Some of you may remember the posting last summer about some headlight covers for the KK available in Greece. I hunted all through the net and couldn't find anything on them nor on any other forum or board. I wound up working with a LOST member in Europe to go buy me a set and ship them to me. This process took multiple months and was pricey. I've had them sitting around for months and only recently have I had some time to work on my Jeep that I have finally gotten around to performing this modification....
These photos (above) are from the test fitting I did a few weeks ago. I briefly entertained leaving them black, but I decided to have them painted to match my KK.
The DOW automotive exterior adhesive that came with the headlight covers had the consistency of a gummy bear and there was no way it was squeezable. This surprised me because it was dated 07/01/2009 and was totally sealed. So, I made yet another trip to the auto parts store and wound up buying some clear RTV Silicone adhesive sealant.
Used blue masking / painter's tape to hold on the headlight covers until I could reinstall the grille. I then let it sit for 4+ hours before I removed the grille yet again to remove the blue tape.
Here's some before and afters:
I think they look good after sunset with the lights on too.
I'm real pleased
with how this turned out. Certainly alters the appearance of the front of my KK.I don't have permission to advise which LOST member helped me obtain these headlight covers so I'm not comfortable posting it here as I don't know if he is OK with that or if he is willing to go through getting the headlight covers again. If he is, I'd expect he'll chime in on this thread sometime.
I will say I've been exploring a variety of options to try to get these KK headlight covers available (as economically as possible) within the U.S. Due to various considerations, it will probably be sometime this summer before everything has run its course and I can advise anything further. If I'm able to find a way to get KK headlight covers economically available for the U.S. market, I'll let everyone know as soon as I can.
I think I will take a trip across the ocean just for those
