Headlight paint it flat black or Gunmetal

[filet]

Well i started to notice my head light is fogging up due to moisture or some thing, so i'm going to open them up and clean it. So i might as well just paint the inside but i just don't know if i should paint it Gun metal or flat black for a silver car. Or should i just leave it the way it is.

Does anyone have any links of pictures of silver car with gunmetal or flat black head lights. or just what you think the best color to paint it to. lol thanks. :wiggle:

[TRDoug]

No pics, but I think gun metal would look pretty sweet!

[Lex_2k]

Well i started to notice my head light is fogging up due to moisture or some thing, so i'm going to open them up and clean it. So i might as well just paint the inside but i just don't know if i should paint it Gun metal or flat black for a silver car. Or should i just leave it the way it is.

Does anyone have any links of pictures of silver car with gunmetal or flat black head lights. or just what you think the best color to paint it to. lol thanks. :wiggle:

You're like an alter ego of me lol I know you paint the underside of them to get the ribbed look and don't prime them. I need to do mine but will have to wait till next weekend to get a wallpaper stripper gun heat thingy to open them up because we've got tiny ovens in uk. If you can wait till this weekend i'll let you know how it goes, but i'm gonna use some silver wheel/wheeltrim paint on it and hope for the best. If it goes wrong i'll do the topside in black :D but yeah any pics of anyone with a silver celi and painted headlights would be appreciated x2

[hombredelassrta]

the oem HID housing is "titanium" but prettymuch gunmetal

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/hombredelassrtas/DanCarPics217.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/hombredelassrtas/08%20FMF%20Daytona/3-15-08FMF6.jpg

[Lex_2k]

So does that mean gunmetal is pointless? Btw Hombre, nice pic.. Way to show off your wheels right infront of the headlight lol

[filet]

You're like an alter ego of me lol I know you paint the underside of them to get the ribbed look and don't prime them. I need to do mine but will have to wait till next weekend to get a wallpaper stripper gun heat thingy to open them up because we've got tiny ovens in uk. If you can wait till this weekend i'll let you know how it goes, but i'm gonna use some silver wheel/wheeltrim paint on it and hope for the best. If it goes wrong i'll do the topside in black :D but yeah any pics of anyone with a silver celi and painted headlights would be appreciated x2



Lex_2k= Give me an update how it goes, yah i think the rib look would be good,do you paint the back of the head light instead of the front? and you don't need to prime it? LOL i should do more research on it before i do more. LOl gonna use the search button now LOL.

hombredelassrta= thanks for the pic, looks good, i think i'm going to for the the gunmetal color.

[hombredelassrta]

Way to show off your wheels right infront of the headlight lol
lol i really tried to find a better pic but no luck

[Lex_2k]

Lex_2k= Give me an update how it goes, yah i think the rib look would be good,do you paint the back of the head light instead of the front? and you don't need to prime it? LOL i should do more research on it before i do more. LOl gonna use the search button now LOL.

I'll keep you posted on it lol I spoke to robare99 and he gave me this http://celicagarage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1185 helped a lot. Yeah paint the underside for the ribbed look, or the top for the flat look. I'm going for the ribbed look so won't prime it.. If i'm painting the underside the primer will show through instead of the paint lol I've been researching this for the past month and still think theres more i need to learn lol

hombredelassrta= thanks for the pic, looks good, i think i'm going to for the the gunmetal color.

lol i really tried to find a better pic but no luck

lol ok ok i'll let you off because you've got sexy wheels and hot brakes lol

[03GTSTRD]

Here are a couple of pics of my gunmetal headlights. They are the OEM HID housings like Hombre.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/03GTSTRD/carbonlake228.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/03GTSTRD/carbonlake221.jpg

[Soo__Fuego]

id do semi flat/semi gloss, name changes depending on the brand, and paint the underside of it not the top

[filet]

if you do it underside of it, do you need to prime it first?

[Soo__Fuego]

no because u would only see the primer, sand it real good and use something like Trim Paint, it has a lil better adhesives so no need for primer

[Lex_2k]

sweet, thats what I had in mind anyway, worth a clearcoat afterwords or is that just pointless?

