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

[iLLuCiv99]

Originally posted by LX98Civic

How'd you like the oven trick?

Hey LX98Civic thanks for ur help dude!! I did the oven trick myself on my OE headlights! They came apart sooo easy! :coolguy: I painted em flat black too, lol I have em on right now!! my projectors are sitting on my couch lol...I wanna take pics but no digicam lol

[CraniumDesigns]

the oven actually slightly cracked by headlight lenses, and i only did em on 275 for 7 minutes each. i notified the writer of the article i used to do it. he put a disclaimer up now. it's barely noticable so i'm not tripping.

[NuEra]

LXcivic98, did you use gloss black, or flat black? Or did you put on a gloss clear-coat? I have a black 98, and was thinking of painting them with the same color code as the car.

[dreemkill]

looks dope as hell. im definatly diggin. if only i had a black 6th gen hatch..........hah!

[nemesls_2000]

Man, I wish I would've done that trick when I had my black 97 civic and I was painting my tails. I spent hours w/ that damn hair dryer!

[LX98Civic]

Originally posted by NuEra
LXcivic98, did you use gloss black, or flat black? Or did you put on a gloss clear-coat? I have a black 98, and was thinking of painting them with the same color code as the car.

I used flat black. The can is on the first page if you did not see it. I know there are a lot of pics and maybe you didn't see it. I used flat black because the chrome was already flat black and I just had to paint the parking light....

[LX98Civic]

Originally posted by nemesls_2000
Man, I wish I would've done that trick when I had my black 97 civic and I was painting my tails. I spent hours w/ that damn hair dryer!

I've done the lights twice with a hair dryer and once with the oven. I could of done 6 headlights using the oven trick when using the hair dryer those two times :o

[MrRoLo]

very nicely done

[Civ_Jimbo]

Hey, quick question. Did you have to sand it down at all? Or did you just paint it? How about the housing? Any sanding at all? I was just told I need to sand it down. Nice, planning on doing that once I get my car painted.....****DROOL****

[Whtehnda93DXSdn]

Very very nice job that you did there......It looks sweet IMO. Thanks for sharing the pics and the info on what you did.

Keep up the nice work...:frog: :frog:

[ViGGa2LO]

Hey nice job bro, i am sick of seeing the clear corners too... looks good as hell, and not many ppl have it done..

[LX98Civic]

Originally posted by Civ_Jimbo
Hey, quick question. Did you have to sand it down at all? Or did you just paint it? How about the housing? Any sanding at all? I was just told I need to sand it down. Nice, planning on doing that once I get my car painted.....****DROOL****

No sanding just cleaned and painted. The chrome was already black so I just had to paint the reflective chrome of the parking lights. I may put these on ebay to get some angel eye head lights (when the price comes down). ..and yes, I will be pulling them apart to paint the chrome black :alien:

[NuEra]

Sorry to bring this old post up, but I want to confirm another user of the method. The oven trick is freakin genius! Sooooooo much better than a hair dryer. The difference here is that I used gloss black instead of flat to match my car. I dont know if you used flat black for a reason but I think I know the gloss black's downfall. In certain light conditions the gloss shows up like a rainbow, which is a little anoying, but It's not that bad. It looks really nice matching the paint of the car too. I got them back in the car now and theyre gonna sit overnight. I know theres always been a little condesation in my lights, will this damage the paint? I also noticed that the paint can says not to use in things that exceed 200 F , do the lights get that hot?

[LX98Civic]

Originally posted by NuEra
Sorry to bring this old post up, but I want to confirm another user of the method. The oven trick is freakin genius! Sooooooo much better than a hair dryer. The difference here is that I used gloss black instead of flat to match my car. I dont know if you used flat black for a reason but I think I know the gloss black's downfall. In certain light conditions the gloss shows up like a rainbow, which is a little anoying, but It's not that bad. It looks really nice matching the paint of the car too. I got them back in the car now and theyre gonna sit overnight. I know theres always been a little condesation in my lights, will this damage the paint? I also noticed that the paint can says not to use in things that exceed 200 F , do the lights get that hot?

Mine have yet to melt or anything happen to the paint. But, I only had to paint the chrome of the parking light and I just put Polargs super whites in the corners last week. As for the head lights I am on stock since the Hyper whites are played out here and I just don't need anything happening because of 90 watt bulbs.....

[factorysukz]

i did the same thing a couple weeks ago.. looks good