A body kit for a Forenza S

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:28 pm

i don't think those are covers. someone just painted the headlights.

nick

Jolly8286 · Post by **Jolly8286** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:30 pm

OK thanks.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:47 pm

lanos2001 wrote:i don't think those are covers. someone just painted the headlights.

nick

How would you go about doing that? What kinda paint? im guessing its painted on the inside?

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:52 pm

i'm guessing the person was too lazy to just take apart the light to paint the inside. i know i would've been.

probably just used krylon fusion paint or even just regular ole spray paint. looks like the bigger hole was the outline of the spray can top and the smaller ones were probably like cups traced out on making tape. nothing really to it. the tricky part is making sure they match up on both headlights.

nick

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:21 pm

Yes, I have seen these before, but we have decided that those are not covers

Looks neat though.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:25 pm

Im going to try to do it next week and on my tail lights.. now that i got my windows tinted really dark it'll look nice

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:27 pm

Instead of painting them, just tint them too. That way, there is no way the cops can see you at night!

LoL, just kidding, but seriously, try to tint your taillights, I had mine tinted for a while and they looked pretty hot.

Jolly8286 · Post by **Jolly8286** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:55 pm

Well, i'm just wondering, is the bumper on a 96-00 honda civic the same as a Forenza?

Jolly8286 · Post by **Jolly8286** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:56 pm

i meant the same width

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:04 pm

Jolly8286 wrote:i meant the same width

I dont think aynone here will know. Go out and measure one.. it wouldnt be hard to find a civic

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:04 pm

BosnianLanos wrote:Instead of painting them, just tint them too. That way, there is no way the cops can see you at night!

LoL, just kidding, but seriously, try to tint your taillights, I had mine tinted for a while and they looked pretty hot.

How do you tint them? thats actually want i wanted to do but it sounds hard

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:09 pm

How do you tint them? thats actually want i wanted to do but it sounds hard

it should be just like putting on vinyls. get a heat gun and a spray bottle with some soapy water and a squeegy(spelling) and go at it. cut the tint bigger than the actual light then smooth it out good enough use a razor to cut off excess tint. i've never done it myself but thats what i was told before.

nick

Jolly8286 · Post by **Jolly8286** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:16 pm

I found some cars with the same width, but the honda isnt the same width.

2005 Hyundai Elantra, 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2005 Mercury Mariner, and 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier.

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:25 am

kinkyllama wrote:
BosnianLanos wrote:Instead of painting them, just tint them too. That way, there is no way the cops can see you at night!

LoL, just kidding, but seriously, try to tint your taillights, I had mine tinted for a while and they looked pretty hot.
How do you tint them? thats actually want i wanted to do but it sounds hard

I had temporary tint on mine, the kind that you remove in winter. I simply cut it to shape and left like 1 inch around to tape to the inner housing. I wanted to see if I would get into trouble and with it being 5% tint I was pulled over and given a warning.

I would assume that you could get a more permanent solution by actually getting window tint professionaly put on them, but I was afraid to do it as the heat might make the lens crack.

My option would be to get special brake light tint spray (Ebay and such) and just spray them. It looks really good and allows you to still be seen.

I think it would look excellent as your car is already 90% blacked out.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:06 am

First off sorry for high jacking your post... im almost done. thanks guys for the info.

I would look more into the chevy cobalt cuz it even looks somewhat similiar.. the lines and such