I've been thinking about blacking out my headlights especially after seeing how nice it looks, but I was wondering if anyone's headlights have a hazy film on the inside of the lights I heard that when painting the housing black, the paint needs to be cured for a long time or else the inside of the headlight will start getting hazy. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

i have blacked out headlights before and if you bake the painted headlights, it cures much faster. also, if you need to reseal them to make car drivable, you can just unplug the fog lights to let the inside have ventalization temporarily. you have to remember to make sure the will be plugged and sealed if it rains or you will have mroe problems.

 

If you black out the headlights, how is the field of headlight view affected; is there a noticeable difference in brightness from the driver's seat?

 

i havent noticed an output difference. cant remember what oem was like, but i dont have a hard time seeing anything. if there is a difference it is certianly not drastic.

 

thats good to know because I really like the way the blacked out lights look, but didn't want it to affect that amazing Xenon view...

 

no difference in light output, at all.

as far as curing, i have blacked out multiple sets using the following procedure:

paint the chrome black at about 12-4:00 pm and let sit untouched overnight in a well ventilated, dust free area.

in the following afternoon, approx dry time at this point is 24 hours, bake the painted parts in the oven for 30 min at 200 degrees.

i have done this multiple times and never had any haze in the lamps.

i don't know about leaving the fog 9006 socket open, i still think fumes would get caught because that is not the highest point of the lamp. haze tends to accumulate at the upper portion of the headlamps.