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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 11:42 AM
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Got Bord

well yesterday i got bord and decided to make my car look a little more agressive. i got out some black tape and other stuff and this is how it turned out.

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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 11:46 AM
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 01:10 PM
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Maybe if you painted them, but electrical tape just makes it look ghetto. I don't like it at all, sorry.
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 01:40 PM
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flat black painted parts of the lights would look alot better, looks cool at night! but ghetto as hell during the day.
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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If I saw that car driving around here with electical tape on it, I'd be thinkin *******.

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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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This would be my suggestion. Its the only kind of headlight brow I like on thirdgen Camaros.
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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Maybe if you painted them, but electrical tape just makes it look ghetto. I don't like it at all, sorry.

Agreed.
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 09:14 PM
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Looks like he "GOT BORD"
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Old Feb 9, 2003 | 01:05 AM
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ya i know its getto, but i was bord off my ****, had nothing to do for hours so i finally gave my car a full tune up, new plugs and suck , retuned the carb, and air/fuel mixtures, played with stero and bunch of otehr stuff. but ya later, in a few days ill get the paint and paint them.
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Old Feb 9, 2003 | 07:05 AM
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Should have used his "GOT BORD" time learning to Spell or use a Dictionary.
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Old Feb 9, 2003 | 08:59 AM
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Should have used his "GOT BORD" time learning to Spell or use a Dictionary.
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Old Feb 9, 2003 | 09:22 AM
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i was going to say something, but thought it was too mean.
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Old Feb 9, 2003 | 11:11 PM
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when i type fast soemtimes i hit the wrong keys and sorry by the way for being deslesic, i see one thing when its not that. :lala:
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 01:13 AM
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when i type fast soemtimes i hit the wrong keys and sorry by the way for being deslesic, i see one thing when its not that. :lala:
That's alright. But take those headlight retainers out and paint them flat black. 99% of the folks on this board are fanatics over details and want EVERY 3rd gen to look GREAT, so don't take it personally. They really do want to see your car look sharp
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 01:51 AM
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thats true, i get kinda offended sometimes when someone says such about my car, i love it and have worked very hard to keep it so i am touchy at times, but by headlight retainers what do you mean, the things that hold in the headlights??
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 01:52 AM
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thats true, i get kinda offended sometimes when someone says such about my car, i love it and have worked very hard to keep it so i am touchy at times, but by headlight retainers what do you mean, the things that hold in the headlights??
Yes. Isn't that what you taped off?
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 01:55 AM
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nope, jsut the head lights, the rest is flat black paint, thats how the head ligths are going to be in a few days, im going to tape them off and paint them rather then the tape. thanks to the idea from people on here.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 08:42 AM
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paint it i know if i saw it during the day i would think that the light was broken in that corner and the only thing holding it together was the tape.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 08:53 AM
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electrical tape? why? i agree if anything must be done like that, paint it. it will look much better.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 04:33 PM
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the tape was just for now to see what it looks like, im grabbin the paint today and painting the SFC's i had made and paint the lights. wish me luck so i dont mess them up.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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Good luck, I guess. But messing with the headlights like that seems like something a ***** would do to his Honda, IMO. I dunno, if that was my car I would leave the lights the way they are. I don't think there is one thing on the exterior of a third gen F-body I would modify in order to make it look better, cuz to me it already looks good enough.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 09:38 PM
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I saw an auction on ebay for a 4th gen bird, it was just stickers for the head lights to make it look exactly like that. I might do that with the bird with paint but Im not sure if I want to give up light coming out.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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third gen birds....you can only see 10 ft in front of you at night as it is....
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:07 PM
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Looks like his ride just smoked some bud.
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:43 PM
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wghat the hell are we trying to see?
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:26 PM
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Heres a chop of that on a bird , dont look to bad at all
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 09:44 PM
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that bird looks pissed off or somethin! A honda would hate to see that in it's mirror, not that it would happen lol.
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by igotslicksNchix
that bird looks pissed off or somethin! A honda would hate to see that in it's mirror, not that it would happen lol.
Thats the idea, pissed off looK or just the evil glare!
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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i was thinkin...lol....what if u painted the lights and then put blackouts over them... it would probably look good at night and during the day it wouldnt look stupid and ghetto.
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