My NEW Black housing headlights (98 Civic) Lots of PICS! - Page 2

iLLuCiv99 · 05-03-2002, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by LX98Civic
DONE

What do you guys think? I'm diggin' this $hit

Looks bad ass dude!

Thumbs up!! I'm thinking of painting my stock headlight housing for shits and giggles, whats the best paint to use? Should I get flat black, or try a color that looks like 'smoke', CTR style

LX98Civic · 05-03-2002, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by iLLuCiv99

Looks bad ass dude! Thumbs up!! I'm thinking of painting my stock headlight housing for shits and giggles, whats the best paint to use? Should I get flat black, or try a color that looks like 'smoke', CTR style

Thanks for the props! I just went with flat black since the housings were black. I imagine smoked would also look nice. You probably could achieve the smoked look with just not as many coats as I used

liquid8 · 05-03-2002, 01:12 PM

very nice very nice! won't the headlight burn or something in the oven???

DownTheHatch · 05-03-2002, 05:49 PM

They look more like 99-00 headlights now.

elitethug · 05-09-2002, 01:27 AM

im planning to do the same to my OEM headlight, but i was wondering if baking the headlight is a good idea to pry it open? wouldnt the headlight housing melt or something?

sparq · 05-09-2002, 02:00 AM

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Originally posted by elitethug
im planning to do the same to my OEM headlight, but i was wondering if baking the headlight is a good idea to pry it open? wouldnt the headlight housing melt or something?

Youre not leaving it in the oven for an hour... the other way is very long and painstaking... get a heat gun and start at one end - heat it up, stick in a screwdriver... and continue on down the line till you got like 20 screwdrivers in it and it comes out. Just use the damn oven! :finger:

elitethug · 05-09-2002, 02:16 AM

after i have finish painting them, how do i put it back together? do i juss put it back in the oven to reheat the glue in? or do i use a glue gun to re glue it in?

iLLuCiv99 · 05-09-2002, 03:03 AM

When I took my projectors apart, I tried to get as much of the glue that was already on there OFF. it makes it alot easier! I used waterproof silicone sealant. Shit worked good as hell!! havent had a leak yet! And I did this about a month ago!

sparq · 05-09-2002, 03:16 AM

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Originally posted by iLLuCiv99
When I took my projectors apart, I tried to get as much of the glue that was already on there OFF. it makes it alot easier! I used waterproof silicone sealant. Shit worked good as hell!! havent had a leak yet! And I did this about a month ago!

Yeah, you can reheat it but ive seen alot of people that just reheated it and put it on -- that they leaked cause they didnt get a complete seal. I would use a waterproof silicone -- and something that might take some heat abuse, like outdoorsy type crap... cause it can get a lil hot up in there

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nw h-town · 05-09-2002, 08:18 AM

Damn that looks SWEET! I wonder what that would look like on mine... Silver body paint with black accents on the headlights... where's my copy of Photoshop???

dome · 05-09-2002, 09:30 AM

Looks good man.

Gojoe13 · 05-09-2002, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by LX98Civic
DONE

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Before:

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Parking light during the day: --> Still visible

and at night......

What do you guys think? I'm diggin' this $hit

HOLY SH%T!!! That's awsume! Can you do that for me? How much?

LX98Civic · 05-09-2002, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by Gojoe13

HOLY SH%T!!! That's awsume! Can you do that for me? How much?

I don't know..... you are in Canada and I'm in Ga, lol

CraniumDesigns · 05-24-2002, 02:42 AM

i don't like it. i think the blinkers define the edge of the car more, IMO. good painting, but not my style. I just cleared out my reflectors today on my 96 civic after sticking em in the oven and replaced all 4 bulbs with hyper white bulbs. f*$&ing sweet.

LX98Civic · 05-24-2002, 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by CraniumDesigns
i don't like it. i think the blinkers define the edge of the car more, IMO. good painting, but not my style. I just cleared out my reflectors today on my 96 civic after sticking em in the oven and replaced all 4 bulbs with hyper white bulbs. f*$&ing sweet.

To each his own....

I just was tired of being like every other civic with clear head lights

How'd you like the oven trick?

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