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View Poll Results: What color headlights?
All black, including the projector housing
15.38%
Body matched all Nord Gray
38.46%
All black, with chrome projector housing
30.77%
All black with red projector housing
7.69%
All black with blue projector housing
0
0%
Other
7.69%
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What color headlights?

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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 02:23 PM
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Having my headlights done by a local Genesis owner that has done it, and I'm trying to decide what color to do them. My Gen is Nord Gray. See poll attached....



Example of Nord Gray with stock chrome headlights:







Different color options:



All black

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Black with chrome projector

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Nord Gray body matched





Black with red projector





Black with blue projector

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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 06:07 PM
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Color Matched with Red Projector... if you can't mix & match go with the All Nord Grey (color matched) option
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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 10:35 PM
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Personally I'd go nord grey with chrome projector
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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 10:49 PM
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paint matched. And black out the side marker, or at least paint it so only a strip of the reflector remains.









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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 04:25 AM
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Black with chrome is my vote, gives the headlights a bit of verve. Norde grey is a great colour, I just think that it'd look like faded black once it was behind the lenses.
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 04:43 AM
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Black housing grey projectors with the paint reflectors. I also like Zekkal idea with the color match housing red projectors. If I had to choose from the provided pics black and chrome. I think painting the reflectors is a must.
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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to me, all black only looks good if complimented by a CF hood. Otherwise there's too much contrast and it doesn't really tie into anything.



There's a cover piece over the turn signal. Some people have tinted that to help it blend in with the dark housing. May be something to consider.

Dark housing with chrome projector







But this is what I like, with a painted reflector added:







Black housing with chrome bezel

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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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I agree Paint the reflector, I don't think the black on grey will look as good as color matched



FlyRyde gonna chime in?
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Old Feb 8, 2014 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by majik
...paint it so only a strip of the reflector remains.



That looks really damn good! I'd still say color match with chrome but overlap the reflector like this ^

That looks phenomenal!
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 11:05 AM
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All black. If there were other chrome in the front to go with it, i'd leave the projector, but there's not. The black will tie in with the uper and lower grill nicely IMO.
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