ding069

As the title says, how do you do this? I tried searching, maybe under the wrong keywords though. Help me out...

Blacura

it's real easy man, you just gotta have patience.

take your bumper off
take the lights out
heat up the lights (hairdryer, or oven if you have big balls)
carefully pry them apart
unscrew the chrome part
prime it
paint it
let it dry
apply silicone sealant
reassemble
put your bumper on
stare at your car with black housings

ding069

Seems easy, thanks alot man. Anyone else have input? We don't need to sand them down at all before priming? Let me know..

Blacura

no need to sand, probably get a better finish by not sanding

spoonfedhatch

are there any pics of some clean CL's with the black housing headlights? i may do this soon, and i want to see some nice results

klepto

Come check out my post here I posted some pics there, and there are instructions there

Blacura

click the links for large size
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/fd49e722.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fd49e705.jpg

ding069

Thanks for the pics Blacura, my CL is red, so if i decide to black them out, i will go with like a medium gray color. Grilles look nice too

CLUofI

Any opinions on what this would look like on a red car, i would rather paint them black then red.

ding069

I have a milano red also, i am gonna paint with a dark gray if decide to follow through, not red...

Blacura

i think the second gens (03) have them painted anthracite metallic

Bartman

I've got the Primrose color......not sure how that would look with the blacked-out headlights.....

I like the look of the headlights but they need something

Blacura

i dunno about black housing on the lighter color cars, maybe body color would be hot

SpAzZy

i'm definitly gonna do it, question is, how hard is it to take off your bumper?? i don't wanna mess around if it's gonna be hard as bitch for me to get it off

Blacura

it's easy to get off, just takes some time. if i remember correctly:

1. take out your bumper lights
2. remove bolts you see through the holes where your bumper lights were
3. unclip the wheelwell clips up to wehre the bumper meets the fender
4. it should come off after that i think

someone please correct me if i'm wrong.

ding069

2 screws behind each bumper light,
1 screw each side upper corner of bumper in the wheel wells,
2 clips underneath the bumper, located in the middle and
finally the 2 clips/screws that attach the fenderliner type thing where the CAI filter and washer fluid tank sit.
Then just push and pull bumper down, and your in there like swimwear.

CLpower

i remember when I first got my car we were gonna paint the headlights black but couldn't get the bumper off for the life of us. So we eventually gave up. Now going past 4 years of owning the car I still haven't done the headlights

ding069

It would def make your dark machine look even darker. I think that it would look very clean and JDM on your car with your current setup.

Blacura

definitely looks JDM, i LOVE it, best mod i've evar done (and cheapest )

CLpower

yea, i know, i've been thinking about it for a few years now. Just been to lazy to do it


maybe soon enough, but then again, for the last year i've been saying i'm gonna sell the car