poor OP

 

- Exactly!!

 

Great alternative if looking to spend 500 bucks. I looked into thst before doing my lenses but this was a lil more than I wntd to fork out and I think mine look better

 

Common Sense says: well, yeah...that's like your opinion man.

 

common sense says: the dude actually said that

 

Justin should have just asked for a name change.

 

Agreed. But you know what? Maybe OP is in high school.. this would all make sense if he was.

 

Well...I am pretty sure we all remember a time where we thought something was cool and we look back now and we're like...no. not that wasn't cool.

 

I had red Honda emblems on my accord in high school and 7000k HIDS.

 

What..........The.........Fuck???

Why dont you disconnect the headlights while you're at it?

Its not like you need to see at night seeing is overrated anyways

 

I was pretty cool back then as well, too cool actually, I've had to dial it down

 

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Or you can blacked out the headlight

 

^^

I don't want to like it because as others said it hurts output, put I must admit, it looks good.

 

it's not tinted, so it won't hurt output

 

What did you do to black it out? Looks great.

 

^
+1

 

I thought the same thing when I saw it. Nicely/cleanly done.

 

Just baked them open and paint them

 

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Have any issues with moisture getting in after you sealed it back up?

 

There is, but before I do the paint, there's moisture in there already.
It just happens some time, not all the time

 

Herbert I have painted headlights, also black. What I don't understand is why your headlights look tinted if you only painted the housing?

 

I'm thinking he did VHT over the amber as well and with the lighting in that shot and reflections of buildings...it makes it look like the outer lens is tinted.

@ your comment about being too cool for school...
old fool that's too cool...

 

Because I painted the whole housing including the reflector

 

I also had the area behind the reflector painted, still not as dark.

 

Send them our way for a blacked out look which doesn't diminish the lighting.

FYI, if someone hits you from behind and they're smart..they can say look at your tails and that "always at fault" now becomes your issue for "illegally" tinting the tails.

I know most will say I do what I want, or I don't care. Just putting it out there for those who don't know.

 

How did you paint the reflector to make it look dark like that?

 

Rust-oleum has a black transparent paint can. He might have used something like that.

 

Probably just the lighting. I remove the orange reflector, and paint under it

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My fault, I'm saying I painted the drl/high beam reflector

 

Ack05TL is the man...he does great work!

 

Ah, that's what looks so different. Most people paint only the bezel.

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Just a word of caution for any of you considering using VHT on the reflectors. It can cause a hazing on the inside of the outer lens.



After putting a few coats on my reflectors (and allowing them to fully dry) I put them in the oven on 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes before reassembling my headlights and it still happened. The most interesting part is I had to use Meguiar's PlastX the passenger side outer lens because when trying to clean the inside I removed some sort of coating and made it cloudy. The PlastX fixed the issue and somehow prevented the hazing on that side. The driver's side light is pretty bad and I recently opened it back up to try and remove it with the PlastX...it didn't work.

So my advice, if you want to use VHT on the reflectors, is to "treat" the inside of your outer lens with PlastX before reassembling. It takes some patience though because at first it gets cloudy...a lot of elbow grease and repeated applications of PlastX will remove it though.

 

All of the newer headlights now have an "ANTI FOG" coating on the inside. So when adding something darker/black that is very close to the inside lens creates more heat that normal...which creates those stress cracks and marks..it will only get worse..

 

So although you juxtaposed your approach with that of the OP's tints, you also took a "form over function" approach, as painting the reflectors will also, undoubtedly, reduce output. Perhaps not as much, but that I don't know.

 

maybe it'll reduce visibility when looking dead at the car, but I double the bulbs won't be skeeting as far as they were before.

Bruce, funny you mention that...I actually had similar experiences. I refuse to open any more headlights.

 

I don't drive on a highway with my car, so it's fine. Also I like the blacked out look better where you don't have to sacrifice the low beam output

 

You don't drive on the highway with your 4G? Ehhh.. why not?

 

Because we don't need to go on highway to buy stuff like other big city. We are the big city nearby.

It's kinda hard to explain

 

this is hilarious...
don't need headlights cause I don't drive on the highway cause we have a big city.