Blacking out headlights
I'm doing this project on my own this weekend and need as much info as possible...
What do I need? What kind of paint,etc,etc,etc...
Thx

 

follow the steps for clearing, scuff (with a scuff pad or 220+ grit) down the front chrome (not the inner part where teh bulbs are)piece and paint with flat black

 

get black bar-bq paint, it'll be flat and high heat aswell.

seriously do a search on this.. if you can't find one ,I'll type it out, I'm just too lazy now.

 

I found one, but I still have a quick question,

How do you take the front bumper off?
Where do I start??

 

You do NOT need to take the bumper out.
there is a DIY here:

http://www.acurainspired.com/forums/...?showtopic=572

but before you can see this you need to become a member of www.acurainspired.com it is easy and free!
GOOD LUCK

 

THANK YOU!!!!!

 

how do you take off the headlights without taking the bumper off?

 

Bumper removal. HERE

 

Thank you my Shizzle!!!
I'll post pictures of my transformation this weekend
(First Firepepper Red TL w/Black headlights and Black rimz w/polished lip)

 

wats up victor, u doing the black housing now? haha yo i found out how to do black chrome, im getting the shit in next week to do it, i already got a set of headlights, but there for an altima, im gonna try it on my girl's cars headlights, i think its gonna look bad ass!! I'm gonna see if im gonna do black chrome housing to the TL. ur changing ur rims too?? wat rims u getting?
I just put the Apexi WSII on my car tonite, sounds baddd asss!!
Good luck with ur black housing, if u run into any probs gimme a call. peace

 

ive been contimplating black chrome for awhile but cant find any one reasonable to do the headlights

 

What's up bro!!!
Damn you've been lost from the map man....LOL
I'm gonna be working on this on the weekend so I might be calling you so don't leave me hangin'...
You were the one that inspired me to do the headlights
As of the rims, me a Mike are switching rims for a while to try a new look for both our cars.
Can't wait to hear that exhaust....
Later

 

Yea, I been trying to find some how to do it, i asked body shops and they said dont do it lol it'll be wayy too much, they said just for the paint it'll be like 100 bucks or some shit, and then labor on top of that. But screw it, I found out another way to do it my self, lets hope it works out, it'll be my lil secret loll. I'll post of pics of the altima head lights when I do those.
haha i been a bit busy, wat u guys been up to? We should set up a meet sometime.
yo about the black housing, i dont know if ur in a hurry to do it, but if i do black chrome to mine, ill just sell u the black housings that i got if u want, do the black chrome to urs, which ever. But I don't know when and if i'll be doing the black chrome on the TL because my car's black so I don't know if black housing will look better, so i guess just go for it, i dont want to hold u up on ur project or anything.
Yea gimme a call if u run into any probs in doing it. And for whoever said u dont have to take off ur bumper to take off the headlights, hahaha good luck with that! you have to take it off to get the bolts on the bottom of the headlights.
Mikes rims on ur car would look pretty nicee, but the ur rims on his car i dont know if it'll look all that good, the color of the rims is too light for a silver car. We'll see how ti looks tho.
The exahust sounds sweeett man, sounds like a louder version of the g35.
The WW rear lip is on, Apexi WSII is on,, hmmm i think its time for Assembled to perfection volume 2!! haha, yo we gotta all make a video of all out tls into one video. We'll do it at the next meet. aight man good luck with the project ,, peace

 

heres a post i made with instructions. its for a 1st gen cl, but the idea is the same.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171826

 

during the re-attachig of the headlights, I would suggest getting some heavy duty tywraps, they work perfect and hold the light tight as a mofo..

Once you've re-heated the light wrap it in a towel or two (to prevent scratching and to keep extra heat in) then combin a couple of tywraps together and wrap it around the towel/light an tighten. I used a few tywraps to do mine, it was much easier than squeezin it with your hands.. Plus you can keep tightening the tywraps, as the "glue" dries..

 

well "technically" you don't have to jack up the car to take the tire off, undo the bolts and drive a mile, the tire will come off!!....

To change your headlights you have to take off the bumper, to actually get the light out of space between the bumper and the engine, plus there are two bolts that sit way behind the light facing in twords the engine, I don't see how you are able to see these bolts or even get to them if the bumper is not off, throught the bottom of the car? enjoy the lack of space.

Removing the bumper takes me 3 1/2 mins by my self, in my drive way, no problem. while doing a headlight removal it is really worth taking it off. It'll help clean up the area and make it easier for you to work in, hence lowering the frustration level .

 

 

dam klepto thats a nice ass write up very easy to understand and not confusing at all

 

these are the bolts I was talking about.. and now after swappping headlights yesterday, there is no way you can take out the lights without removing the bumper, you can remove a light bulb with out taking off the bumper, obviously.

The light shares bolts with the horizontal bar that goes across the bumper, the bar has to be removed or seriously loosened to get the lights out, and the bumper actually clips/rests on that horizontal bar. If the bumper was left on, the bar wouldn't be able to move, hence the lights would ahve no room to be removed.

I actually took pics before and after, me and chuck had a little race to get the bumpers off... it took me longer than three min, it took six min!!

 

The neibour was smokin'meat across the street so I had to go over and grab some kabobs.. still I got it done all-by-myself icomfortably under tem min, with kabobs!!!