jin05

did anyone paint their headlight into black housing, my friend did it on his integra, im thinking of doing it on my eg, but wanna know if anyone around did this and maybe share some ideas. thanks

92ehatch

alot of people have done it, i have done it to my eg lights.

you really should search for this but im gonna tell ya how.


take off headlight, take off the black plastic piece on the headlights and the metal clips

put headlight in oven for about 5 min at 250° - 300°F

take out and slowly pry the headlight apart. may have to rebake.

then once apart mask off and paint, to put back together just place them back together and push as hard as you can,

then put them back in oven for about 3 min at the same temp

, pull out and push them back together again, and put the metal clips back on

if you want pictures, do a search

92ehatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Intecura &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've done it to my Del Sol headlights. Not a good idea though, because now I can't see sh*t at night. I need to have my high beams on. Even then, I barely can see as much as the low beams were originally. </TD></TR></TABLE>

your not supposed to paint the whole thing black, just the outer edges.

dunno if you can see it well but should look like this on an EG

RacingShoeBox

i did myne (ek) but for a great color use some engine enamel i used 4 layers (thin) of flat black then after a moderate layer of low gloss black this came out beautiful and iv been runing that with no fade for 3 months now

92ehatch

i just used walmart flat black and it looks good, im gonna get some new headlights since my chrome is cracking in mine and do it exactly like you just said. gloss looks better and high heat doesnt crack away

jin05

dat looks good, wat kind of paint do u use? i was told to use the high heat paint.

sockvtec

nice 4 door, are those the OEM foglights?

jdmztrane

I used gunmetal exterior paint for mine on my ej6. looks more like jdm type r lights than just flat or gloss black

jin05

any pics?

VRD^sam

on a Ek

RacingShoeBox

i also covered the yellow reflector which dimmed my side marker which i think looks real good but again just go 2 wallmart pick up one can of flat black engine enamel and one can of low gloss black engine enamel... the reason i did this was because flat black sticks best the gloss tends to run so with base coats of black i used one low gloss coat and then filled in the missed shots just make sure to use conservative layers if you use to much youll have the paint dripping and grouping up in some spots

jin05

looks good

alispoon

just watch out u dont bake it too much.
that happend to me, haha, that sucks man, i was too busy wet sanding the chrome off the inner part of the other headlight that i kinda fogot about the other one being in the oven so a peace of the clear plastic got all these little bubles on them and its whitesh ensted of being all clear. so im looking for another headlight and ill have to do this all over again.
heres some pics:


this is how the other one turned out.

jadugartir

I have an EG and i did the DIY black housing. Follow the directions he gave you with baking it in the oven, thats what i did, and mine came out great. Make sure you seal the outer edges with black silicone though, because you dont want water to condensate in there and fog them up. mine came out perfect and it took less than an hour total.

92ehatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sockvtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice 4 door, are those the OEM foglights?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, the car belonged to some old lady and they came with the fogs from the factory she said.

i repainted them gloss black the other day.

something else, you may want to sand and primer the part you will be painting, i didnt and it ran into the part thats not supposed to be painted, i had to use alcohol and gently rub it off and it took 2 hours to do. take your time with this, if you get them too hot in your oven the chrome can crack and flake off as well. mine did that and now i need new headlights (even tho mine work fine, the light output was affected a little)

fms1day

I've done it to my 92 civic hatchback... here's a DIY if you need it... with pictures and all...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1300702

lazie

i've done it too, a good thing to do is when your waiting for the paint to dry is to wet sand the glass lamps with 1k grit sand paper cleans them up real nice

silentdaredevil2

i did my halo projectors

jin05

thanks, gonna paint mine tomorrow and hopefully it will look good like those i see here

jdmpremonition

does anyone know how to do the smoked amber corners??? i heard there was some like tint paint or something like that, does anyone know how to do this or if anyone can give me a link to the thread?? if you need to see pics they have them on jdmshit.com. thanks.

RacingShoeBox

2 dim the corners just take the reflector out and out aluminum tape over them make sure not 2 make any creases though also gets rid of the orange in your headlights but i didnt sand myne... didnt really need 2

joe jigga

sorry to go off topic...
anyone have a link on how to get your headlights clear again? 94 hatch passenger side noticeably cloudier than driver side. any help thanks.

YES i did try a search.

lazie

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmpremonition &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does anyone know how to do the smoked amber corners??? i heard there was some like tint paint or something like that, does anyone know how to do this or if anyone can give me a link to the thread?? if you need to see pics they have them on jdmshit.com. thanks.</TD></TR></TABLE> the stuff your looking for is by VHT and the stuff is called Night Shades

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by joe jigga &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry to go off topic...
anyone have a link on how to get your headlights clear again? 94 hatch passenger side noticeably cloudier than driver side. any help thanks.

YES i did try a search.</TD></TR></TABLE>

try wet sanding it or your can try this stuff by Eagle One called Never Dull

RacingShoeBox

well an answer 2 ur problem is foggin on the inside meaning they need 2 b takin apart again or they have a crack.... or it has origonal wear which you need to be buffed or blasted which i need 2 do

lazybrown187

I DID IT TO MY EK HEADLIGHTS AND IT LOOKED LIKE SOME **** AND I DID EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY.I JUST FORKED UP THE MONEY AND BOUGHT NEW ONES