Any-noncheezy-way to lightly tint headlights aftermarket?

I really like the look of the headlights on 2002 Lexus's & Infiniti's (Blue tinted)... I also really like the smoked headlight look of cars like the I30 and the new Integra-R.

Somethin like this:

 

Yea it looks pretty nice....I would consider it

 

thats just the bulb color isn't it?
its the reflection of the bulb with the housing that gives it a tinted look, no?

For example, if you were to put in
a Solaris 9005 high beam to replace stock bulb...then you would have a blue glow to your "eyes" cuz the solaris bulbs are blue.

i'm really tempted to get those now.
Dang it.

[ 07-18-2001: Message edited by: KavexTrax ]

 

I bought those (blue tinted high beams.. maybe not Solaris) the day I got my sways in. I'm installing now!

Will post pics.

Hopefully I can get this done in less than 11 hours! MUHAHAHAHAH.
{That was my one and only shot at amir }

 

HAHAHA....TOO FUNNY!!!

 

Links to lights and my new grill are here.

 

well i have the blue high beams and they are phatty bombatty. i lovve them adnd love every second when i see the look on the person in front of me as i blast them with the brightest lites they have ever seen.
wg

 

The lights look really awesome...so I guess any cheesy blue 9005 bulb would do the trick!

 

Yeah.. pretty much. You can get them at your local Auto parts store. If you have a Kragen or Pep Boys, they should carry the super white 9005 bulbs.

 

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Those bulbs look great in there.

 

Dang, that is phat! I'm going to have to get that done today.


dee

 

I think what would look really phat too is if we cleared the lights and put the blue bulbs in there! (ya know in the corners)

 

no no no no no...

your not following at all.

I'm not talking about the color of the light or the bulb.

I'm talking about the actual color of the plastic lens (housing).

If you look beyond the xenon in that pic youll notice how dark tinted the headlights are... lemme find better pic.

Or just go look in your office parking lot at a late model Lexi/Infiniti and you will see what I mean. (Infinitis only get tinted lights with sport packages... Lexi only has them for '02)

 

Now you need to do the lower part of the grill, I think that would look really good. I think x3.2clx have the blue bulbs in his cleared out headlights. When you get the new high beams don't u lose ur H.I.D. lighting then?

 

I'm waiting for install instructions for the lower part of the grill. Once I get those, I'm gonna try it.

The HID's are only your low beams. The highbeams are halogens (and suck like the original road lamp lights). These are a closer match to the HID's (like the polarg M6's for the road lamps.)

 

Soopa. Yeah, I see what you mean, but they don't look like the whole housing is blue. It looks like just the bulb is blue. I think if we had the elongated housing like that it would look similar, unless my contacts are just all messed up. School me if I'm wrong though.

dee

 

You are right if I understand what you are saying correctly. The reflection of the bulb at certain angles make it look like the housing is blue. In this pic, the blue bulb is there, but from the angle, the housing still looks clear.
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[ 07-19-2001: Message edited by: SidVicious ]

 

Sid,

Can tell me how to make a grille like that? If not, can u make me one or get who ever did it to make me one, I'll pay or it, it looks sweet
thanks

email me bloorebel@hotmail.com bloorebel@hotmail.com

 

no no no again.

I dont mean the blue xenon in that picture...

I mean how the headlight lens is tinted dark... heres a better pic... see how much darker these "smoked" headlight lenses are compared to the normal RSX? Looks less civic... less k-mart chrome loookin.

 

I wish I had pics of the blue tinted headlights but their just impossible to photograph.

Go to lexus dealer.

 

Heres the smoked treatment on the I30:

 

Guess you'd have to buy new tinted casings. The smoked casings would look good on black, I like my chrome on silver though.

 

go here:

http://silverknight.clickhere2.net/

 

Sid: What kinda lights did you use? I just changed mine and they aren't nearly as blue as yours. I went on all the sites (PIAA, Sylvania..etc.) and all the bulbs look similar in "blueness", but they are really light when I installed them (ok, the 9005's from Walmart) in my car. What brand did you use to get that effect?

dee

 

smoked, not smoked. looks the same to me.