Before:



What I've done today:





I actually drove my car like this to the Home Depot (10 minutes away) to get some better paint than what I had:



The paint I picked up:

 

I set the oven at 245 and left them in there one at a time for about 7 minutes.....

 

The first coat:



4th coat:



They're getting there! 5th coat and it's looking A~W~E~S~O~M~E!!!



2-3 more should do it

Here they are, put back together and ready to be sealed:








[Modified by LX98Civic, 12:05 AM 5/3/2002]

 

Anyone have pics of the real CTR's?

I am hearing that this part is NOT black on the CTR's :eek:

Oh well, I think it will look better anyhow

 

from what i remember on ctr the plastic is tinted; and the housing is like regular chrome color...

i sold my ctr headlights 2 years ago, so im going off of memory

-Lance

 

How hard is ti to seperate the lens from the housing?

 

damn man goooood job!

 

Using the oven method, EASY!!!! I just sat them in for like 7 minutes then took them out and pulled apart. The hardest thing is they are HOT and **** it burns your hands, but you gotta do it to get them apart. 100X better than the hair dryer trick. I've done that twice and this is the first time with the oven. I highly recommend the oven!!

Later!

 

Never seen anybody use the oven trick before. Nice.

 

isnt light output gonna be crap with no reflective stuff?

 

Yah, howcome in the first pic (with the painted housings on the car), it looks like the reflective coating isn't painted at all. But in the last pic they're fully painted black or whatever color you used?

 

here ya go

 

thats what i was thinking.. should you have used the high-gloss? or maybe clear coat over it? i'll have to see it when its done..

 

you are the man..

 

my friend left his amber reflector in his i think it look unique and very good.

 

DONE

Before:



After:



Before:



After:





Parking light during the day: --> Still visible



and at night......



What do you guys think? I'm diggin' this $hit

 

looks good, I need to redo mine.... in gunmetal! (to please all the JDM ****** on hondatech)

 

that is the sweetest idea EVER! but how'd you reseal it? and also dont u need high temp paint? Nice JOb!

 

the housing is chrome mainly for looks. the only place that needs chrome is the reflector.

 

I resealed it using this stuff:



As far as the paint, you don't need high temp since the parking lights do not get as hot as the head lights

 

Bake cookies the next time you do that---- (EXCELLENT JOB!)
--- My real job, other than pissing away my money on my Honda is as an assistant Chef . . . (sigh) the ovens will see another day. . . But I wanted to warn you, the result of baking the plastic in the home oven could potentially be hazardous! Just wanted to pass it on... My suggestion to you man is to put it on clean mode, or leave it on 500 degrees for 20-30 mins just for your food and safety!

Kudos on your lights! Car is clean too!

 

Definately looks better, good job

 

I'd like to see someone try and "tint" the housing instead of actually paint it. I think that would better mimic the look you are going for. That tint spray for models would probably work great.

 

good job man

looks a lot fatter


nice clean work