big mike 13

i know you've seen plenty of other peoples blacked out headlights on here, but i thought i would share mines.


after packs and packs of cigarettes, inhaling hours of paint fumes and blowing black out of my nose, freezing my ass off in single digit degrees, one mod off the check list!
the paint didnt come out right, had to paint over again, breaking the headlight aprt with a heat gun was a Pain in the ass... took me quite a while to do this, im pretty satisfied with the job, though i have 2 small gaps on the side of each headlight, can anyone help me out with that?
btw i used the BBQ paint everyone suggested, and i also clearcoated it, because it looked pretty dull before.

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can anyone help me out here?

i bought hyperwhites for my blinker and i guess the black housing makes it look greenish, and it looks like i have 4 diff colored lights on my front end, any suggestions?




also here is my gap...




all i need now is my CAI, rims and exhaust!
well, sorry for the massive amount of pics, trigger happy.

samkws

did you seal it properly? any moisture?

and how long you took to do that?

it looks dead sexy

big mike 13

i hope i sealed it properly.. lol <crosses fingers> though it did rain all night and i dont see any moisture inside, which should be a sign of relief..
as far as the time goes.... it actually took me two nights, first night i blacked out an extra headlight i bought, and yesterday, took me most of the day though i went out during the drying process.. though other people here have done it much quicker, maybe im just slow.

XxXboboXxX

iTrader: (2)

i have the chrome coated bulb in the turn signals, but have the wires modded so they dont come on unless signaling to turn and in the parkling lights i actually thhrew in some leds that match the hids.....im happy with the way it looks

Bareback

man that looks good!

big mike 13

bobo, do you have blakce out heads as well?? how do you go about doing the wires and what kind of LED's do you have for the parking lights? thanks! and thanks eveyrone for the compliments.

mr.motoring

Since you have a black car, paint the chrome grille black too, but leave the emblem as is. Now that would look nice!

55M2G7L

beautiful job

big mike 13

yea i wanted to do that, like the a-spec.. but im not sure how to take the top part off thats connected to the hood.
also, im assuming i cant use the paint ive been using for my headlights as they do not match my paint very well and chips easy, is there anywhere i can buy factory paint for a DIY? thanks

mr.motoring

You can buy OEM matching paint in a spray can. Autozone or Pep Boys might have them. Just get your paint code and check em out.

I plan on doing this mod too whenever I get my TL-S Aegean Blue. She's out there somewhere.

I photoshopped your car. Isn't she beautiful?

muffaburn

Poping mine in tonight. Will post completed photos tonight. I think I will be the first anth. TL to have cleared blacked out headlights.
XxBoBoXx I want to know the info as well regarding your setup and bulb specs. I need to goto pep boys to get the APC chrome/amber bulb. I really just want a clear bulb that lights up amber.

aaronnn

that's freakin beautiful.. i wonder how it would look on my white TL if i blacked out the headlamps

big mike 13

^^ theres a white TL o nthis board with blacked out headlights, do a search and it shoul come up.

AcuraTl203

The white type s with the black headlights is somewhere in the photos section, gives it a real nice JDM look.

eyesnake02

it doesnt take a day to know if urs are fogging, also if u see it fogging u better take them off and seal them again because if its on the car long enough u will regret it later.

eyesnake02

the bulb on the bottom of the turn signal. I think its 168 wedge bulb. I got mine in super white.

big mike 13

what do you mean?? so if its raining right now, should water leak in immediately if it is not sealed right? could i check tomororw after it stops raining? after i sealed them i took a squirt bottle and sprayed each seal, and no leakage... am i good for now?

fsttyms1

look for foging inside the headlight. if you see any stop using them and pull them off and reseal them

dark inspire

props man! looks wikid! big ups

muffaburn

Just came from pepboys they didn't have the apc chrome bulbs so i got the sylvania's

dark inspire

how much were they? mine were like 20 buckz!

muffaburn

they were 17 bux I also got some clear bulbs that go behind where the reflector was

big mike 13

how much were the bulbs where the reflector go Muffa? i dont know what to do since my turn signal bulb is a Eurolite Hyperwhite, but it doesnt look white at all because of the black housing, any suggestions?

Shiffy

The test I used was turning the shower really hot and letting the room steam up, then I put the headlights under the water and in the steam for a couple minutes. They passed the test perfectly......that was a couple weeks ago. Now one of the headlights is fogged up. Im taking it out tomorrow. Good luck.

muffaburn

They were like 3 or 4 bux, after I got them I thought to myself that they might be the exact same bulb that is in there already.

moahdriven

if the gap ur referring to is between the headlight and the body of the car, i have that same gap on my drivers side. Me and darkfox both cleared our lights, and we both have the same gap between the light and the body of the car on the drivers side.

Blazin_TL

iTrader: (1)

yeah i have a gap on my drivers side too.. its so annoying bc no matter how tight i tighten it it still stays the same

big mike 13

if you try moving that metal piece that you stick the two pieces into, play around with it and the gap will get a lil tighter, me and my cousin tried and the gap was smalelr than beforehand... but i still have a gap on each side. =(

MattT516

Hey Mike, your headlights look great! Good job!

If your lights didn't fog up from the rain overnight it shouldn't be an immediate worry. When you black out your headlights you should always leave 24 hours of dryness so the paint could dry because it's not like just clearing the headlight but you should be okay if you didn't get condensation from that night of rain.

By the way:
Reflector (parking) bulbs are 194
Blinker bulbs are 1157

big mike 13

** the bottom part of my headlights have fogged up last night around like 12am..
i guess i didnt seal them right afterall.. can i just apply silicone around teh seals? or do i have to take them apart to let teh air out?

btw. thanks matt