NEED FINAL HEAD COUNT for E/W's headlight mod event on Saturday

Sales@AAMComp · 09-16-2012, 01:43 AM

MKG your car sounds like sex. LTH all day long for these motors! LOVE IT!

eastwest2300 · 09-16-2012, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

hey guys! just got back from the bday party

anyways recap of today, starting from 4pm and on

VERY impressed at the fact that all headlights were off and opened by 4pm
EW if you get condensation, I give up on baking headlights. You probably have half a tube of sealnat on your headlights, which probably transfered to your lens when installing. don't worry i got it all off
for those needing smaller size shirts, until next meet. I can probably dig up some Larges, but mediums will be tough. We are designing a new shirt that should be out any day now advertising our triple fuel pump system for the GTR
blades, get with the program, if its a headlight day, do headlights, not take your wheels off at 8pm and spray clear on them hahah JK
Everyones headlights turned out amazing, DM your head lights were my favorite just because I'm a big fan of a completel black out. EW and MKG your guys headlights turned out amazing too
EW try applying some polishing compound to your one headlight, it shoudl remedy some of the scuffs Thanks Brother!
Pics will be up 1st thing monday morning, the pics accoridng to the camera turned out pretty awesome
Great meeting you guys, hope to do this again for the second round of headlights
For those that want to swing by the shop just give me a holler, i'm there 9-6 everyday and would love to give you guys mini tours

Dude, I really appreciate you guys coming out, we had an awesome time just laughing about the craziest sh1t... I wish yall woulda had a beer or two with us... that woulda topped off the night!

b1adesofcha0s · 09-16-2012, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

hey guys! just got back from the bday party

anyways recap of today, starting from 4pm and on

VERY impressed at the fact that all headlights were off and opened by 4pm
EW if you get condensation, I give up on baking headlights. You probably have half a tube of sealnat on your headlights, which probably transfered to your lens when installing. don't worry i got it all off
for those needing smaller size shirts, until next meet. I can probably dig up some Larges, but mediums will be tough. We are designing a new shirt that should be out any day now advertising our triple fuel pump system for the GTR
blades, get with the program, if its a headlight day, do headlights, not take your wheels off at 8pm and spray clear on them hahah JK
Everyones headlights turned out amazing, DM your head lights were my favorite just because I'm a big fan of a completel black out. EW and MKG your guys headlights turned out amazing too
EW try applying some polishing compound to your one headlight, it shoudl remedy some of the scuffs
Pics will be up 1st thing monday morning, the pics accoridng to the camera turned out pretty awesome
Great meeting you guys, hope to do this again for the second round of headlights
For those that want to swing by the shop just give me a holler, i'm there 9-6 everyday and would love to give you guys mini tours

Hey I didn't have a 10 person team helping me out, which is why it took me forever. Also because I started late

Not sure if we could have even done another set of headlights though. Would have been pushing the limit in terms of time. I've decided to do my headlights black with gun metal shrouds. I hope they have Krylon Fusion in the color or something close. Otherwise I might have to use a different paint or just do it all black instead.

Also I had a good idea for our next mod party: painting the door handles. It's something most of us don't have and doesn't seem too hard to do. Also not as much risk as the headlights. What do you guys think?

b1adesofcha0s · 09-16-2012, 03:41 AM

Also, I appreciate you and Dan coming out to help us after work. Thanks again for the shirts too

eastwest2300 · 09-16-2012, 04:10 AM

Painting door handles? hmmmm. Kinda hard. Why? You ask... If you want it to look good, you'll have to buy your car's real paint according to your car's paint code. You'll have to shoot real primer & that car's paint.

There's a couple other things you'll need, and i forget what they are. The door handles are not metal, they're plastic, and paint needs a special promoter/applicator to make it stick.

In essence the stages would be...
prep (promoter)
wet sand then primer
paint
clear
wet sand (2000 grit)

And if you want this to look sharp, you cant do it out of a can, its gotta be through a REAL paint gun.

eastwest2300 · 09-16-2012, 06:41 AM

Hey blades, thanks for posting up those pics, I just got to see them, im finally home from work.. Im about to fall asleep for the next 2 days...

dmhenderson · 09-16-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Painting door handles? hmmmm. Kinda hard. Why? You ask... If you want it to look good, you'll have to buy your car's real paint according to your car's paint code. You'll have to shoot real primer & that car's paint.

