Painting headlight housings
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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.
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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
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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
thats true, but i usaed a little silicone to make sure they didnt leak
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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
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.
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.
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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.
UPDATE.......... 9th beer so far. can't wait to see how these turn out. lol. after painting i should be around 14 or so.
UPDATE.......... 9th beer so far. can't wait to see how these turn out. lol. after painting i should be around 14 or so.
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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!
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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. $20 plus shipping..... in a spray can!
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no bubbles bursted here. they have full size 12 oz. cans of paint for 17$ 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.
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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.
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