to be worried

 

My car is also in the process of being detailed

 

Losing my license for 15 days in about a week from my speeding ticket. If you're caught traveling 30mph over the speed limit you're giving a speed hearing which will 99% of the time result in 15 day suspension.

On another note the Buffalo Wild Wings in Colonial Park Mall is open. I just checked while I was in Harrisburg.

 

project retrofits will start today! with some force and trimming of the <- insert points i was able to get my other lights in and tightened down so my good ones are out now, after lunch i'll attempt to take them apart. i think i'll set everything up while it's still chrome and see how it looks and how i like it, if i don't like it then i'll just scuff the chrome and get it ready for when i pick up paint probably tomorrow

 

Hey guys, anyone in here near State College PA, that may be able to help me out with shipping something from there to me? PM me, or repsond here please. Thanks in Advance!

 

im 20 min from state...

 

so how many clips did you guys break off? my housings were so brittle ALL of the clips just snapped without any pressure, luckily my dad was here to help me get the lens' off... i knew that would be the hardest part which is why it's taken me so long to do it

 

Only thing I broke one of the tabs on the bottom of the headlight. It didn't wanna budge, but when it did it snapped immediately. Ill probably epoxy it when I put them back together.

 

Phil did an insanely awesome job, best detail she's ever seen

 

looks good man, and i finally had enough of my headlights for the day. everything is apart other than the reflector bowls, i scraped the cement sealant off the housings and lens' so hopefully they'll go back together a little easier. as the picture i put on facebook says "never again with 5+ year old GM lights... such a PITA!" if i ever do this again i'll just buy a set of cheap Ebay OEM lights

 

ahaha, good things take time and hard work andrew, you should know this. and unique and custom parts are all the more pain in the ass but are also 10X more worth it.

btw, nice detail Toby, looks great!

 

He even shined up my engine bay

You all better go to him if you need your cars detailed

 

yea i'll work on them again tomorrow, after i get home from an interview! i got an email and called them and i talked to the boss for a good 10 minutes and he said he wants to meet me and go over a bunch of thinks and talk so i'll be up by Scranton at 10AM tmrw. we'll see what happens but i hope it's what i want and they think i'll fit in, it's all good karma!

 

good karma FTW! Good Luck!

I'd consider it Toby, however I love doing my own work which includes detailing. It saves money and it's so much more satisfying when you get done all the hard work and reap the benefit of the beauty and saying you did it.

Been searching craiglist for another car. I gunna talk to my parents when they get back to see if they'd mind another car sitting around or not. So far I'm thinkin a good 4x4 truck with a small 6 cyl engine (save gas), an AWD car like a talon, or possibly even a civic or civic shell. There is one civic on there for 700 an the lady says it doesn't have compression an was told the timing jumped, which i have a brand new d16z6 head and pistons anyway. soooo i'm going to keep lookin an maybe something will go down within the next month or two.

 

picsorstfu

 

thanks Kev! i'm hoping to pick up paint tmrw on my way home too and start going to town on my lights, i have some new ideas now as well haha

 

painted shrouds at work... gonna put the harness in and aim on sat ion my heated garage at work lol..

 

Thanks Toby for the opportunity to work with you! I had a lot of fun working on something that I enjoy then just a junky ass pre-owned car lol. If anyone is interested in myself or my shop working on your vehicle please feel free to PM me for more info. As you can see I pride myself in my work, and toby was a happy customer!

 

whats prices? i detail for a job right now, dont get me wrong i love it but i feel like it could look better. also..started ordering **** for big turbo

 

depends, interior or exterior is 84 and a full detail is 174

Interior:
Steam Clean Engine
Wheel's, Tires, Wheel Wells
Door Jams
Vacuum Interior
Scrub and Dress all Vinyl
Shampoo All Carpets and Seats
Inside/Outside Windows

Exterior:
Steam Clean Engine
Wheel's, Wheel Wells, Tires
Door Jams
Vacuum Interior
Wipe Dash
Inside/Outside Windows
Clay Bar
Cut (as needed)
Polish
Wax

Then a full detail includes both.

 

we do almost all that at work lol... we just have a shitty shop. maybe if im ever up that way..

 

Whats nice is compared to 90% of shops around here, ours is actually nice