How To: headlight black out for P5!

[magnumP5]

Well I did this a little over a week ago and no fogging yet and it's rained quite a bit since then. Just a warning to people who are going to do this in the future: make sure you keep the clear housing in a clean place with little dust. I got some in there and it isn't fun taking the whole thing apart again. Also, for some reason on one light the screw holding the lens on was stripped badly; I was only able to get it out and in again once so there is still dust in one light but it isn't too bad. The link in my sig has some simple pictures for comparison.

 

[Boston5761]

Anyone have a set they would like to part ways with?

 

[Boston5761]

bump-a-roni

 

[magnumP5]

Anyone have a set they would like to part ways with?

Hate to say it, but why don't you just do it yourself? I mean i had never taken my car apart that much before I did it but it wasn't that bad - and so far I've never had any fogging problems.

 

[Boston5761]

ive heard of ones messing up, melting and s***.... and i dont have $400 to replace them.

 

[magnumP5]

ive heard of ones messing up, melting and s***.... and i dont have $400 to replace them.

Well I had each of mine in the oven at 300 degrees for ten minutes twice (for some reason it didn't work with 200 degrees) and it did absolutely nothing; no warping, bending whatever. The only thing that happened to me was that when prying the cover off I ended up bending some of the plastic around the edges. I was worried at first but it turned out to be completely harmless; no leaks and certainly no fogging. I mean, I didn't even use primer on mine; I just went to Walmart and got some 200-something grit sandpaper and some medium-temp semi-gloss black paint and that was it. I believe that to be a lot cheaper than to try to buy a headlight from some one here.

 

[Buck]

here are some pics of mine I did a few days ago.

 

[solid_snake]

Great How To!

I painted my Headlights even though my car is not a P5, it still looks good and the procedure is pretty much the same

 

[PlatinumMSP]

it looks a lot better than it used to but i think that it could have looked even better than that if you had cleared or smoked your reflectors, those amber reflectors really make any car look ugly

 

[solid_snake]

it looks a lot better than it used to but i think that it could have looked even better than that if you had cleared or smoked your reflectors, those amber reflectors really make any car look ugly

thanks for the comment, now i'm looking for a replacement for the reflector, and the orange thing for the turn signal, as soon as i get them, i will pop the headlight open again and replace those reflectors

 

[Beemer_Killer]

I want to do this mod very soon, but was wondering if Automotive exterior paint would work? I have some left over from the body shop, and was thinking about thinning it way out and using an airbrush to do the headlights, giving it more of that C6 Corvette headlight fixture look. Until then, I'll just black them out like this...

 

[dharman]

I had painted my headlights at the ned of summer and have had no problems since. I didn't use high temp paint either. I have a blk protege so the headlights went blk to look like th 03 style. This would be a great mod if you have a white, blue,yellow etc.. to match the bezel to the color of your car instead of just painting it blk.

 

[Bala]

I'm painting a set of P5 lights blue when I have a couple of other items sprayed to mount on my MSP (thumb)

 

[Onatrum]

For anybody that HAS broken the bumper clip under the headlight, was it relatively cheap or easy to fix? By the way my bumper is drooping on the driver side, I can tell that the clip is either damaged or broken (from hitting a raccoon). It doesn't look so bad that I felt I had to fix it right away, but if I attempt this mod, nows the perfect time! Thanks!

 

[MP5cd]

thank you

 

[WetsuitxNinja]

I broke those clips, they didnt really do much I dont think. Check the 2 screws that screw into your fender and make sure those little tabs arent broken. My friend hit a dog and his bumper sat funny, I got some of that 2 part metal compound and built him new tabs since his were broken. Then i just filed them down so it would sit flush. Its been a few months and that stuff I used is holding up...

For anybody that HAS broken the bumper clip under the headlight, was it relatively cheap or easy to fix? By the way my bumper is drooping on the driver side, I can tell that the clip is either damaged or broken (from hitting a raccoon). It doesn't look so bad that I felt I had to fix it right away, but if I attempt this mod, nows the perfect time! Thanks!

 

[Jubomime]

I know it would be expensive, but what if someone came up with gts-style blackout covers that were like transition lenses? I have NO IDEA how complicated or expensive it would be to develop, but even if they were several hundred apiece, I would pay it. Like, now.....

 

[Jubomime]

kinda lika deesa...but not as crappy.

 

[Kansei]

w00t following this how-to right now. lights are in the oven. I blacked out my headlights two years ago using a different how-to on here but one of my Luminics bulbs exploded and shot glass all inside a headlight so I gotta fix it.

 

[2003newlyack]

buying the stuff and hopefully doing it tonight/tomorrow!