cz3ch

Looks really clean... I did something similar on my tC... blacked out everything except for the chrome, I went over it with a dark purple alloy finish paint... the headlight assembly is totally dark... I finished one.. but planning to get them both done this weekend.. pics to come.. Great job!

FatBox808

ive finally gathered my gonads to bake my headlights. 10 mins. at 200 degrees and it came off easy! now i gotta find a friend that can paint them for me...

cz3ch

It seems a lot of folks are apprehensive about baking the lights. It's really quite safe in my experience.

phreak

Fatbox i want to see them painted!

FatBox808

my friend is gonna paint them for me when he has the time.... ill post up pics as soon as its done.

crubrico

that ____ looks tight! wanna do the same thing but i got a stoopid noobie question though...do you still gotta pre-heat the oven?

andizbox

yes.pre heat it.it will be faster that way.pre heat it while you remore your light bulbs

Sunny

Add this to the list of things to do.....

crubrico

nvrmind. i just cleared out my headlights. i used the "smash the reflector technique". there are a couple of minor scratches on the inside though.i still like the way they look. pretty easy to do. took me about an hour and a half.

westsype

The break method is a lot harder then the bake method after you have it open you just break the clip and you're done. Thats all that is to it.

crubrico

i was afraid that if i did it that way, there would be a possibility of leakage.

leov36

you know, if you used a flat black high temp paint, it would probaly help with glare if you were using the stock headlights for hid's. usually h4 hid bulbs come with anti glare shields anways, but still it would be benificial. if i every get around to throwing some hids in my headlights, i may do this mod depending on if i get alot of glare or not.

nerdsports

I suppose I'll throw up a picture of mine.
I didnt read any how-to.
I have done this before to my old Civic and to several other Civics.
It's basically the same process.

SecretAgentMonkey

I know it probably doesn't mean much but what brand/line of paint do you all use?

mad-sciontist

Yeah, what kinda spraypaint??? Also nerdsports, what parts of the headlight did u paint?

phreak

Lookin good Nerdsports

I think I used Krylon flat black spray paint, but i'lll double check.

ryuji16

how long does the paint normally last before it starts to wear off and peel?

burstaneurysm

I just painted a set... waiting for a new set of eyebrows and they're going on the car... I'm hoping to install them on Friday.

evosky

i want to do this so badly.
thinking i'm gonna pick up a set of HID's as well for my headlight project ...
nice info dudes.

mad-sciontist

What kinda paint are you guys using to do this?