Interest: How To Paint The Inside Of The Headlight?

[nccelica]

Just seeing if there is enough interest for me to write an install guide on how to paint the inside of the headlights. I would just do it, but I'm lazy and don't feel like taking my bumper off unless there is interest :wiggle:.

http://members.inteliport.net/~easye/1.JPG
http://members.inteliport.net/~easye/nowing1.JPG

[Furies]

that looks pretty sweet........in your opinion.....is this job easy to do for the average person?......cause i wouldn't wanna end up messin it up and having to buy a new headlight.....

[kobe]

i'm interested!!!!

[GTS LAID]

you should definately do it... it looks really cool.. i'm sure lots of people would love to do it since the tinted headlights disappeared

[2kgtx]

Do it that looks sweet

[4PASNU]

Please

[nccelica]

ok ok, ill pry my bumper off in a minute.. and yea its pretty easy, you just gotta be not afraid to pry em apart :)

[theotherredline]

I did the same thing. It looks good. I am kind of mad that someone else is doing it, now my idea isnt original anymore.

[theotherredline]

heres pics of mine

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/2b33c776/bc/Yahoo!+Photo+Album/l1.jpg?bcNV2H9Ax7sKjJc9

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/2b33c776/bc/Yahoo!+Photo+Album/l2.jpg?bcNV2H9A7gLsFPg4

[Mistrimeat]

Wouldnt window tint or transparent smoked vinyl accomplish the same thing only MUCH easier? Granted it probably looks a lot cleaner and factory with the paint, but at least with the tint you could remove it if you got tired of it...just my .02.

BTW - do the how-to, I'm curious how you got the the headlights split apart.

[theotherredline]

If he says put them in an oven, I would advise against that, unless you dont mind the smell of melted adhesive plastic in your kitchen, and wouldnt mind cooking food in the same oven.

I got mine apart with a rotozip...yup I CUT them.

I also wouldnt use a heat gun, unless you have too much free time on your hands, and wouldnt mind getting goo all over yourself.

[nccelica]

ive had mine done for awhile.. but no matter... i should have it done by monday, this weekends my birthday so im kinda busy

[X-EVIL-X]

thanks for doing this.
ive always wanted to do this and its a very good alternative to buying headlight covers.
it also looks a lot better.

[jdm-style]

i would be interested too...thanks

[xNiNjAx]

This is kinda like a rhetorical question, no? lol

[Bo]

The oven is fine if you FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. The oven has to be at the lowest setting for about 5-10 minutes, then you shut it off before putting your headlight in. Let it sit for about five minutes. Then the glue becomes easier to pull apart. Had teh lights apart in about 30 minutes for both. Nothing burns, nothing melts, and nothing smells.

Now, if you're a moron and decide to throw them in the oven for 15 minutes at say 300- 350 degrees, then you deserve to have your headlights melted. If you do it the way I just described, it will work. If someone tells you otherwise, they did it wrong. I can guarantee that.

This trick is the same trick that most of the military uses when using a compound on their boots that makes them appear like pattent leather. The only difference is in that case, after you turn the oven off, you leave the boots in for hours, not minutes.

[X-EVIL-X]

could i try it on my old orange bumper lense things?
i just want to see if i can do it.
do those things pull apart?

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
could i try it on my old orange bumper lense things?
i just want to see if i can do it.
do those things pull apart? Nope. I tried opening up my bumper lenses before I did my headlights, and I accidentally melted them. :o Even though they were melted, I still tried to open them up. The plastic was all soft, but the glue was still solid.

Oh yeah, if you plan on trying it, be sure you have some air freshener around! :eek:

[gt2000quebec]

he he someone with a white celica please do it before me...... i'm wondering how it will look with the inside painted in white....... i think it will be cool ;)

[nate22]

J/K..take your time...but i AM getting reeeeeal anxious to see this "how-to".......



-suspense in south joisey

[jotan82]

that looks sweet

[nccelica]

sorry ive been kinda busy with stuff.. birthday, girlfriend visiting, mom visiting, painting my interior... come monday i should beable to do it :)

[eje_17]

Originally posted by gt2000quebec
he he someone with a white celica please do it before me...... i'm wondering how it will look with the inside painted in white....... i think it will be cool ;)

i'd do it in black if i were you just like his...it'll look sooo agressive!! but it's u'r car, so u'r choice. i did a rough photoshop on u'r car if u'd like to see it...

[nccelica]

actually mine is painted carbon blue on the inside, not black ;)

[eje_17]

egh, what he said ;)

[X-EVIL-X]

how is this comming along.
i want to do this...
is it hard to paint the light once you get them apart, or should i take it to a body shop once they're apart?

[nccelica]

going out to take the pictures now ;)

[Scratchy]

Thanks a lot! can't wait...

[Chumpchiggy]

Originally posted by nccelica
going out to take the pictures now ;)

What happened? :confused:

[misterJDM]

:( what happened to the pics???
and personally...even with a white celica...it would still look AWESOME with the black housing...
don't bother doing it in white

[gt2000quebec]

Originally posted by eje_17


i'd do it in black if i were you just like his...it'll look sooo agressive!! but it's u'r car, so u'r choice. i did a rough photoshop on u'r car if u'd like to see it...
yeah show me!!! :)

[nccelica]

i took the pictures and have the writeup finished but i dont have a way to publish them and my html typing skills are gone, im going to download a web editor now and upload it all to my webpage by lunch today sorry for all the delays guys ive just been really busy lately

also 3 of my pictures wont load up into corel right so i cant resize them, my other computer isnt internet ready yet so i cant transfer to it for adobe, anyone on AIM that could resize these for me?

AIM: carbonbluceli