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 Old 04-11-2010, 12:59 PM   #1
 
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i was gonna put 8k hid and silverstar turning bulbs in and figured while the headlights were out i should paint or remove that ugly orange reflector in the headlight housing. anyone done this? if so how?
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remove them. its not hard. put ur lights in the oven and then pull it apart. take the reflector out and paint the silver under it black. works great . i did it on my last 2 3's its easy. look thru the how tos on mazda3forums.com they have it in there. good luck
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use a shotgun that will remove it
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here i went and took a pic for ya. (no shotgun for these lol)

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loooks good think i will do aswell i need to get those eyelids too those from su?pg?
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loooks good think i will do aswell i need to get those eyelids too those from su?pg?
neither... i got them in a group buy a while back there abs plastic not a sticker ar fiberglass. there great. ill contact the dude i got um from and see if he still sells um.

why stop at eyelids hook it up right. i had the rear spoiler lip but sold it.

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austin, get the smoked sidemarker lights from E4 performance. iirc, they are like $20 and they would look sweet on your car.
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austin, get the smoked sidemarker lights from E4 performance. iirc, they are like $20 and they would look sweet on your car.
i do have them done thats an old pic. i have the side markers. the brake lights the 3rd break light and the 4 reflectors done. (hard to tell on thr refelctors cause of the flash


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did u spray those tails? they look awsome n i just bought a black ms3 and still deciding on the tails...
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austin, how does that badgeless grille fit? I've heard that some of them don't fit that great.
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car looks awesome. i should think about taking off the side moldings or whatev.
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did u spray those tails? they look awsome n i just bought a black ms3 and still deciding on the tails...
no i used the film. i bought a roll of the internet(not ones pre cut) a whole roll. and did all the lights/ refectors.

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austin, how does that badgeless grille fit? I've heard that some of them don't fit that great.
stock grill has to be cut out with a dremmel so theres no going back. but no fitment issues after that. it looks great and i havent really seen many around
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Any updates on the eyelids? Looking to get some ASAP just don't know where
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