hey guys i need someone to help me do black housing on an 03 tls but i dont want it cleared...

also i want the amber fogs in the front...where can i get the film i need to turn them amber????

let me know

 

PM: Mr .. He will do the black-housing for you. He will be doing my headlights *soon* hehe, sorry about the wait . As for the fogs, try doing a search. I would suggest a window tinting place

 

how much does he charge...also does he do a good job..?

 

I-MOD over at ClubRSX.com will do it for $175 I think... He did my car (blackouts + clearing). Clearing costs no extra since blacking out requires you to open up the headlight anyways ...

Here's a pic of what my car looks like:



Click HERE to checkout the ClubRSX thread he has going ... Just PM him on ClubRSX and he'll respond.

 

my suggestion is, buy a set of headlights on ebay, open them up and do your thing and if it comes out good, swap them with your stock ones and put them up on ebay. with all the headlight thefts, im sure you will be able to sell them.

as for the amber fogs... the turn signal in the headlight is amber. is that the color you are looking for? or like the yellow on the lexus is300 fogs?

 

actually im lookin for a set that looks like either..more like the lexus IS ...but whats the diff??i guess i want the color that looks like the lexus IS..

 

well, the amber is orange, the lexus is yellow. there are 2 ways to achieve the lexus look. you can do what alexxx (a member here) did and put a yellow film on the lense of the fog lights (which, personally, idont like because it doesnt look very good during the day) or you can buy those max gold bulbs, but chances are they won't last that long. a third way would be to somehow retrofit the lexus fogs onto the tls which would probably cost a lot of dough.

 

I sent you a PM.

I can do them for you for $150.

If you want I can open up your fogs and put the tint inside if your interested.

 

here's a pic of my car with the black housings w/ambers still intact

 

the car looks real sharp with the black housings....definetly something to consider-

 

hey mr. ! what guarantees do i have, if i send you a set of headlights to black it out and clear it? PM ME!! I wanna do my headlights real soon.

 

i believe he guarantee's that it will not allow any condensation to occur, if it does, just send him your lights and he'll reseal them. He does a great job on clearing the lights, he did my set. He is legit and many people on this site have used him.. BTW - how do u like the 03' CLK?

 

so if i send it up, he aint gonna take my lights n bounce right? lolz! but it seems that mr. is a trusted man that everyone uses! so i will do it. hit me up wit a addy ZIPP, so i can send it up to you! or pm me.

the clk is kewl.... but i wish i would of gotten the 430 instead

 

You got a 330? In either case, any CLK's are phhhhatttyyyy :p:p:p

 

I sent you a pm. I guarantee the headlights will not fog up and if they do I will redo them...

I wont run off with your headlights ask VTECHump on the forum he sent me a new pair of headlights and I sent them back cleared...

`ill*tl - let me know when your ready to send them...

 

that lights look HOT with the amber still intact.

 

If people want I can black out the headlight and leave the orange piece. I can also paint that orange reflector whatever color you want.

 

If you're afraid of messing it up, just wait until you can order A-Spec parts.

 

has anyone tried blacking out the 00 headlights and keeping the amber intact?

 

i can atest dont worry is money ni leaks and he is fast and ull def get ur stuff back................................

 

I would love to do the blacking out and clearing of the headlights, but my car is leased ... do ne of yous know if it would affect me when I turn the car back in at the end of the lease?

 

how do you black out your housings? just get the housing like you're ready to clear it, then paint it black? do you have to use special paint? that guy on clubrsx said he sands them - ?

 

Yeah they will say something... If you want you can buy a used set. When the lease is up put on the used pair and sell your old ones...


how do you black out your housings? just get the housing like you're ready to clear it, then paint it black? do you have to use special paint? that guy on clubrsx said he sands them - ?

I use high temperature paint. you can sand them down but i think it looks better when its not sanded. I havent had one complaint yet with the paint and none have chipped. I put multiple layers.

 

From what I understand, the advantage to sanding is that you'll have a better surface to work with in terms of applying the paint. Over time, the paint will last longer on the sanded surface ... I'm assuming it takes longer to do it this way though...

I'm no expert on doing this, thats just what I was told.

For anyone in the DC Metro area, I recommend using I-MOD since he's local and can get your lights done over a weekend ... That means less downtime for your car (unless you plan on driving it around with no headlights).

I dropped my car off on a Friday afternoon and had it back on Sunday morning with the headlights and a nice carwash ...

Just my 2 cents, don't want to take anything away from Mr. ... From what I see, he does a great job too!

 

He kept your car for a whole weekend... How long did it take him to do it...

 

About 1 day, Friday night into Saturday night ... and then I picked it up on Sunday morning. I could've picked it up on Saturday night, but it was late at that point anyways ...

Sanding and 5 coats of paint takes awhile including dry time I guess ...

Nothing against you or anything, but for people in the DC Metro area, its going to be faster to do it that way versus shipping their headlights to you... Unless people drive the 3-4 hours up to Jersey and do it that way.

Just providing an alternative!

 

how much does he charge....i know mr does good u got any pics....

 

Umm, there's a big pic at the top of this thread of my car with the blackouts. The price is listed there too... Its $175, but you don't need to ship anything since he's in this area..

Its the fourth post in the thread, it has all the details.

 

For the amber fogs, have you considered using yellow bulbs instead? I've installed Polarg 9006 Max yellow 55W, looks cool & works better in fog. PIAA also has Plasma Ion Yellow 55W=100W bulbs but a shade less yellow.

 

If anyone would like I can put a yellow tint on the inside of the fog light housing.

 

hey EvoRTL-S
where did you get that fiber hood at? how much did it cost you?

 

For the 1999 TL, what do you guys think would look better:
-Cleared Headlights w/ the black housing
-Black housing but leave the amber strip in

Any pictures or opinions would be appreciated

 

TL260power... i got my CF hood from O.E. Tuning <---click on link for their site

laters