Making my own black housing headlights - Page 4 - SRT Forums

Eclipseguy12 · 10-09-2006, 08:12 PM

i have done this on my civic..you basically just need to paint the inside..i used my oven to break the seal of glue around the headlights then when done i pushed together and heated them again to be able to put back together..

nightmare_rebuilt · 10-09-2006, 08:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jinkly04

here you go guys hope this helps us people who have been able to do it against the naysayers

**haknslash** · 10-09-2006, 09:56 PM

Hmmm, strange you got them open. Consider yourself a lucky man!

I haven't had luck yet. I know some of the newer Valeo headlamps in other cars are now being able to be opened so I wonder if maybe you got a set of headlighhts with a different seal than most of us?....

If this holds true for the alot of neon headlights from here on out than this will dramatically save people on doing retros by $200 easy!

rob1987 · 10-09-2006, 10:55 PM

so its possible....sweet...im trying it tomorrow
and if they melt than i guess im out 200 bux

rob1987 · 10-09-2006, 10:56 PM

btw, ppl with other color srt4s would look sick color matched, havent seen that yet, well with projectors.

jinkly04 · 10-10-2006, 08:16 AM

well these were the headlights off of my 03 so not a later set just need patience and a steady hand take your time and you can do it

nightmare_rebuilt · 10-10-2006, 09:43 AM

what do you use to put them back together and keep them sealed?

rob1987 · 10-10-2006, 10:13 AM

I believe you just keep reheating them to seal them back up. Am i correct?

USAFFirefighter · 10-10-2006, 04:43 PM

that is all that i did throw them back in fir a little and then close them up cause when i did it the plastic on the back deformed

jinkly04 · 10-10-2006, 06:53 PM

yep re heated them a bit and also ran a small bead of silicone just to be sure they are leak free

EvilSkittle · 10-10-2006, 06:58 PM

^^That's what I would suggest doing. You might even want to take it a step farther and take out as much silicone glue as you can while it's still warm. Then when you are finished you use brand new silicone. This is what I did on my previous car. If going with the black paint, I would suggest the black silicone. It looks like the guy with the yellow car used clear.

jinkly04 · 10-10-2006, 07:48 PM

yep its all i had layin around but i can always re do it

endlessheart666 · 10-11-2006, 02:02 PM

I really want to do this(because I did it to my gst's headlights) I'm jus worried about fucking mine up and being without headlights for a while and a couple hundred $$$.

team21011 · 10-12-2006, 07:59 PM

do u have to clear coat them or did u just use flat black,do u need hi heat spray paint cause im bout to go to wal mart and get some cause theres nothing else to do so i hope i dont mess up my headlights......

team21011 · 10-12-2006, 08:02 PM

what degree do i put them in the oven for?....