[Soo__Fuego]

pointless, u wont see it or need it for that matter

[trdcelica008]

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/thebroberts/DSCN2070-1.jpg

duplicolor metalcast black best $12 spent

[ekindbest]

nice

[Lex_2k]

TRDCelica008 I keep seeing that pic in so many threads lol its what made me want to do it.. That and the condensation.

[fastcelicagt22]

I would rather see you go satin black then flat black

[trdcelica008]

TRDCelica008 I keep seeing that pic in so many threads lol its what made me want to do it.. That and the condensation.


Haha thanks man, im actually the complete opposite of a DIY kind of person, and this really wasnt difficult at all i would recommend it to anyone who has the patients to spend atleast 4-5 working on thiss to make it look really good.

[theguy216]

That headlight is gorgeous I gotta do this sometime this summer. I dunno why people always go on about some of the black housing headlights these painted stock ones seem so much nicer to me. I dunno that just my opinion though

[ToyoTech]

what do u all mean its the oem hid housing ? whats the difference in te look?

[filet]

just found a really good DIY for the painting of headlight. lol

http://celicagarage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1185&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=801bf8855e17dfcff07df0fbba539509

[Soo__Fuego]

what do u all mean its the oem hid housing ? whats the difference in te look?

the oem hid headlight is the hotest headlight for our cars, besides the sports m headlight

[Lex_2k]

I would rather see you go satin black then flat black

Satin black over flat black blatantly. Shinier the better. After all they are lights right?

Haha thanks man, im actually the complete opposite of a DIY kind of person, and this really wasnt difficult at all i would recommend it to anyone who has the patients to spend atleast 4-5 working on thiss to make it look really good.

^ I was too lol then I came here and saw all the stickys and everyones "man its so easy" comments and pics lol

Lex_2k= Give me an update how it goes, yah i think the rib look would be good,do you paint the back of the head light instead of the front? and you don't need to prime it? LOL i should do more research on it before i do more. LOl gonna use the search button now LOL.

hombredelassrta= thanks for the pic, looks good, i think i'm going to for the the gunmetal color.

Ok its gonna take a little longer, waiting on some money so I can get some angel eyes from yello2k3 and put those in while my headlights are out ;) so gonna take a bit longer, have you done it yet filet or still waiting for me to fvck it up? lol

[filet]

lol,i haven't done it yet, i'm still workin on painting my trd front lip and kaminari sides. When i finish installing my body kit, then im gonna work on the head lights.

and for sure u wont screw up. But i think i am going paint the underside for the rib look and the also paint the mirror part. loll.

[filet]

just finished body kit, and took me 7 hours to black out my head light,

hmm i found this on the internet, if your head light is fogged up,

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20994

gonna do that next.

[Lex_2k]

Show me the headlights, I'm still waiting to be paid before I can get the angel eyes and start pulling the headlights apart... Patience is not the virtue....

[filet]

Lex_2k: i'll post pics tonight lol, you sure you want to put angel eyes on? it does look nice, but when it stops working its such a hussle to open it up again and replacing it.

[SilverGTS2k]

i think black housing looks best on most colored cars just because of the contrast. just my .02

[ToyoTech]

im saying i cant see the difference in the oem hid housing and the stock can u point it out?

[aquazi]

I have done mine Rover gun metal grey and fitted some halo's to them:
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x319/aquazi/Car%20Mods/IMG_0546.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x319/aquazi/Car%20Mods/IMG_0750.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x319/aquazi/Car%20Mods/IMG_0751.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x319/aquazi/Car%20Mods/IMG_0757.jpg

[niquick]

I have a black car and I'm going for a black/silver theme, it may not help in your decision to do gunmetal but you can see the "ribbed" look. I painted the underside with duplicolor vinyl/plastic paint, which if I can do right I will do my interior with to match....but here's the result, the hood is dirty so don't mind the crappy paint.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/Niquick/000_0039.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/Niquick/000_0044.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/Niquick/000_0045.jpg

when I fix my car I'll take pictures in the daylight so you can see it better, some people think it just looks stock, since stock inner pieces are clear but...here's a random too when I put my angel eyes back in.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/Niquick/Picture039.jpg

[filet]

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2531/img0491ew2.th.jpg (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0491ew2.jpg)

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3371/img0486sy1.th.jpg (http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0486sy1.jpg)

heres my blackout headlight, =), lol

[filet]

niquick: the blue angel eyes, looks nice LOl.