There's a couple other things you'll need, and i forget what they are. The door handles are not metal, they're plastic, and paint needs a special promoter/applicator to make it stick.

In essence the stages would be...
prep (promoter)
wet sand then primer
paint
clear
wet sand (2000 grit)

And if you want this to look sharp, you cant do it out of a can, its gotta be through a REAL paint gun.

Yeah I would not recommend doing this yourselves. I paid $160 to get both done and it was well worth it. Also bear in mind that if you don't have brand spanking new paint on the car, you're going to need to blend in order to get it to match the rest of the vehicle.

dmhenderson · 09-16-2012, 09:37 AM

Oh you're missing the "bake" step too for the handles.

dmhenderson · 09-16-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

I hope they have Krylon Fusion in the color or something close. Otherwise I might have to use a different paint or just do it all black instead.

There's a gunmetal-ish color. I don't think it's called that though.

Edit: That coffin wing made for a really...unpleasant morning.

dmhenderson · 09-16-2012, 09:46 AM

So next saturday I'm only going to crack open my right headlight to fix the nicks on it. The other one I'm going to pull out just to reseal but shouldn't take much time at all.

Sales@AAMComp · 09-16-2012, 10:37 AM

would not recommend a rattle can job on the door handles. WILL NOT look good haha

MyKindaGuise · 09-16-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

MKG your car sounds like sex. LTH all day long for these motors! LOVE IT!

Thanks man I love the exhaust note with them on.

Who would be down for a sway bar install meet? Maybe next meet we Can get a group tour?

Also see attached!

eastwest2300 · 09-16-2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

would not recommend a rattle can job on the door handles. WILL NOT look good haha

see... eastwest does know what he talking about.. haha

eastwest2300 · 09-16-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

Thanks man I love the exhaust note with them on.

Who would be down for a sway bar install meet? Maybe next meet we Can get a group tour?

Also see attached!

Dude, I love the lights!

Sales@AAMComp · 09-16-2012, 12:09 PM

sway bars? seems extremely easy. this would make for a nice meet up

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ion-front.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...tion-rear.html

09-16-2012, 01:43 AM	#241 (permalink)
Sales@AAMComp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 4,079 Drives: GT-R Rep Power: 21	MKG your car sounds like sex. LTH all day long for these motors! LOVE IT! __________________ Tyler Day, Technical Sales TylerD@aamcompetition.com 301-497-9214 Direct AAM Competition \| YouTube channel \| LIKE us on Facebook!

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b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Also, I appreciate you and Dan coming out to help us after work. Thanks again for the shirts too __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

09-16-2012, 04:10 AM	#245 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,987 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Painting door handles? hmmmm. Kinda hard. Why? You ask... If you want it to look good, you'll have to buy your car's real paint according to your car's paint code. You'll have to shoot real primer & that car's paint. There's a couple other things you'll need, and i forget what they are. The door handles are not metal, they're plastic, and paint needs a special promoter/applicator to make it stick. In essence the stages would be... prep (promoter) wet sand then primer paint clear wet sand (2000 grit) And if you want this to look sharp, you cant do it out of a can, its gotta be through a REAL paint gun. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

09-16-2012, 06:41 AM	#246 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,987 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Hey blades, thanks for posting up those pics, I just got to see them, im finally home from work.. Im about to fall asleep for the next 2 days... __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

09-16-2012, 09:37 AM	#248 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Oh you're missing the "bake" step too for the handles. __________________

09-16-2012, 09:46 AM	#250 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	So next saturday I'm only going to crack open my right headlight to fix the nicks on it. The other one I'm going to pull out just to reseal but shouldn't take much time at all. __________________

09-16-2012, 10:37 AM	#251 (permalink)
Sales@AAMComp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 4,079 Drives: GT-R Rep Power: 21	would not recommend a rattle can job on the door handles. WILL NOT look good haha __________________ Tyler Day, Technical Sales TylerD@aamcompetition.com 301-497-9214 Direct AAM Competition \| YouTube channel \| LIKE us on Facebook!

09-16-2012, 12:09 PM	#255 (permalink)
Sales@AAMComp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD Posts: 4,079 Drives: GT-R Rep Power: 21	sway bars? seems extremely easy. this would make for a nice meet up http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ion-front.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...tion-rear.html __________________ Tyler Day, Technical Sales TylerD@aamcompetition.com 301-497-9214 Direct AAM Competition \| YouTube channel \| LIKE us on Facebook!

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