larrylu Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Sorry I don't know what to call the tubular lights low in the front fender but my question is has anyone removed them for any reason. I want to black out the stock silver grey color, same as I did to the razor bars on the grill and it would be so much easier to black them out if I took them off. I was timid about getting muscular for fear of breaking some plastic tabs or clips in the learning process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Larry I believe a few have done. But they will have to field the how to. I imagine all you would have to do at most is remove the lower cover from under the bumper, which simple enough to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Those are considered a part of the parking lights and are LED strips encased in clear plastic. They do have "surrounds" that simply pop out, without having to remove the entire front bumper clip. When I removed mine, I did, (just to make it easier) remove the front, smaller under belly pan that spans between the front frame rail, and the underside of the stock lower front spoiler piece. Those LED surrounds are/were simply held into place by tabs found all along the outer edges. I had mine painted to match the OEM white, tri-coat metallic. Here are some images for you to help aid in you in visualizing what I am talking about......... Hope that's of some help to you...... any other questions, feel free to let me know :yo: Mike :wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrylu Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 That's exactly what I was hoping for. Looks like if I'm careful I can just pop those babies off and do my thing. I always worry a bit trying to pop off plastic when I don't know for sure what I'm doing. Thanks guy! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 That's exactly what I was hoping for. Looks like if I'm careful I can just pop those babies off and do my thing. I always worry a bit trying to pop off plastic when I don't know for sure what I'm doing. Thanks guy! My suggestion would be is to use a heat gun on it's lowest setting, and/or a simple household hair dryer, to aid in warming up the plastic. Warm plastic is much more forgiving when it's being bent, etc. etc. rather than cold plastic which tends to be brittle and what not. Glad the images were of some help. Please be sure to post up pics of your project when your completed with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrylu Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Will do. I'm using Dupli-Color Trim paint. I did not hear of any others doing the razor bars till after I'd learned my lessons. Second try was the charm and they came out as I hoped. Then I started reading about plasti-dip. My car is Steel Blue Metallic and you have me wondering if I should do matching blue or the contrasting trim black. My original idea was black so I'll probably stick with that....yours sure look nice though! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhenne4 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Mike i am constantly amazed with the level of technical detail you know on this car. /praise /bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Mike I am constantly amazed with the level of technical detail you know on this car. :hail: Thank you sir. Not to bad for a mere weekend gear head huh? I've learned so much from others when I began modding other cars I've owned over the years. If it weren't for them having explained the necessary steps involved in performing w/e mods it was that I also desired to do, well, then I'd be more broke than I already am as I would be paying others to do them for me..... Part of the reason why I've insisted on creating the various "How-To's" that I have since those beginning times. Whether it relates to this most current project (my SHO) or any others i've owned before the SHO. Thank you for your kudos. I'd like to think we're all part of a large, extended family, and all help each other out where we can. In w/e capacity that entails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhenne4 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well if we were in Arkansas this family would be worse off if ya know what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrylu Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]482[/ATTACH] Getting this picture on the Forum was a lot harder than removing the surround and painting it black. Thanks Mike for the advice on both the removal and the picture posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrylu Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I guess I didn't do something right because clicking on the thumbnail opens up the album. Back to the drawing board. There we go. Finally got it!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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