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dijitil
Posts : 145
Join date : 2007-12-24
Age : 37
Location : Santa Rosa Beach
| | Subject: DIY black housing headlights... Wed 27 Feb 2008, 9:33 pm | |
| So Ive wanted black housing headlights for my accord for a while now. I
just cant bring myself to spend the money on them. SO....I went to
O'reillys today and bought some semi-gloss black engine enamel
masking tape, and silicon sealant. I was going to try and attempt to do
it myself today but I got carried away with my project Jeep. If it's
not too cold to paint tomorrow it will be done! Has anyone done this
themselves before? Run into any snags? | |
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GSRCivic
Smooth Moderator
Posts : 1660
Join date : 2007-11-29
Age : 40
Location : Da Ville
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:20 am | |
| Are you going to use an oven or heat gun to open them? | |
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dijitil
Posts : 145
Join date : 2007-12-24
Age : 37
Location : Santa Rosa Beach
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:29 am | |
| Oven...I almost bought a heat gun today but decided oven would save me some $$$ and give more consistant heat around the seal | |
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GSRCivic
Smooth Moderator
Posts : 1660
Join date : 2007-11-29
Age : 40
Location : Da Ville
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:41 am | |
| Most important thing will be making sure it's seald up REALLY GOOD...else, it will suck and always get moisture inside...  Other than that, common since stuff...like prep work, sanding, taping, etc.  | |
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dijitil
Posts : 145
Join date : 2007-12-24
Age : 37
Location : Santa Rosa Beach
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:46 am | |
| Yea i picked up the silicon sealant just in case  | |
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dijitil
Posts : 145
Join date : 2007-12-24
Age : 37
Location : Santa Rosa Beach
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 8:02 pm | |
| Ok, so removing accord headlights is a bitch! Got one light completley finished, the paint is drying on the other one, I'll post some pics up tomorrow, maybe tonight... | |
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GSRCivic
Smooth Moderator
Posts : 1660
Join date : 2007-11-29
Age : 40
Location : Da Ville
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Thu 28 Feb 2008, 9:02 pm | |
| Removing ANY headlight is a bitch...just so you know...it's never an "easy" thing to black out headlights.  | |
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low95nissan
Posts : 270
Join date : 2008-01-14
Age : 34
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Fri 29 Feb 2008, 8:14 pm | |
| lets see it  | |
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dijitil
Posts : 145
Join date : 2007-12-24
Age : 37
Location : Santa Rosa Beach
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Sat 01 Mar 2008, 12:47 am | |
| Heres some pics for now, not very good all I had was my phone...I'm having getting the drivers side light to go back on correctly...  | |
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iceblue
Posts : 34
Join date : 2008-02-26
Age : 40
Location : Freeport FL
| | Subject: Re: DIY black housing headlights... Sat 01 Mar 2008, 2:38 am | |
| Nice job! 3M makes good sealers for your lights. I use there stuff when moding S5 tail lights on FC's. | |
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