well i got the shitty chrome ones and they sucked decided to do it myself and make them black housing ......


Tools needed:
Small philips screwdriver
Oven
Tinfoil
Cookie sheet
High-temp spray paint
Painting tape (I recommend 3M #2080, 3/4" or smaller width)
Small flathead screwdriver (optional)

Step 1: Preheat the oven to about 300°F.

Step 2: Get a cookie sheet and lay some tinfoil on it. Remove the four metal clips from the headlights. I found it unnecessary to remove bulbs or rubber pieces.

Step 3: Heat one headlight at a time for 7-8 minutes until the sealant is gooey. Make sure to cover it in tinfoil first, exposing only the seam, then place it on the cookie sheet. Try not to let any part of the headlight touch the walls, the rack, or especially the heating coils of the oven.

Step 4: Remove this screw while the sealant is still soft.



Step 5: Pry up the plastic tabs carefully and carefully separate the housing. You may want to use a small flathead to get it started, but be very gentle.

Step 6: Once you have the headlight open, set the projector part of the housing aside. Unscrew the four screws that hold the chrome housing to the clear plastic headlight lens.

Step 7: Carefully remove the chrome housing from the lens, making sure not to get any sealant stuck on the chrome housing. You now have three pieces.



Step 8: Using your painter's tape, mask off the chrome ring around the headlight projector, the turn signal lens, and the back part of the highbeam section.

As is the case whenever you are masking anything, THIS STEP IS CRITICAL. How good of a masking job you do will determine how good your headlights will look in the end. The hardest sections to mask are the curved sections and the chrome ring around the projector. In these cases it is best to use small strips of tape overlapping each other to get the mask as round as possible. It is somewhat better to overspray very little and later remove it than to mask too much and have to mask and spray it again.




Step 9: In a well-ventilated and dust-free area, put your chrome housing on a drop cloth or newspaper, etc. and apply light, even coats, starting off of the housing, moving across slowly, and ending off the housing. Be sure to turn over the housing and get all the areas on the underside that you may have missed.

Step 10: After the housings have dried, reassemble everything in reverse order and admire your work! Make sure you put in that last screw while the sealant is still gooey.

The final product:

 

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thanks, but im not a big fan of halos....next project HID retrofit

 

nice just that i dont have JDM front end...lol

 

I remember seeing your thread on ti.net a while back and it gave me the inspiration to do it on mine. I did it about 2 months ago but it didnt turn our quite as nice, did you get a sharp edge on your circle?

 

lets see some pics of yours

 

damn thats a good job

 

black housing looks better then chrome.......

 

Good write up and finished product!! I did the same thing to my civic headlights



I think yours turned out better though.

 

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duh

 

nice DIY, does that mean you dont need my black set

 

sorry, but yah no more ITR when i already have some wannabes

 

do u have ne pix of what the headlight is suppose to look like when its covered in foil when u put it into the over?


looks nice

 

what type of silicone sealant do you use to seal the headlights back up? and where do you get it?

 

nice, good job

 

nice write up

 

nice DIY, now go do that retrofit!

you planning on using s2ks? they are same as the JDM HID headlights

 

my headlights don't fit in my oven

 

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Ditch the toaster oven.

 

looks really nice. good job,

 

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Ditch the toaster oven. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No seriously, my healights won't fit i need help!

 

you can use a:
Heat Gun
Hair Dryer
or a variable temperature soldiering iron with a flat head screwdriver like tip (this is the hardest not to screw up)

 

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No seriously, my healights won't fit i need help!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lol that **** is true, my one doesnt fit my oven either. Damn you americans with your fat ovens

BTW I used a hair dryer and it was perfect (y)

 

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I was wondering the same or did you use the same sealant that was already on the headlights?

 

You did a good job...but why?

The SiR chrome housing headlights are dope looking.

To each their own.

 

holy crap did this take forever, using a heat gun sucks *****, and my outer housing is all bent out of shape this sucks, but they do look good though when the hood is shut