Another small update. I had the stuff lying around for it, so I decided to tackle the DIY CTR headlight mod. It wasn't nearly as tough as I thought, but it still took all day haha.
Removed front bumper, grill and headlights, first. Headlights shown here:
I then placed each headlight into the oven on a cookie sheet, and baked them for a bit to loosen up the factory silicon (which is MESSY btw). Took me a good 30 minutes per light of heating up and working with it, but I got them apart.
Chrome internal component separated from the light:
I used Duplicolor's Gunmetal Metallic to spray the chrome internal lenses. First, I wiped them down really good with 91% Isoprpoyl Alcohol, to the point that it was stripping the chrome off. This is fine, as it's getting repainted anyway. After prep work, and a few light coats, this is the result:
Here's a shot of the front of the car, completely disassembled. I was shocked to find literally every bolt and screw holding the bumper in place, in tact and exactly where they were supposed to be. You don't see that often haha.
Since I had the headlights apart, I cleaned the ever living crap out of them, then sanded with 800 and 2000 grit sandpaper. They were very scratched, and were yellowing really bad. After a nice buff and polish, I hit them both (inside and out) with a heavy polish using PlastX. They aren't perfect, but MUCH better than they were:
And a shot of them on the car:
Only issue I have now, is that the damn hood won't close. I'm on my way to a buddy's house who has more tools, so that I can try to repair it. Seems my hood latch mechanism is taking a dump lol. Anywho, one more mod off the list! I may end up buying new headlights, anyway, as these are jacked haha.