AC_DADDY

ok on the chrome peice i am painting black

should i take the marker lense out and just paint or mask around the lense? i like the look of Dom's marker light so i am assuming take out the lense. and spray.
also
should i just paint the one side of the entire chrome peice or should i paint both sides of the whole thing?

thanks alot

96TL

Definitely take the lens out for a cleaner job but don't paint the reflector behind it.

AC_DADDY

the reflector behind the marker lense?
or the reflector for the headlight bulb

96TL

Both.

AC_DADDY

now about the whole assembly

should i paint behind it? the other side? or just the one side thats seen? if you paint behind it i am guessing it will make it too dark?

i am scarred

slownlow32tl

how was the whole heating and opening thing, hard ?

96TL

You confused me bro. Can you say that more clearly?

96TL

Pop off the corner lens and put tape behind it. Paint them exactly like this.

AC_DADDY

ok i got this
i was just asking about the opposite side of the chrome peice being painted (not the side that is out)

after i paint the chrome peice should i flip it over and do the other side

96TL

Oh I see what you mean. I didn't do it. Thats up to you. Good luck and take it slow!

AC_DADDY

thanks alot for all the help

i appreciate it

96TL

BTW, if you look at that white TL above and look at mine below you'll see the difference in corner lenses. My corners look so dull. Definitely don't paint under the corner lenses.

AC_DADDY

true

but i like yours

on your color it really looked good

96TL

Yeah but the light output is really terrible. Its up to you bro.

96_2.5TL

I LOVE 96TL's CAR sorry i just had to give u props again.

96TL

96_2.5TL , thanks bro.

AC_DADDY

yeah i think i am gonna do it the right way i guess

my car is pearl white amd i am not sure what would look best, but if the lighting is horrible than i may scratch that


and yes dom's TL was the best TL on the board and pics of his are on my site

i have his rims now so i am trying to catch up with dom's :willneverhappen:

thanks

slownlow32tl

so guys is it pretty simple just to heat the headlight up and remove the plastic front cover? I need to switch the outer cover on my black driver headlight with my old chrome plastic cover cuz my black one got a tiny bit messed up and im anal about my car. So if you could give me any tips on just doing that it would be great. Oh and yea 96TL you ride was the SH*T!! and AC_DADDY if you have white i think you should go like mine (I.E. the pic above) but i do like how 96TLs side signals came out.

96TL

slownlow32tl, I didn't realize that was your car. Nice! Black headlights look really good on white cars too. I didn't know about the over trick back then so I used a heat gun instead. The oven sounds alot easier and much cleaner. When you start popping them open start from the corner parking light side. The inner side (foglight) has tabs that slide into the rear half of the headlight. Its not that hard. Like I said, take it slow. DO NOT RUSH THIS. Also, make sure you remove the foglight lens, don't tape over it. It has 3 philips screws holding it in place. You'll see them. I believe Colt45 wrote a DIY on this in the past.

AC_DADDY, definitely get a Value wing and Inspire tails. Makes the car look 100 times better. Especially when you have a nice set of wheels. Also, HIDs are a must. When you paint your lights you'll lose some light output so HIDs help a lot. Also, black headlights reduce the glare from HIDs a lot. Once I painted mine I didn't get high beamed from other drivers anymore.

96TL

Also, I used flat black paint on mine. Thats up to you. Gloss or flat will look good.

96_2.5TL

Im scared to screw mine up i think i will go by the shop i usually go to and see how much it will run me. I also want to get my tails painted red so i might as well do both.

slownlow32tl

The color of the JDM ones that i have are kind of flat black pearl if that makes any sense, reflective "flecks" are in the paint that reflect when hit by light. Just to give you the JDM info if you interested.