Painting headlight housings
 

My headlights are officially in the oven baking right now. I'm pretty nervous, but it seems to be working good so far. (knock on wood) anyways, i got a laser blue metallic Balt and im doin the housings the same color. i'll get pics up by the end of the day. i just want to thank everyone for there "how to" threads and ideas. thanks again. i'll keep ya posted. im pretty excited for the results. :D

remember, dont bother scraping off the sealant, b/c you cant just rebake them after they are painted and reuse the old sealant w/ a bit of new

dont put 'em in an oven thats hotter than 175-200*

thats true, but i usaed a little silicone to make sure they didnt leak

thanks y'all. i started at around 140 degrees then bumped it up to almost 200. its not too hot at all. im surprised. i put my hand right on the clear housing and its almost cool to the touch. but i agree. no more than 200. (fingers crossed) i'm taking out the first one in about 5 minutes. i just hope it stays soft enough to get it all off. i'm going straight out in the sun to do it. its a nice sunny day at about 75 degrees here around Cleveland today. wish me luck. lol :D

UPDATE IN PAST 5 MINUTES.................. Oven works GREAT! i'm so excited. It just pulled apart so easily and then i took my razor knife to take off/SMOOTH out the excess adhesive. i know i cant get it all of, so if its all smoothed out it should make a good seal after i goop on a lot of sealant. WOOHOOOOO! stay tuned for the next episode. :D

hope it goes well for ya man. post some pics when you're done

I'll have them on the site tonight sometime. i hope you all tune in to see them. thanks again y'all. 4 minutes and 20 seconds til the second one comes out. lol. seriouisly. :D

UPDATE.......... 9th beer so far. can't wait to see how these turn out. lol. after painting i should be around 14 or so. :D

nah, 200* for 20min. they will be hot, but come apart nice and easy...

when i did mine i had to bake for 35 min. them bads boys just didn't wanna come apart haha

I did 200* for 15 mins and one of my headlights melted a little :( it ended up being ok, just a little deformed on the bottom! lol

mine came apart in 20 minutes. theres a local paint shop here that mixes up your color of your paint from your paint code for $20 in a spray can. yeah. i just primered mine. paints' goin on soon. anyone let me know if u need paint to match ur Balt. $20 plus shipping..... in a spray can! :D

hate to burst your bubble, but you can buy colormatch spraypaint from your dealer:lol:

no bubbles bursted here. they have full size 12 oz. cans of paint for 17$ plus tax. I get tax free from my shop. im sticking with them. the dealership will charge more and get less. plus they're all dicks at the dealership. my lights look good, but they're fogging up like hel. im gonna re-seal them tomorrow and get pics.

...i demand pictures NOW!! :lol: Ima sucker for laser blue!!

Yeah, get off the hangover and post some pics already! lol

i am excited to see the results too. i really want to do this to my black balt, but i am too scared of messing up haha. how long does it take?

hey man still waitin' for those pics, lol. i gotta laser blue balt too and i was planning on doing the same thing to my lights. just wanna see how they'll look first.