That looks absolutely AWESOME!!!!!!!! I must do the color match, I like it way better than the black. That just looks great, better than I thought it would. Now it's time to find a reasonably priced set of headlights on eBay

 

this is all i gotta say about these color matching headlights.....

An American Revolution.


Do you guys think painting the headlights on my Red base coupe car would look good w/ the color match? and also what and where do you guys get your paint from? thanks.

 

To get the paint, the color code is in the trunk to the left of the spare tire under the mat. It will be BC/CC U????, the ?'s will be the color code, I.E. rally yellow is U9414

 

Smart move dude , that is gonna look SWEET when its finished .

 

finally got some pics of my finalized headlights, black on black ls... cleared the amber parking light lens, let me know what you all think.

 

damns thats ******* badass. i wanna do that to mine right now...damn. looks great.

 

I personally think that if you painted the chevy badge chrome/silver it would make your car so much cleaner.

 

I dissagree you would need some more silver then, (like that billet grill Mr. grills is going to be comming out with)

 

exactly. If I wanted silver or chrome, I would've done so, but the I would've just left the headlights chrome too.

 

how does this mod effect your lights at all? does your headlights still but out the same light?

 

did you guys buy these lights off of ebay to mess with?

 

I bought a pair off of e-bay to be safe. And no, it doesn't mess with your light out-put unless you paint the reflector part. Actually I had a mechanic from my dealer try to tell me that I could be fined for my light's being modified in an unsafe way LOL.....um, yea

 

what about that rigged part, did u paint that? u can't get fined for that as long as your refectors are visible.

 

If you are refering to the rigged part og the main lamp reflector, that is ok. I didn't paint it, but it won't effect anything. once you get it apart, you'll see there is actually two pieces. the only piece you need to make sure to cover is the turnsignal lamp.

 

did you guys use gloss black or flat black?

 

where do you get sealant and stuff from? what kind of sealant , blah blah, is there a how to somewhere? i need more details on everything:P

 

do a search for this. also, I can try to do a write up for how-to.

 

when I paint my headlights black do I have to sand the chrome down first? also do I have to apply clear coat afterwards?

 

sorry, can't answer this one. Ask wikky what he did. I had a body shop paint mine and they clearcoated it to match the car body. I have yellow-painted lights, similar to the 06 'vette. I would emagine a light sand wound be helpful along with a primer coat.

 

When I did mine the first one turned out OK, and the second one turned out great.

I didn't sand down the chrome because there is too many small niches that are hard to get at.

For paint I used Krylon FUSION Gloss Black paint....with one coat of black primer. I did about three light coats with the Krylon, then did two coats of clear. Like I said after I had figured out how to do it, the second light turned out really nice.

 

do you have any pictures by any chance? i have a red coupe cobalt.. should i use flat black or gloss black.. i should engine paint right to withstand the heat?

 

How long does it take for everything to dry?

And do you have to use heat or can you just pry them apart?

 

Hey you guys, I'm new here and will be a Cobalt SS S/C owner real soon.

A friend of mine had a set of the Cobalt headlights that was given to him. So he didn't need them, so he gave them to me.

Now, I currently own a Black Cavalier (until the Cobalt comes in) and I did the same thing to my headlights.

Today, I started to remove the clear part off the headlights and it wasn't as bad as I though it would be. I got a hair dryer and heated up one end of a corner. I started to remove the glue slowly. After a while I went all the way around. I manage to pry one end open and had someone hold the hair dryer and go around it as I kept prying it open. I finally got it apart. It took me about an hour just for one. Tomorrow I will start the next one.

So for those who are asking, use a a hair dryer and have 2 flat head screwdrivers ready. Oh, and if you can get an extra pair of hands, that would be great too.

Oh one other thing, on my Cavalier I used Flat Black and it looked really good.

 

do you think the paint on the headlights will eventually start to flake off or anything?

 

On my Cavalier headlights, it never flaked. They look like the day I did them. Also, when reassembling them, be careful not to scratch it. I also used some black high temp silicone to seal the edges. I did so good that they don't leak at all.

Hear are some pics of the cav with the black headlights and corners:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...05_32_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...05_33_full.jpg

Kerwin