black housing headlights???

[shortandsour]

has any one done these before, you know seprate the cover and paint the inside black, well i did it today and when my light was in the oven bunch of condensation showed up on my projector light. um the cars sitting in my friends garage right now so i cant get pictures, will this go away or do i have to take the projector out and clean it??

[Steeles]

you DO understand that your headlights NEED that reflective backing in the housing to work properly right? You arent gonna be able to see jack shit even if you didnt bake the lenses into a hazy mess

[devonkyle77]

ive done 3 sets of them and never had a problem...maybe let it air dry without the cap on the back of the headlight...i dunno

[rainier]

you melted it. sand it down and polish or clear coat it. it might work.

[Johny5]

its 10x safer to do this on projector headlights than halogen. simply because the projector doesn't rely on the reflective surface around the bulb such as halogen.

[brokenben]

wheres old_s13?

[justinhustle]

its 10x safer to do this on projector headlights than halogen. simply because the projector doesn't rely on the reflective surface around the bulb such as halogen.


i didnt even notice yer sig til today =D

and black housing headlights is lame my dude. leave em alone or give em to people who need em!

why dont ya get some super cool gts black outs?? :ghey:

[OptionZero]

yeah black housings are stupid, don't do 'em.
It helps to say which car you have when you ask for help, too.

[old_s13]

brokenben> wheres old_s13?

im not at your service, but im listening if thats what you're asking....


johnny5> its 10x safer to do this on projector headlights than halogen. simply because the projector doesn't rely on the reflective surface around the bulb such as halogen.

projector headlamps use halogen bulbs, the same bulbs that reflector headlamps use. difference is in design, but both require reflective coatings to project the light from the bulb... DUDE.

painting a housing (ie: BEZEL) is okay.. as long as its done right.

in this case, no one knows if it was done right.. and personally, i dont really care.. because its not my car. you gotta know what yer doing when you work on lights, its not a matter of open up and spray.

mike / clearcorners.com

[shortandsour]

um everything turned out fine, the water was gone when i went to check it out this mornning. these things look pretty cool now. um how would the front of the lights help to reflect anything??oh ya its a 97 soo

[MakotoS13]

lights utilize reflective materials to aid them in providing sufficient output. i hope your car is black if you're gonna be goin through all this hassle....

does anybody have the seemingly uncontrollable urge to stab this guy with his own keyboard?

[phrozen]

lets all just paint our h4 housings :rawk:

[old_s13]

painting bezel = ok

painting reflective part of h1 high beam bulb or inside of projector = not ok

[crioten]

im feeling like there is a big missunderstanding on what everyone is talking about, but i dunno...

get some pics up or something, just to make sure everyone is on the same page...if you still need help or anything

[shortandsour]

picture of the light i tested it out and works fine. didnt knowtice a drop in lighted area

[steaLthy240]

looks nice to me.. :goyou:

[Dunkee]

Gotta paint the corners now...like this.

http://www.zilvia.net/photo/showphoto.php?photo=1309&password=2c4e3624d5f19af71b60b834e239a3a9&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

[Ian]

cool, now when you drive in the dark, it'll stay dark!

[90RS13]

cool, now when you drive in the dark, it'll stay dark!

From lookin at the pic, it looks like he only painted the housing (bezel, whatever you wanna call it). That wouldn't hurt lighting at all. It would only hurt if you painted the part that reflects and focuses the light pattern. What he did, (again by lookin at the pic) would be the same as buying JDM black housing Integra headlights for your RSX that came with crome housings. It won't hurt lighting.

[shortandsour]

ya basically i just painted the parts that dont reflect light, tested it out last night in ornage hills, was really dark with the rain and all but lights worked fine