thanks to FAHQ, here on HT, i got thew idea to do the headlight job. it was easier than described in the post. the part that sucked was it is a time consuming project.

well anyway, here's the pics:

(before)



after:











[Modified by sinister, 4:38 PM 8/10/2002]


[Modified by sinister, 4:39 PM 8/10/2002]

 

nice work!

 

very nice, didnt know it was possble with that gen

 

how did you paint your headlights.

 

sweet

 

here, refer to this post:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=238040&page=1

 

nice

 

a few night pics:

 

Nice, original

 

love the front bumper

 

looks damn good.

 

looks good

 

^ ^ ^

 

looks good mike

 

tite pic!

 

that is bad as$

hit me up and tell me how to do it

 

VERY nice

Miguel

 

Thanks everyone.

Here's the step x step...
First you'll need:
1)two flathead screwdrivers, one very small, the other standard
2)an oven
3)high temp GLOSS black paint
4)3/4" masking tape

Get the headlights off the car,
take them inside and clean them up and remove the bulb,
turn on your oven.
This part is important, so read it:
Ovens can distribute heat differently, so the temperture is something that can be altered, obviously if it's too hot, you'll be scraping your headlights off the bottom of the oven


So begin at 225F, pre heat that bitch for 15min, stick the light assembly (glass side down on the rack) inside the oven for nolonger than 8 minutes!, use your moms oven mits, because your lights will be at 225 degres.

Have that thin flat head screwdriver ready(time is of the essence here), you're going to find the corners of the lights(there wont be sealant there), gently begin to pry the glass from the housing and follow with the bigger screwdriver. if you're not careful you will break something

Let the light cool down(10-15min), get that 3/4" masking tape out and start to edge off, follow the lines already there, mask off the sealant around the housing, obviously mask anything you don't want black

Begin to paint, two or three coats should provide ample coverage.

Reassembly is the opposite of disassembly, in that order

Now in my case. I didn't use any other sealant than what was on the lights and housing, i leave that to your discretion.
Good luck to those who want to do it

 

u re heated the glue again to close the housing back together?

 

yeah, in order to be able to reuse(thew preferred method) the original sealant needs to be rerheated to 225F, then just piece it together

 

looks nice

 

sweet is the word

 

niiice

 

I like it...And I don't like it. I am actually torn if this would be a good free mod for my car. It looks nice and all, but the time invested is pretty big. I remember doing this to my old 96 EX, and it was a total PITA.

Now my question...Why high gloss? Why high temp? Normal paint would work just fine. I honestly don't think you can determine gloss or flat through the heavily distorted glass on the headlights of our cars.

 

true dat.. the glass isnt exactly clear.. gloss or flat wouldnt matter much..