black housed headlights

by **JoeB** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:10 am

importtuner2oo4 wrote:it was real simple...i had mines done 8-9 months ago and there are no leaks Ill post up pics when i get a chance...

That sounds great! I'm very interested if you could tell us how you did it. I'm especially concerned with how to seal it back up and how much light reduction is there? Thanks -JoeB

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:35 am

no no no if you do that its illegal you only want to paint the silver ring inside black

by **Solara562** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:34 am

^^Yea what mark said, I only sprayed the ring.

by **Mossy** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:36 am

What sort of paint do you use?

Do you paint the ring or the outside of ring?

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:05 am

Mossy wrote:What sort of paint do you use?

Do you paint the ring or the outside of ring?

any kind of FLAT black paint and only the silver trim around the lens

by **JoeB** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:54 am

OK so it doesn't affect the light out at all then, great. What about re-sealing them, what did you use? -JoeB

by **Jon11582** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:06 am

How do you mask it so you only spray the outer ring?

I swear, I'll do this very soon after someone posts a full tutorial. I thought it was illegal and reduced light output which was why I never considered doing this.

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:44 am

Jon11582 wrote:How do you mask it so you only spray the outer ring?

I swear, I'll do this very soon after someone posts a full tutorial. I thought it was illegal and reduced light output which was why I never considered doing this.

your not reducing the light output your painting the silver trim on the lens you take it out and just paint it no masking required

by **Jon11582** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:56 am

ahhh paint, not spraypaint.

Can you get high-temp non-spray paint?

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:16 pm

Jon11582 wrote:ahhh paint, not spraypaint.

Can you get high-temp non-spray paint?

any flat black spray paint will work it does not have to be high temp.
you can you a $2 can of spray paint or 99cent can go to walmart and get there 99 cent can of flat black it works just fine

by **Jon11582** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:25 pm

oh
So you DO use spraypaint.
so how do you spray it without masking the inside of the ring without getting overspray.
Im confused, I think I need a DIY.

EDIT -

I think I just figured it out. The ring outside of the reflector is removable, right?

if thats the case, it sounds really easy.

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:15 pm

I thought I said it was removable lol

by **importtuner2oo4** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:30 pm

do not use masking tape on the reflector. when you remove the masking tape, it will ruin the reflector. i messed up my first set of headlights by doing that :roll:

by **Solara562** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:43 pm

You guys won't have to mask anything off. Well dunno about the gen 1.5
but the gen 1 all you did to do is remove the ring or the outer trim of the headlights and spray it, and let dry, Yes folks its that easy. And about what kinda of paint you use. I use spray can paint I could get the high temp one I think thats the one I used dont' really remember.

by **LatinDragonXJC** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:57 pm

Solara562 wrote:You guys won't have to mask anything off. Well dunno about the gen 1.5
but the gen 1 all you did to do is remove the ring or the outer trim of the headlights and spray it, and let dry, Yes folks its that easy. And about what kinda of paint you use. I use spray can paint I could get the high temp one I think thats the one I used dont' really remember.

How do you seal it back up?

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