How To: Make your own 2-Piece Black housing Headlights

[importsnrice]

As many of you know, I'm 16 - Which means I'm broke. I've always liked the JDM black housing lights and always wanted them but didn't have that much cash to spend on them.

I saw this thread (http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1743535) a while back and thought it was pretty cool how the guy took 100 dollar lights and made them look like 200 dollar lights. I was thinking about it for a little bit and I thought since I was broke, why not take these USDM lights (free), get some black krylon paint (about 5 bucks), and make my own 2 piece black housing lights for 5 bucks and some free time.

First, take your headlights off the car.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0028.jpg

Once the headlight is off the car, start taking out the bulbs and the rear housing and stuff that you wouldn't want going in an oven. You should end up wit this.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0029.jpg
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Then, preheat your oven to 300 degrees and place the headlights on a oven,safe tray covered with foil.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0031.jpg

Keep them in there until glue starts melting. Start slowly prying on the glass until you can eventually stick your hand in there and pull it off.
BE CAREFUL WHEN PRYING ON THE GLASS! THE GLASS CHIPS EASILY.
You should end up with this.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0032.jpg

Now take the bulb cover off - There is one screw holding it in.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0033.jpg

Now start the prep work. Tape up everything you don't want to get painted just like this.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0034.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0035.jpg

I looked at this pic to see what parts I should keep chrome. http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/v003/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/4846585/img003/img.jpg

Sorry for the bad pic quality ( taken from my phone)

I'm going to start spraying tomorrow and I'll take some more pics.


Propz to Clint (NirVtec) for giving me a headlight to try this on.

Well I spent all day trying to find krylon flat black for plastic and got irritated when I couldn't find it so I just bought Dupli-color Universal Flat black.

Started spraying and here's where I am right now
This would also be a good time to tint your glass if you wanted to

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0001.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0002.jpg

Paint I used


After this, I took out the tape

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0001-1.jpg

Then, clean the glass inside and out.
Place the glass on top of the housing and squeeze down a bit.
Now take your cookie tray and preheat over again to 300 degrees.
Keep it in for about 3 minutes and then take it out
Then take an oven mit and start squeezing down on the glass so it goes in place
You might have to do this a couple of times before it is in all the way

You should end up with this

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0004-2.jpg

Start putting housing back together and WA-LA. Here's the finished product

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0011-2.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0012.jpg

This cost me only 5 dollars for the paint and my free time and I did this all with 2 screwdrivers and an oven (not including taking the headlight off the car :P) You might also want to get some sealant and go around the headlight to make sure they seal right.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/untitled4.jpg
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[importsnrice]

Pic's of them on the car. I also did the corners

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0001-2.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0002-1.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/importsnrice/Photo-0003.jpg

[yogi_pahl]

rep for the good wright up

[importsnrice]

Thanks! Sorry, when I took those pics, bumper wasn't fully on and I didn't align the headlights

[mizlude]

im going to do this and sell them as edm headlights on ebay lolz

[yogi_pahl]

that and i think todd ebay intake with an AME sticker on it could make and killing.

[2.2Lude]

that and i think todd ebay intake with an AME sticker on it could make and killing.

hey! that was my Ebay intake with a AEM stick on it and my headlights are also painted black

i have that same killer set-up your talking about lol

[importsnrice]

Got any good pic's of yours?

[thomas97]

yo atif,
i think you should do somethin about the corners dude, i love the headlights and stuff but im nto feelin those corners, maybe same treatments to the corners?

never the less
CRUISING IN LESS THAN 3 DYAS!!!

[2.2Lude]

Got any good pic's of yours?

just check out my members rides page

[importsnrice]

Way ahead of you lol. I'm actually trying to find some stock corners right now

[kizzzzle]

could you post up some pics of them on at night? Are they still as bright and reflective?

[PepsiOne]

good write up...looks way better

[importsnrice]

Yep, they still reflect the same because I left that chrome in there to reflect off of (just like the JDM's) I'll take some pics tomorrow

[2.2Lude]

Way ahead of you lol. I'm actually trying to find some stock corners right now

I think mike still has some corners

im getting one from E, and i need to find the other one

[importsnrice]

I got the stock corners on the car :)

I'll take some pics tomorrow. I also too the corners apart and added a black lining on the edges to replicate the EDM ones..

[sp1kez]

How do you take the headlights off the car in first place?