I baked my headlights the other day and painted the inside flat black. I was wondering if anyone else has done this to their 5g, and if you have pictures. I have seen the picutres of the 6g headlights and they look dope. If you want i will post my pics later.

 

please post pick.

 

Here is an up close picture


and here is a picture of the whole car


I am happy with the way they turned out. IMO they look better with the black housing

 

i did the same thing only with a metallic transparent blue,.. was on my blue civic, but a small accident made me trade em with my turbo'd civic. i would post a pic but lazy me dont know how. if anyones feeling bored im open for instructions!

 

I did mine a while ago. I like it much better. Mom just got a digicam today so I'll take some new pics today and put them up.


[Modified by Extent, 10:30 AM 12/25/2002]

 

I like the Arrr & the Rex in the back, but your headlights are

 

i gotta take a look at my old headlights, i dint know you can paint the inside. Maybe i can sell them on ebay after that.

 

did mine a few weeks ago

 

nice looking car

 

could someone pos how to's for this.. is it done the same way as the 6th gen.. seems harder.. thanks

 

i did it the same way as the 6th gen civic. the only hard part about 5th gen is gettin the headlight lined back up when you put them back on.

shitty DIY is below on the next post.


[Modified by 92hb, 5:00 AM 12/26/2002]

 

Me too

heres a DIY

1. take off front bumper
2. take off little bracket thing below headlight(2screws)
3. take off headlight
4. take off all the black plastic headlight aligning ****(so all that is left is the glass and the grey abs plastic)
5. put in oven for 10-12 min(doesnt have to be that long, jsut enough to heat up the putty ish) between 200* - 250*
6. take out of oven and use a screw driver to pri apart(i found if you twist the screwdriver to spread it apart is a little easier)
7. mask off what you dont want painted, then start painting what you want painted. i didnt primer but you can.
8. put glass back on headlight after painting, and put back in the over on the same settings
9. pull out headlight push putty together and put the clips back on
10. use sealant(clear) if you wanna seal it up more
11. put everythign back together
12. align headlights(have fun, its a bitch)

sorry for the shitty directions, haha

 

wow i thought he was joking in his signature.. hahaha ur mom dukes got an R?!! steal it dude!!!! headlights look pretty phat.. better than stock... not as noticeable difference as 6g but still

 

not bad, i think u should get the amber lenses like that white cvic in this thread, makes a good match w/ ur sidemarkers.