alright my headlights are now in the oven baking for 20 min at 200 degrees...

when im ready to paint them black, WILL IT AFFECT light output if i paint the ribbed part black?

someone with that part painted black please chime in!

 

from every single post I've ever seen on the subject, painting your headlight housing will not alter light output.

 

alright im talking about the ribbed part on the bottom tho, it looks like it serves a purpose but idk

anybody that has done it?

 

doesnt do ****. i paint it on every set iv done

 

Just don't paint the turn signal area (the bowl of rectangles). The ribbed area is for her pleasure....er,... I mean it won't be effected at all. When you remove the bezel, the reflector for the hi/lo beam is a separate part

 

alright thats the answer i needed

ahh no more stressin.. thanks guys

one more thing tho my car is black should i paint my housing flat black, satin black, or gloss black? and gestapoo, did you sand the housings before u painted them?

 

scuff them up somehow. Dont have to do anything rediculously crazy as they wont see wear and tear. nothing will ever touch the insides again after there painted. But as a general rule yes scuff them up. Use a scotch bright, or if you want the back of a sponge that green part will suffice for this. Idealy if you have any adhesion promoter spray it since its a plastic part but like i said before it shouldnt really matter. theyll never bend or flex or see sponges and soap or rocks or anything. And paint gloss black. Matt black looks like plastic, make it look better then that

 

will do, thanks alot and good lock on your own painting project

 

dont do what the other guy did and melt the whole headlight in the oven

 

thanks bud! and good luck, its easy youll do fine. when you spray make sure your 1st coat is a fine mist. dont try to cover it on the 1st coat, i will gaurantee a fish eye.

lmao this! make sure your oven wasnt bought on Ebay

 

update.

got the lense off and damn was it annoying anyway got the headlight painted with krylon fusion gloss black and it looks absolutely amazing, not a smudge or hair on any of them



thanx everyone for the help. you guys make css.net actually look sorta helpful sometimes...

 

ahh, painting headlights. only done about 5 sets. LOL

 

^exactly lol. every try painting an aftermarket set, there a pain in the ass to tape up

 

i think tinted reflectors looks good too...

 

They do. I did that on the last set i painted for someone, and with the parking lights on it looks real mean. I wish i had painted mine. if i take them apart i plan on it

 

Is putting them in the oven to soften the epoxy that holds the lens on?

 

 

Yes.

Edit: ^ Aww beat me to it.

 

no, the only aftermarket lights I would touch are gen 4's and paint the chrome bezel for the projector and high beam shroud.

I wouldn't even bother with gn 1's. too much bitch work.