painting the headlights....

[MoJoeTCM]

Hey, i know we have had a several post with people painting their head lights, but omg it is amazing how much it makes your car look.....can we say...different? I will post some pics for you guys tomorrow.....

Ok Posted the pics of my nasty ass car and painted headlights enjoy

BTW it does not take 5 hours if you know how to take off your front bumper....for the painting portion of it just use a hair blower.....

-underneath the hood, center piece, has two screws and two pop out screws
-3 snap on screws in the wheel well
-2 located on the inside of the bumper once pulling the wheel well back
(screws)
-2 underneath your front right and left bumper (screws)
-2 screws that completely go through your bumper and wheel well lining
(located to the right of the lip screw)
-unhook the fog light connector on the inside of the left bumper
(bumper then comes right off)
-Unbolt the 3 10m bolts on the lights (after pulling the plastic pieces out....i
think they hold the light in place..
-unhook the bulbs from the headlights and then it is ready to bake...

 

[Wha'Happened]

"tomorrow?" Booooo! Today!!

 

[mspeed101]

I was thinking about painting my headlights too. How long did it take and how hard was it to do?

 

[N2OInferno]

it's easy, but expect to spend around 5 hours.

 

[krillin]

yeh it's not that hard but it's very time consuming. it took me a good 5-6 hours.

i painted mine with high temp flat black. it came out a little darker than stock but for some reason i hardly notice the difference. still looks good though.
question for those have done it already. let's say i wanted to repaint them over again. how would i go about removing the existing layer of spray paint? someone recommended wetsanding to me with 400 grit sandpaper.

 

[MoJoeTCM]

yea, i have to redo mine, i freaking chipped a piece of paint while placing them back in, truthfully think that using the high temp paint is a false....I am just going to sand them back down the primer it again.....

 

[MoJoeTCM]

window tint is next what is not legal but just right on these cars, i don't want it to the point of where you can't see through...just enough to see the figure of the person.....

 

[N2OInferno]

i'm getting 20% all around. it's illegal here in IL though.

 

[mspeed101]

I have 5% on my car which is illegal but it looks really good.