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what's the best paint to use when painting the housing?
i'm doing mine black, but before anything i want to make sure i get the right paint.
will krylon fusion work since the piece is plastic?
and provide a store i can buy the paint that you suggest in.


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sroll down and he shows a can of paint, i dont know where he got it but you could ask him thumbsup

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Everyone seems to be using that duplicolor graphite wheel spray paint. You can get it at any local autoparts store.


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oh and is it better to use something flat or glossy?


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I used Rustoleum Metallic Black. it's awesome and i think the best color to blackhouse. It's metallic so it's nice but not glittery or anything so not cheesy. It looks almost identical to the Duplicolor one so i guess it won't matter. You can find Rustoleum at Home depot. That's where i got it. OH yeah, you DONT need high temp paint. I thought you did and i had a very hard time trying to find a high temp. metallic black paint... because it doesn't exist! LOL ... well try home depot. Duplicolor one can be found at autozone or pepboys.

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i'll keep that in mind
i was lookin at krylon fusion gloss black since it adheres well to plastic and i like krylon.


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why not just smoke your headlights?


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what about blue? what would be good to use for that?


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i dont want to smoke them, i don't like the way it looks, i want them to look clean with a black housing it'll match much more.


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I used that duplicolor. I guess if you go too dark, you can't see the ribs very good. That duplicolor is a nice gunmetal & it's made for rims or plastic hubcaps.

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Originally Posted by robare99
I used that duplicolor. I guess if you go too dark, you can't see the ribs very good. That duplicolor is a nice gunmetal & it's made for rims or plastic hubcaps.

ooo i didnt know you could got too dark? i just bought a can of toyota black duplicolor

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i'm painting the top part so you can't see the ribs, i don't want to see those ribs.


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post some pics when you r done! thumbsup

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Use the krylon fusion, thats what i use for all my plastics and it works nice. You saw how smooth my lights came out at the meet

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Originally Posted by supahfly
Originally Posted by robare99
I used that duplicolor. I guess if you go too dark, you can't see the ribs very good. That duplicolor is a nice gunmetal & it's made for rims or plastic hubcaps.

ooo i didnt know you could got too dark? i just bought a can of toyota black duplicolor

Yeah if you go too dark, you can barely see the ribs. I've seen pics of some dark ones. So when I bought the paint I sprayed some on some wood so I could be sure it was the right color...Totally matches my rims!

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Originally Posted by blitzceli
why not just smoke your headlights?

Because it makes your headlights dim.. although on some cars it looks sweet as hell. grin

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