I know that the headlight temperature is intense. Hence, I need a high temp paint. When you guys did the AE mod, what kind of paint did you use? The high temp paints I can buy are:

1) Wheel paint

2) Brake/Caliper paint

3) Engine paint

Which do you think would chip least and stick best? Also, should I use regular or glossy paint to do the AE mod?

Thanks

 

i say wheel paint...not glossy..cause it would reflect wierd withing the housing...and wheel paint seems to stick pretty well.

 

i used engine enamel from auto zone or wal mart or anywhere has it. i used low gloss or flat black, one of the two, and it hasnt chipped or anything in the year i've had the AE mod done

 

I used some 500* engine enamel or some $.94 black paint from walmart.

 

Black wheel paint

 

I used plain flat black paint from wal mart. Been on there for about 5 years so far...

 

Yea, I'm planning on trying this mod soon too, except Im going to try a dark blue paint. Is there a writeup on how to do this?

 

i used 500* engine enamel gloss black

 

Go to the How to's section of the forum

 

I used Glossy Black......IT looks PERFECT....like, it looks really really good....no reflecting or anything

 

I used regular gloss black paint from Home Depot.

 

I just used normal black spray and clearcoat, no problems

 

flat black.

 

i used glossy engine 500 degree black

 

I used regular satin finish paint from Lowes w/clearcoat on my Cefiros. Had it on for about a year now w/no probs. Be sure to use clearcoat to ensure that they don't fade over time.

 

...even with the glossy black paint, would you still advise to use clearcoat?

 

graphite wheel paint. no need for clearcoat or anything. id go with regular or flat paint.

 

cool, thanks

 

no paint, just rub the chome off. (works on 00-01 lights, 97-99 corner lights, not sure about headlights)