Black 5.5 gen headlight housing
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Black 5.5 gen headlight housing
Hey wassup im planning on painting my headlight housing black to match my paint. anyone else that has done this any tips?? i know how to take apart the headlight and i could figure out how to cover the reflector...BUT im not too sure about what kind of paint to use that will match my car.....anyone know of a glossy black paint that will last and i can buy at a local home depot or lowes? brand? thanks!!!
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you need to bake them in the oven and then the adhesive becomes soft and you can seperate it.As far as paint goes it depends if you want it gloss or flat duplicolor high temp engine paint works good when painting
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Originally Posted by sickmax
i just used regular black glossy spraypaint.. we used the 3m blue painters tape to cover all the lenses
nothin high temp?? just any spray paint from like home depot or soemthing?? since i want gloss i guess just some kind of paint that sticks to plastic would be good right??
also here is how to take the headlights apart....
http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/angel_eyes.html
next time look in the how tos
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I went with a flat black paint. Got it from Autozone. Anything that says it adheres to plastic will be fine. I also used an adhesion promoter which could be found at any auto parts store.
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