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!!!

 

How do you get the lens to seal back once you put it back on the housing? I looked at mine and it appears to be sealed with a putty-like substance, so how would you take it apart without destroying the seal?

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

There's a how-to posted in the how-too stickies. It's under "clearing turn signals on 02 HIDs" or something like that. It goes into how to open the housings and take tham apart.

 

pics! I havent seen this done yet.

 

I know I made a thread but here you go. I smoked mine with Tamiya R/C car paint found at a hobby store.

stock.

smoked.

taping.

results.

 

Thanks for the help