black corners & projectors

[amy@af]

a friend took a pair of clear corners and made them custom black to match his black projectors. i think it looks hella sweet. what do you guys think?

[SiPoweredHB]

shit thats badass looking. exactly how did he do that??

[ci5ic]

Yeah! I need to do the same thing, cuz I got those same projectors. Did he boil them?

[Bleebdat]

Lady can you take some pictures from a distance, I am thinking about grabbing a set of headlights but not sure how they look. Also to open up headlights or corner lights you should use a heat gun, boiling can work sometimes and baking at around 250 can loosen it up too, but heat guns work the best.

[mellowboy]

Yeh they look str8. My friend bought the can from a local shop "Car Boutque" and smoked them. They cost around 5-10 bucks. They do look good with thos projectors though.

[marked001]

I liek

[CWBETB]

DAMN YOU AMI! That is what I was going to do to my headlights, smoke them out to make it look like CTR headlights

[sastanley]

Perfect...fucking perfect... :-)

[civic1991]

Very sweet look. I'm going to black out my corners and head lamps the same way. for the low profile look.

[Sleeper2b]

Thats the pimp shit! Is that from one of those spray cans?

[amy@af]

CZ_R tried to reply t this lastnight but had login issues. so, i told him i would post this up for him in the meantime. here is how he did it:

"Hi All!

I'm glad you like the way the clears turned out :-). I'll try to answer any/all questions you have. First of all, I did try the "boiling" method. That was my first experiment & I tried it on my old set of clears. They were kinda beat up anyway. The boiling didn't work. Ok, well, it worked to get the lenses apart, but it also disformed the entire housing. So I just bought a new set & thought of something else.

My next plan was to cut them apart from the back. THEY ARE NOT SMOKED! (though that was going to be an option if the cutting didn't work ~ which it did). Basically all I did was cut out the back of the housing with a Dremel & cut-off wheel (very carefully!), grind off all the chrome inside with a wire-wheel, spray paint the housing with gloss black (so it would still reflect light) & hot-glue the whole thing back together.

That's it. It takes some time because you have to be careful not to cut too far into the housing. Otherwise you'll start cutting into the actual lense & that would be bad. I just did the same thing to my bumper lense housings last night & they were a LOT easier! They look just as sweet, but the car is in dire need of a bath before I take any pics :-).

The cool thing is that you can paint the inner housing whatever color you want! I chose black to match the headlights, but you could also paint it to match your car, or graphics, or whatever! If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me:
[email protected]

Laterz,
CZ-R"

now, when he gets a chance to login....you guys give him a HUGE welcome!!! some of you might remember him from yahoo board and sometimes on HB. anyways, he's hella cool and a true honda-holic

ami

[ci5ic]

Thanks for the info. As soon as I get my clear corners, I'm gonna do that. Do you have to grind off all the chrome plating, or can you just paint over it?

[mellowboy]

Is it easier just to smoke them? I mean they look the same as my friends.

[crxlvr]

that looks real good, if i had black projectors, i would def do that to my car.

[Bleebdat]

Guys how is the lighting on projectors? I used to have an accord but never bought the aftermarket lights because everyone who had them said the gave out very little light.