.c2's 2009 Magnetic Black 370z

.c2

^Thank you haha, it's quite a fun little car


Baking begins!


Damp cardboard on the bottom and damp cloths on top of the lens just in case..


Stupid 370z headlight didn't fit in my oven all the way so I couldn't close it.. because of this we had to rebake it multiple times before we could get all the sealant off. Unlike the 350z headlight we did afterwards where it actually fit in the oven and only took one quick bake + pry and it was off


After 4 hours, baking, prying, baking again, prying the other side, etcetc.. it's finally off!


Swapped the OEM lens with an 3" clear STI-r lens from theretrofitsource. Great for just $50 Top is the OEM lens, bottom is the STI-r lens. Same bulb, only a few feet away from the wall so the cutoff looks a bit narrow



Pieces ready to paint


Made a insanely ghetto painting hut in the shop LOL, to capture a lot of the overspray and so dust doesn't get on the part while drying


Before and after, I originally wanted a slightly darker shade of gunmetal but I was limited to only a few choices of high temp paint. My friend used normal acrylic paint on his 350z headlight and it ended up bubbling form the heat, so we picked high temp paint to do mine and redo his. I didn't want to paint it black or too dark of a gunmetal because I personally do not really like black headlights on a black car. Paint's still drying right now so I'll have to wait and see how it looks like on the actual car. The chrome is gone, replaced with a matte gunmetal color with slight flakes in the paint


Last picture with flash so it looks a lot more blue than it really is, but matte

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