Well first off the black anzo oem headlights i have on my car look like **** right now lol

first they leaked so i sealed them up and they had water spot on the inside then the clear on the outside started to peel off so i said **** it im gonna buy a used set of oem ones and get them done custom

so i bought a pair of oem ss headlights from 05-07 cobalt for $40 used

gave them to my buddy george you paints headlights for a small fee

then i gave them to my friend mike who polishes and buffs out headlights

all together i spent $40 on lights $60 on getting them taken apart and painted and $40 on polishing/buffing them

painted glossy black



when mike started with them to what finished product looks like

 

Damn they look good! I woulda had them keep them apart and you should have retrofitted them!

 

Awesome, looks good. Hope when I paint mine they turn out as well.

And yeah I woulda retrofitted them while you had them apart anyways haha.

 

Okay, maybe this is a silly question, but I noticed you have the flat part at the bottom of the main reflector bowl painted as well, does that effect the light output at all? I currently have a set of headlights apart and trying to decide if that part gets painted or not.

 

haha meh retrofits = $$$ and ive never done them before so id probably **** them up lol

im not going at wiring

and the oem black ones i bought have the same thing scottydoh but the reflector for the turn signal is chrome and i had these ones painted black there

 

They look good, and I like them Mike. I really do. Especially on red as you can see

But do consider retros for the next set if you ever do one. If you buy the complete kit from a reputable place such as theretrofitsource they are 100% plug and play. No wiring involved at all. Seriously, it is retros for dummies (like me!)

 

haha ill check it out next time but these plus a 6k hid kt are fine for me for now

 

Pictures with the headlights on! Dew Eet!

 

lol putting some extra sealant on them today but they aint going on till spring gonna get my hood recleared and my cf tjin trunk put on at same time as headlights

 

Gives you ALL THAT TIME to pull them apart and retrofit them.. The price of what you need for a retrofit is way cheaper than your Tjin trunk probably ran ya... just saying... And if you do any night time driving - it will be the best couple hundred dollars you'll spend on your car.

 

haha im good and i got the tjin trunk for $300 so im goo and i do nighttime driving but i live in this place called so california and we have streetlights everywhere so i dont really need them maybe later later but for now im good

 

Looks good! I had the same problem with my anzo oem headlights, I ended up just buying some projectors to replace them

 

ive heard all aftermarket headlights have the same problems to be honest with you lol

im gonna have my buddy that did these try and work his magic on the ones on my car right now too to see what he can do so maybe i can sell them for $100

 

ricer

 

came out great mike!!! wonder where u got the headlights from..... lol