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    ephatch member GomesyEP3's Avatar
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    DIY Black Headlight Housings , full post !

    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! *

    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.


    Both housing pieces tapped off and ready to paint !


    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 !


    I took the time to polish both sides of my lens's to rid oxidation and restore them to like new OEM headlights !


    I let them sit overnight to dry, but once dried , you can now put the housings back in and encase them !


    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 !
    • Be sure to push all the tabs back down * they should stick right back to the sealant!*


    Here are both of mine !


    Install them back in to the car, and re-install the bumper


    End Results !!


    Before and After !


    I hope i can be help of somewhat to anybody out there trying to do this themselves! thank you and enjoy !

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    You got it, DUDE ! soquel1's Avatar
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    Clean.

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    thanks man !

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    Very useful i want to do this but idk if i want to keep the oem look decisions dicisions

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    very nice.. what lip is that btw?

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    I should definitely try this mod. I have 3 sets of headlights for my EP for some reason -.-
    Looks really good tho, I wonder if anyone has tried it in SSM to get a different styling/ any other paint match?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Her-Name's-Ally View Post
    very nice.. what lip is that btw?
    It's a "type m" lip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Her-Name's-Ally View Post
    very nice.. what lip is that btw?
    eBay type M lip.

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    Nice write up. I used to have my lights exactly like yours with the very edges kept clear, before i got Depo CTR style projectors. I knew some people who blacked out their housing completely and It didn't seem like it flowed with me. haha

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    Looks nice, if i didn't had the depo i would consider that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Her-Name's-Ally View Post
    very nice.. what lip is that btw?
    yes "mugen replica" lip haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by ep32424 View Post
    Looks nice, if i didn't had the depo i would consider that.
    thanks man , i like the depos, but i also like DIY projects ! =p especially if they can come out nice and save money !

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    gonna do this maybe after christmas but imma do it in gun metal like the type R headlights! xD hopefully it comes out looking ligit. Got depos at the moment but there starting to oxidize and id rather go for the typr R headlight look lol cant wait

    also! do you have to use VHT spray paint? and if not why did you?

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    VHT is good paint..great for high temps. Dont use junk if your going to do this DIY.

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    does vht come in alot of different colors?
    nvm... i just checked it out. but as long as i use one of there paints with a temp of more than 270 degrees i should be good right?

    just dont want to mess it up lol

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