xseveredveganx

My buddy has number 13 RS 1.0. Sick little car, that's for sure. I painted the headlights in my xB a couple weeks ago, he caught sand and had to have his done. So I did.
Less talk, more rock.







I was planning on doing a full on DIY, but I forgot my digicam in my car.

gbrnole

nice job!

really want to do this at some point.

xseveredveganx

Stole some of the pics that Drew took of his car...

moaiD

cool looking lights!!... any night pics of the led tails??

i just realised that the headlights on my ist is different from the xD.

ChelsDS

Wow you did a good job! Would you be able to remember all the steps you did to separate the headlamps to do a write-up?

Yea the iST headlights are different I like them so much more than ours

xseveredveganx

The iST headlights are pretty rad.

I don't have night shots of the LED tails. I'll try to get some pics if I see my buddy this weekend.

As far as a write up, there's already one. It's a pretty basic modification.

ChelsDS

Oh I know but just wanted to see if there was any thing else to it

xseveredveganx

*sigh*
Since I can't say no to a girl...

A couple little tricks... Hmmm...

The amber reflector is all 1 piece and held on with 3 clips. The clip farthest back of the headlight is kind of a pain to mess with. The 2 other clips threw me off, too. The one is larger (the top one I believe), so I pried a little on the bottom. The bottom one popped out fairly easily, then the top one slid out with ease. The back one was still a little tricky. I pushed it up and down a little and it came out. No problems. I tried tinting the actual reflectors with some tinted clearbra film I had my buddy (foose801, hey bro!) scoop up for me. The stuff was rathe thick and cumbersome to work with, so I scrapped that idea. I painted the entire inside of the turn signal/reflector area black.
I think it turned out better than I expected.
Like has been previously stated, there's only 2 screws back there. So when resealing, make sure to push around the entire headlight while it's hot. There's no way you can use the screws to really squeeze it together.

pickledchang

how much didnt painting the turn signal reflecting surface reduce their brightness? is it still noticeable from the front of the car with the headlights on?

i know what im doing this sunday, lol...

xseveredveganx

Well, since the bulb is still fairly bright, it's still fully 100% visible. I'd suggest painting everything, especially with a dark car like yours.

Heck, most auto body paint stores sell body color in aersol. Go hit them up and paint your headlights body color! I've been trying to convince my friends with an xB, xD, and tC that are all NBM to paint them body color!

pickledchang

i may try that if i can find a color that matches almost exact.

Pimpe_Ok

Hey Viggen Shut your mouth and do mine so we can show this peeps whats-up. pick the stuff up i will have your cash this weekend for the meet up and you can do my lights friday! :0)P

Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xseveredveganx

This Friday? You have my number, hit me up any time. I work at the 'Bucks tomorrow and I'm thinking about taking the night off from my full time job. It kind of depends if my LED shipment gets here...
But, yeah. I'm sure I can do it. Just let me know what you want.

foose801

what up yo?

so lemme know if you get rollin on junior's lights this weekend... i think you've convinced me to go body color on mine, but if we knock it out friday it's gotta be an all-nighter stylie cuz i work til like 9 or 10 i think....

brownsky

lol funny to see all this convo and these pics on my car.
ill take some night pics of the led tails tonight and post them up. just so you know, they are siiiiiiick at night.

xseveredveganx

Yeah, bro. It's cause your car's sick!

Tint them! It'll make them even cooler!

I don't know how TYC did such a good job on the xD's tails and kinda flopped on the xB2's... Don't get me wrong, I dig my tails. But I think these are a helluvalot cleaner.

brownsky

ya i plan on putting a light tint on them. they should be much cleaner being a slight bit darker

xseveredveganx

FYI, I think your xD is cooler than your tC.
ha!

brownsky

lol, i been spending all my money on my Xd lately... thats why lol. i still have alot more fun driving the Tc.

pickledchang

um, yeah... my lights WOULD NOT come apart. baked them for 15 min @ 225 degrees... wouldnt budge. dont think im gonna mess with it - hopefully some aftermarket projectors come out soon.