So me and my buddies decided to do a few mods today, and for my xA we baked the headlights, cleared the orange out, and took the time to paint the boomerang housing black. it came out really nicely, and the pictures dont do enough justice. it adds a really nice custom look to it, and itll go great with my fogs and hopefully when i swap my enkeis for gunmetal or black rims this summer. enjoy!











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We also did the engine cover, it came out really nicely as well. I didn't take a picture of it completely dried yet, but it came out very smooth and glossy, and I'm going to finish it off by putting CF letter overlay on the Toyota emblem and VVT-i letters from Randode.com....

 

feedback?

 

nice

gotta clean your engine bay though

lol

loves the headlights, our headlights look so good painted!

 

I think I would have went with red. But still looks good.

The header shroud thing looks funny to me, but don't mind me cause th tC one looks different.

 

thats not for the header, thats for the intake... the header for the xA and xB are located behind, so you cant see the header from that angle. i was really debating on doing it red, but i think that may end up looking a little ricey. i think the black looks great against the red, but i still do think about how itd look red instead sometimes. thanks for the feedback

yeah i detail it after winter, i dont bother during the winter because its still my daily driver, hence the winter rims. in my profile theres a pic of how clean it is in the summer. itll be fully professionally detailed before april 28th Hot Import Nights Boston! :D

 

looks great man keep up the good work

 

thanks brotha

 

nice, my sister's xA needs a mod like that.

 

I think it would look even better on my black xA

 

nice work. how long did u bake em and what temp?

 

all ur questions answered here..

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=161683

 

baked mine at 225 for 15 minutes

 

this is my next mod! im just nervous im going to fry the headlight.... is there a difference on the 04/5 and 06?

 

little difference, only the orange cover.

check my tutorial 2 posts up to ease ur worries

 

does the engine cover have a lot of orange peal or is it just reflection?

 

thats just reflection and the flash that went off, i didnt have time to take a good pic, ill take another one as soon as i get the CF letter overlays on it

 

nice!

 

what did you do to paint the headlight? did you sand it like some people say? lay a primer down?

im def wanting to paint mine black too...

 

primer, paint, clearcoat

 

nice ... thumbs up