Mr. O Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hey has anyone blackout their headlights? i know a lot of other types of cars have it done and i was just wondering if anyone has done it. I think it would look great on a pearl white SC. Well if anyone has done it do you think you could share how it was done? If you have any pics that would be great too. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadistic Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I know this probably isn't going to help you much, but i've had friends do it to their Vdubs. Golf III's and IV's.. Just crack open the headlight housing with a heat gun. Use some sort of flat black paint. (I think they just used spray paint) And get some Factory sealer and seal them back up. I moved away shortly after they did this, so I really don't know how well they lasted, but at 5 months they were still looking good. I wish I had some pics to show you, but I don't. The one thing that I know they had trouble with was masking off areas and over spray onto the actual projectors. Obviously you would want to be a bit careful around those areas. Hope that helps you out. EDIT: Or were you talking about headlight covers? If you are, I don't know of any other way than either masking off some sort of design and painting the headlight housings exterior, or buying GTS covers. (Which I'm not sure if they make them or not) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
functionFiRst Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 sounds great! But thing about it is you'd have to black out your high beams as well (middle round lights) It takes a while to do. I did it when i had a civic. It was actually pretty fun. I actually baked the headlight for about 200 degrees for about 10 minutes. It's quicker than a heat gun. Pop the headlights apart. take the housing out primer and paint. Let it dry and reverse the process. I don't know about the high beam lights though. Good luck. Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. O Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 Yea like a black housing headlight. Not the lens. something like this black housing i know its not for an SC but im sure you guys get the idea. just wondering if its possible to make that for an SC. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzz30 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 yea my friend with a 300 did it it looks ok because the cover isnt a clear plastic like say some jdm EK lights or like a s15 silvia. but well it does give you a different look. he used the boiling water trick. just pour it on and let the adhesive soften up and then pull it appart. you can use the oven method as mentioned earlier too. just be careful to seal it up properly when you put it all back together so your head light doesnt get water stuck in it and clowd up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSC4 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 i blacked out my headlights. use RC window tint paint, light will still shine through. i sprayed the outside, but if i were to do it again, i'd take apart the housing, clean it, then spray the inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSC4 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 mr O if you see a black sc with blackouts, you can say hi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoLexus Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Blacksc how is the spray holding up. Do you have any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soarerTT Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 im not sure if you want to know how to blacken out the lens or do the black housing like all those "JDM" headlights, but i got the jdm style look from my headlight by opening it up, and i found that you can just remove the chrome peice and the back is already black i just left the bracket holding in the projector. this looked really nice to me until i diddnt seal it correctly and it got fogged up. the blinkers arnt as bright anymore due to the lack of reflectiveness, but u can spray it if u wanted to. but i prefer the flat black thats there because it wont wear and tear and projectors dont need the reflective stuff really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.