Painted my headlights (pics)

Well all of you know that our headlights are notorious for turning yellow and starting to look crappier as time goes on. So i decided to take one of my headlights apart and repaint the chrome using chrome spray paint. Here are the pics:
This is how crappy and rusted it looked inside, the high beam has been primered already.
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight1.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight2.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight3.jpg

http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight4.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight5.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight6.jpg
I painted the outside too
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight7.jpg
Finished product(notice how dull the fake chrome looks)
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight8.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight9.jpg
Painted side
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight10.jpg
Unpainted side
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight11.jpg
Painted side again
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight12.jpg
Unpainted on left, painted on right( should have never painted the headlight)
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight13.jpg
This is how crappy your beam will look when you use crappy paint.
http://hometown.aol.com/skatemesa1/forums/Headlight14.jpg


Message to people: for those who want to paint their headlights, DONT USE CHEAP CHROME PAINT. I used Dupli-color chrome paint with the chrome cap <~~crap(don't buy!). It made the headlight look new again from the outside, but really made my beam of light distorted. Next time I will buy some better higher quality paint.

Now this is just a suggestion.... not even sure how it would work out, or how well it would.... but you could go to a hobby shop and buy some silver leafing material and use that... I would think it'd be more shiney/reflective than the paint you got to use.

That, or just pick up some chrome housing projectors ;)
<---- like those in my avatar

bummer sorry to hear didn't work out way you wanted to! i'm sure you can fix it and make it better

Wow man, I thought it was gonna work too by the title. That sucks, I thought duplicolor would put out a better quality chrome product than that, what about Krylon, have you tried that?

i gave you my suggestion. now run out & try it...show these guy why it's a woman's world :grinno:

damn lol and they looked pretty good :P

i gave you my suggestion. now run out & try it...show these guy why it's a woman's world :grinno:
What was the suggestion

http://www.autodynamic.com/transfer/dbimages/large/OEM-317-1105L-AS.jpg

Kind of pricey... but if not projectors, why not just replace them?

http://www.autodynamic.com/search_results.asp?PAGE=1&iLevel=1&txtsearchParamCat=ALL&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtsearchParamType=ALL&txtFromSearch=fromSearch&txtsearchParamTxt=OEM-+Civic

i painted mine cause I had originally painted them black....they looked cool black....but I couldnt see shit all on dark roads....so I painted them silver....and its way better....but no where near OEM.....You should get chrome vinal.....that stuff is reflective.

chrome vinyl seems like a good idea

have you sealed the headlight already?

What if you got a mirror, and CUT IT CAREFULLY to fit in there perfectly, throw in some gorilla glue, damnn! Haha, I wonder how that would work out >.<

http://www.autodynamic.com/transfer/dbimages/large/OEM-317-1105L-AS.jpg

Kind of pricey... but if not projectors, why not just replace them?

http://www.autodynamic.com/search_results.asp?PAGE=1&iLevel=1&txtsearchParamCat=ALL&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtsearchParamType=ALL&txtFromSearch=fromSearch&txtsearchParamTxt=OEM-+Civic
OUch 100 bucks each, I couldnt spend 200 on a pair of headlights, thats 400 tacos at jack in the box!

chrome vinyl seems like a good idea

have you sealed the headlight already?

What's chrome vinyl? Nope, i havent sealed the headlight yet, its held on by the metal thingies.

OUch 100 bucks each, I couldnt spend 200 on a pair of headlights, thats 400 tacos at jack in the box!

Hell yeah! Jack in the Box tacos rule! :bananasmi

What's chrome vinyl? Nope, i havent sealed the headlight yet, its held on by the metal thingies.

you know that stuff they cover the cars with in the fast and furious......thats vinal.....get it in chrome......it is so reflective.

you know that stuff they cover the cars with in the fast and furious......thats vinal.....get it in chrome......it is so reflective.

but don't you think the heat inside the headlights would melt it away? I would this so...

but don't you think the heat inside the headlights would melt it away? I would this so...

:1: that is what i was thinking

aluminum foil :)

just shell out the money for new oem's or get some projectors, they are alot brighter than oem imo and have a wider view area

ide say black ones :) the chrome just isnt my style

just shell out the money for new oem's or get some projectors, they are alot brighter than oem imo and have a wider view area

ide say black ones :) the chrome just isnt my style

Not a futre harley owner, eh?

im pissed that didnt work i wanted to do the same thing .... good luck on what ever you do.....

What was the suggestion

using this stuff: http://www.etchworld.com/item--Looking-Glass--61-2725

it's mirroring spray, to turn glass into a mirror surface. the only bad part we found was this "Now you can create the look of a mirror finish on windows, glass tables, candle holders or any glass piece with easy access to the back or inside surface that doesn’t hold food or live plants"

...so much for the live plants in the headlights :grinno:

hey rene, to add to my brilliant plan: you should try a white primer "base color" as well as the gray. white might reflect better :dunno:

I think it would melt... those bulbs get pretty hot