Black-out koukie headlights...

[Pudula]

I am doing the whole black theme on my car and I am nearly finished. I was wondering what black housing on the headlights would look like...they are projectors so it wouldn't effect beam patterns, which would be dumb. I want to run dark amber corners in conjuction with the black housing headlights - so sick of chrome. How feasible would it be to do this and make it look professional? Also, any example pics would be helpful.

Thanks in Advance,
Ryan

[TurDz]

Black doesn't look very good with kouki glass headlights because at certain angles (since it's glass), the flat black color looks very faded, old, etc. I have it on myself and I'm always back and forth with what I like, but I can't do anything about it anymore.

so basically, only under certain lighting conditions (low light) will the black look good. It's not possible to obtain the black housing look like on STi's, Hondas, or BMW's.

[DRFT]

black housing kouki headlights are terrible! leave it chrome

or how aobut tinting the lens to give it a different appearence?

[SilviaDriver]

so basically, only under certain lighting conditions (low light) will the black look good. It's not possible to obtain the black housing look like on STi's, Hondas, or BMW's.

the reason why you cant get the black housing like how the STI honda etc etc is becuz of the lense. it is not clear but has lines across it.

s15s have black housing and look like the rest is becuz its clear

just leave it chrome

[pignosecoupe]

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/5913/grandmasterdrift9fo.th.jpg (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grandmasterdrift9fo.jpg)
A member from another forum has smoked the back of his headlight houseing, not the lenses.
is this what you were looking for? I like the way it looks, minus the dents and duct tape

[Dunkee]

Here's are some nice pics but from far, up close may not look as good (not my car).

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/255000-255999/255381_32_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/255000-255999/255381_33_full.jpg

[OptionZero]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/OptionAero/Kouki%20Twins/DSCN1187.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/OptionAero/Kouki%20Twins/DSCN1184.jpg

You're not supposed to spray anything on the lense, the only way to do it is the housing.

[chmercer]

you could do black headlight covers, check out the target cars, looks badass

[smellslikecurry]

i have those covers for sale actually if you want them

[chmercer]

http://www.phenix-autocenter.co.jp/parts/aero/image/aero-03.jpg

[chmercer]

id get em from you if i had a kouki :/ damn gay zenki frontend

[Drunk Bastard]

^^^are you serious? zenki looks sooooooo damn hot. kouki isnt the end-all of all front ends.

[Drunk Bastard]

here's an example for ya:
Raine's Car
http://www.projectraine.com/forums/keira/clearlens03.jpg

edit: damn, that makes me want zenki again....

[chmercer]

what the hell did he do to thoes headlights? that looks crazy hot. are thoes smoked fk covers or somthing?

[SilviaDriver]

fk covers, sprayed inside black and blue bulbs

[Pudula]

I like the smoked housing - how easy are they to take apart and do this project? What sheen of spray should be used?

I don't like the "widow-maker" headlight covers on the target cars... they are so camaro.

[chmercer]

where do you get the fk covers anyway? id like to get some, but arent they like 300 bucks?

[OptionZero]

it's proprietary secret, but send your headlights at $100 bucks to TurdZ and we'll do it for you =P hahahah

doesn't matter what kinda paint, really, but to be safe just go high-temp stuff

and Raine's zenki is the hottest zenki front i've ever seen
Sadly,...they are still reflectors. If I had zenki i'd have to black housing AND retrofit HID projectors in their first thing ...sorry, but stock zenki is just ugly and poor lighting

[raen419]

fk = final konnexion
for those who didn't know.

google for it...
someone should be able to get them though....jspec comes to mind....

[p11driver]

http://www.boltlightning.co.uk/users/markriccioni/GTBattle/DSCN0454.jpg
from ziptied, imo i would never do it.

[TurDz]

JDM Kouki headlights look much better with the black housing. They have a bigger center black "gap" and a larger projector so you get a nicer effect in general.

[SimpleS14]

JDM Kouki headlights look much better with the black housing. They have a bigger center black "gap" and a larger projector so you get a nicer effect in general.


agreed, plus they don't have the fluted design infront of the lense...good for HID retrofit. I have black housing on my car right now, and been thinking of going back to chrome or get JDM/Euro headlights.


Pudula - Just keep it chrome.

edit: I do like what Jay did to his car.... http://driftunit.com/photos/photoshoot/jay/index.html

[fliprayzin240sx]

I blacked mine out over 2 yrs ago and i cant say that i got any complains bout it. I hated the chrome trim inside the housing. I did both the headlight and corner lights.

Not the best pix, but its the only one i found with a quickness...
http://pxracing.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/blitzed.jpg

[zenkiDori]

http://www.projectraine.com/forums/keira/clearlens03.jpg
wow that's hot. makes me almost rethink the german lights.

[luisgonz]

they all look nice but what hood is that on the balck ones

[SilviaDriver]

the hood on phatty's [black kouki] car is custom

[luisgonz]

is his the one that is all balck or the black driftworks car

[SimpleS14]

is his the one that is all balck or the black driftworks car

It's the same car. (black kouki)

[91CRXsiR]

since its the light is thrown w/ a projector the housing shouldn't make a difference right? chrome or black it shouldn't effect the lighting and as far as the looks its up2 preference. I like it but, if not done right it can look really crappy. I have a friend who used black stickers to tape the inside as a temp fix.. didn't look clean, but then he fixed it afterwards

[chmercer]

91crx - right, as long as you paint the correct part of the housing black, it will not affect the lighting.

zenkidori - thoes are fk covers, not german headlights. german headlights suck haha

luisgonz - hood on the driftworks car is a masa hood

optionzero - please pm about the 100$ thing? what do you do, sand the lines out the lens or somthing?

[91CRXsiR]

if you sand down the flutes of the lense it will effect the lighting .. unless u are going projectors then it doesnt matter.. unless the projector was meant to work w/ flutes and its a bitch to do by hand my friends camry headlights too him all day and he couldn't wackoff for 2 weeks after that hahah j/k

[SimpleS14]

chmercer - The hood on the black kouki is custom.

[chmercer]

no, its a masa hood.

[sultan]

hood on the driftworks vinyled car is masa.

hood in the pic of the all black kouki is obviously not the same if you look at the pics, that's the custom hood.

he said put on the masa hood for gt battle, but also still has the custom one.

[NZO]

Jesus, the driftworks car and the all black kouki are the same fucking car. The hood is custom. Talk about off topic...

[sultan]

it doesn't matter if the car is the same, the hood is NOT the same.

[SilviaDriver]

yes the all black kouki and drift works car IS THE SAME CAR

BUT. in the picture when it was ALL BLACK, that is a CUSTOM hood.

and for the picture of black kouki with driftworks decals it is a MASA

same car, different stages of the car, different hoods.

[chmercer]

right. sorry for the confusion. the first pic is the chopped metal hood.