slobeatz

Here are some pics of the headlights. It's not completely finished yet because I am waiting for spray tint to arrive. Also, I'm trying to find some design that keeps a little of the amber reflector in tact. I want to have some amber showing so I don't get questioned during inspections. If you have any ideas feel free to share. I have some tape on them now to show what I am thinking of doing so far. Thanks for the help guys!














The last pic is just to show what it looks like so far..I'll post more when I finish.

iamhomin

Take pics of it when it's put in your car.

RMATIC09

, nice!

NeoChaser

why not a couple layers of clear coat?

Andynolife

nice job .. ~~

dzuy

sweet! a alternative to jdm

BlackTSX

id love to see those on your car. Personally, i think the black insides would be awesome.

jmathew34

those look very nice, please post pics when you get them on the car, eager to see how this project turns out.

Tsex on 19s

Those look sweet! i might just need to get some from ya.. either that or start a project of my own.. with some time i dont have

kaikai114

this is exactly what i've been thinking about.... have always wondered how it'd look with black background.... definitely post us the pics when you've got them back on ur ride, very nice *thumbsup*

yuhoo22

Looks great! Please post some pics when you get this done. I wanted to do this also, along with the angel eyes mod.

I think Nocturnal did this mod a ways back before he ditched us for the EVO. j/k

slobeatz

the tint should ship today, so I'll have it by thursday. Pics should be up friday.

Perth_Euro

silly question, but the lights must be a little duller now that you have painted the reflector part?

Is that the case?

I10O0I1

iTrader: (1)

nice mod... blacked out housing.. ive seen one where the housing match the color of the car and it looks pretty sweet but i think the black would look great with out car... post pics of it installed on your car..

slobeatz

the side-marker won't put out as much light, but they are only on when the headlights are on which means it will probably be dark enough for you to still see them. Also, the part that is taped on the amber reflector will still be amber so the light will still shine through that like it did before. The rest of the headlight will still put out the same amount of light.

slobeatz

Just a little update. Got the spray tint today and finished resealing the housing. Because I had so much time, I decided to pull most of the original caulk out of the housing and replaced it with new caulk when I resealed. So now I have 24 hours for a full cure. I decided to pull the original caulk out because the last time I did this with my civic's headlights, the original caulk kept the housing from sealing properly, so I had to re-do the project. Anyway.....here are some updated pics. Tomorrow they'll be on the car.







Looks like the tint still allows the reflector to shine through pretty well so I shouldn't have any problems with state inspections.

tsxhondatuner

looks good

kaikai114

i think that's how the JDM RSX Type S head lights look like... with black background or housing whichever you call it. It looks hot on the JDM RSX, i'm sure it'll look real sweet on the TSX

by the way... nice toes you got there

RMATIC09

Looks nice

I10O0I1

iTrader: (1)

haha cant wait to see it on the car woohoo.. nice.. o yea nice toes haha

slobeatz

Haha...thanks! I tried to get the toes out of the way, but I guess I failed miserably.


The headlights are on the car. I had to use a flashlight to get them on, then turned the car on and used the headlights to illuminate my garage to finish putting the bumper back on. I'd post pics, but I'm embarrased to put any up until I wash my car...and it's raining right now

tsxondubs

Im not trying to be a buthole but i hope u did not use caulk !,caulk is waterbased and will cause your headlights to fog up,I know from expierence with doing headlights u must use a clear kitchen bathroom silicone.If thats what u used sorry for this post but yeah the best seal u can get is put them back in the oven warm the glue back up,And put a lil clear silicon in the with the black glue while its warm and press the 2 pieces together hard as u can.The clear silicone just seals up the lil spots the black glue dont make it to .Also, the reason for clear silicon is that if u get it anywhere its not suppose to be its not a royal pain to remove .When the silicon drys it just rubs right off ur healight parts u can reach on the outside..again sorry if someone already posted this , david

gingerbread

they should make clear diffusers for the turn signal, i think it would look siiiiiiiick. has anyone taken the turn signal diffuser out?

slobeatz

I used black silicone used for sealing windows and door frames on houses. Hopefully that stuff will work.

tsxondubs

if you still got the left over tubes check it to see if irs waterbased..It should not be since they use it on windows and other things look very good btw.. i think im going to color match mine when i get my car!.keep it up , david

slobeatz

Here ya go! Washed the car and no fogging, so it looks like there's no break in the seal!

Andynolife

awesome ... ~

supraken

iTrader: (1)

NIce!

Did you have to sand the chrome/mirror finish off first and then paint? You mentioned you did it on your civic before, did that start to fade after a few years?

Where in upstate NY are you from, btw?

JTso

iTrader: (2)

Good job on the mod! I like it!

mg7726

that looks nice dude

tsxhondatuner

you don't have to sand the finish off

Tsex on 19s

nice mod... now start making some money off of it

slobeatz

No sanding required....just cleaned and used high temp black spray-paint. I had no fading on my civic and I had it on there about 2 years before I traded my car in.

I'm in Albany.....you?

slobeatz

Thanks for the positive remarks guys!

RMATIC09

awesome dude

I10O0I1

iTrader: (1)

nice job

BlackTSX

That looks hot i like the all black lights on the black car.

AZTSX

you should post pics of your original vs the blackouts that would be very nice to compare!

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Tsex on 19s

Wow, i like the new much more... i wanna do that to mines