GomesyEP3
11-25-2012, 03:20 PM
Whats up guys. did my headlight housings black last week and figured I'd post my pics for anyone curious !
Items Needed
Black (or any desired color) high temp paint
Flathead screwdriver
Use of a gas oven
and some common sense lol
All bulbs must obviously be removed. Bumper off and headlights out * I didnt do this at night BTW, Car sat like that overnight, I installed the headlights next morning! *
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo5.jpg
Bad hit , the pics of the headlights pre-baked got erased but ill explain the pre-procedure!
Start off by removing you're bumper
After you've removed the bumper, remove the headlights, 4 bolts per headlight.
Once removed, pre-heat you're oven to 270 degrees
*Make sure you have suitable room in you're oven!*
Place headlight inside sitting how it would, and let it bake for NO MORE than 4 minutes
After 4 minutes take out and start lifting up the tabs on the headlight with you're flat head screwdriver
Be quick the sealant will harden back up pretty quickly !
Once all tabs are lifted work the lens off of the headlight, should be fairly easy, the sealant will stretch and go back in place, just neaten it out a bit if its messy.
And there now you have you're open headlight, remove the housing and begin masking !
I used VHT high-temp black gloss, these are the areas you'd generally want to mask !
Make sure to clean the housing before you paint, i used windex wiped with a paper towel, then with a micro-fiber rag.
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo2-1.png
Both housing pieces tapped off and ready to paint !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo1-1.png
After tapped off, give it 3 good coats , or read cans instructions, let dry roughly half hour per coat, or what you're can says !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo-1.png
I took the time to polish both sides of my lens's to rid oxidation and restore them to like new OEM headlights !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo6.jpg
I let them sit overnight to dry, but once dried , you can now put the housings back in and encase them !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo4.jpg
Once both encased back in the headlights Repeat baking steps !
Preheat 270degrees
put headlights back in the oven for 4 minuts !
Once times up, take the headlight out, With oven mits! press on the lens and apply the lens back in place
The goal is to re-heat the sealant and re-seal the headlight how it originally was :mtongue: !
Be sure to push all the tabs back down * they should stick right back to the sealant!*
Here are both of mine !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo3.jpg
Install them back in to the car, and re-install the bumper
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo2.jpg
End Results !!
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo1.jpg
Before and After ! :mbiggrin:
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo.jpg
I hope i can be help of somewhat to anybody out there trying to do this themselves! thank you and enjoy !
Items Needed
Black (or any desired color) high temp paint
Flathead screwdriver
Use of a gas oven
and some common sense lol
All bulbs must obviously be removed. Bumper off and headlights out * I didnt do this at night BTW, Car sat like that overnight, I installed the headlights next morning! *
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo5.jpg
Bad hit , the pics of the headlights pre-baked got erased but ill explain the pre-procedure!
Start off by removing you're bumper
After you've removed the bumper, remove the headlights, 4 bolts per headlight.
Once removed, pre-heat you're oven to 270 degrees
*Make sure you have suitable room in you're oven!*
Place headlight inside sitting how it would, and let it bake for NO MORE than 4 minutes
After 4 minutes take out and start lifting up the tabs on the headlight with you're flat head screwdriver
Be quick the sealant will harden back up pretty quickly !
Once all tabs are lifted work the lens off of the headlight, should be fairly easy, the sealant will stretch and go back in place, just neaten it out a bit if its messy.
And there now you have you're open headlight, remove the housing and begin masking !
I used VHT high-temp black gloss, these are the areas you'd generally want to mask !
Make sure to clean the housing before you paint, i used windex wiped with a paper towel, then with a micro-fiber rag.
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo2-1.png
Both housing pieces tapped off and ready to paint !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo1-1.png
After tapped off, give it 3 good coats , or read cans instructions, let dry roughly half hour per coat, or what you're can says !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo-1.png
I took the time to polish both sides of my lens's to rid oxidation and restore them to like new OEM headlights !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo6.jpg
I let them sit overnight to dry, but once dried , you can now put the housings back in and encase them !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo4.jpg
Once both encased back in the headlights Repeat baking steps !
Preheat 270degrees
put headlights back in the oven for 4 minuts !
Once times up, take the headlight out, With oven mits! press on the lens and apply the lens back in place
The goal is to re-heat the sealant and re-seal the headlight how it originally was :mtongue: !
Be sure to push all the tabs back down * they should stick right back to the sealant!*
Here are both of mine !
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo3.jpg
Install them back in to the car, and re-install the bumper
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo2.jpg
End Results !!
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo1.jpg
Before and After ! :mbiggrin:
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q762/_Gomesy/photo.jpg
I hope i can be help of somewhat to anybody out there trying to do this themselves! thank you and enjoy !