hows it going everyone? happy Valentines day LOL. my date for this evening is my evo . my present from me to her is blacked out head light housing! below are some pictures of the supplies im going to use for the project.




my question to all of you is whether or not i bought the right stuff.. VHT nite shades is for the amber in the headlights, plasti dip is for the chrome, plastic epoxy is for the seal and the clamps (i bought 10 of them) is also for the seal. please let me know if i need anything else for this project!

Ill keep everyone posted along the way with pictures! please post any advise and tips!! thanks again and happy valentines day!

 

Cannot wait to see how this turns out!

 

*UPDATE

Head Lights are now off the car! Im now going to throw them in the oven for 200 degrees for 20 minutes. *NOTE I will not be using the plastic epoxy to reseal the lights. I decided to reuse the oem adhesive be reheating it.

 

Good luck! After you're done and if it works out for you I might go with this project too

 

Hey you can use the plastidip on the turn signals. I believe I read that its transparent, almost like a tint. Also I'd only bake them for 5, that all i had to do.

 

il check on em in 5 and see if i can take off the lens, if not, ill keep em in a il more. hey man help me out, after i take the lights outta the oven, how do i go about taking the lens off? please explain to me the proper way to go about doing this! much appreciated!

 

Really interested to see how they turn out! These are mine https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/evo-x-show-shine/368000-made-my-phantom-black-little-more-phantom-blacked-out-headlights.html .

Once you get them out of the over (I baked mine for 15 minutes to make sure it was real hot), you need to pull/pry the front and back apart real quick. That stuff cools down fast.

I've done these a long time ago and they're holding up perfect. Never used epoxy. Just put everything back into the over to re-heat the seal. Once the seal was hot, I just pushed it all back together.

 

the gas in ballast shouldn't be bubbling up right?

 

Whats up Mo? Carl from Home Depot this afternoon. Did this project start today? I saw you had a few pinch clips in your bag.

 

nm Carl, yepp this project started right when i got home from Home Depot. when its going to finish...? no one knows lol. i hit a brick wall.. lol its gonna be a long night

 

these are the wires that i took out befor i put the light in the oven...

no turning back now.

it was a PITA and confusing but i took apart the internals..

plasti dip is the greatest invention!!



vht nite shades on the amber, everything else is masked off. gonna plasti dip the chrome once the nite shades dries.


ill put this light back together tomorrow. ill post pictures then. stay tuned!

 

Just take your time. I painted the head light housings on my 99 Civic back in the day. It shouldnt be a problem if you take your time..

 

Ok so everything is pretty much dry now so i snapped some pics.



i ditched the nite shade on the reflector becouse i didnt like the way it came out. the parking amber light is nite shaded though. looks good to me

due to a slight imperfection on the main ballast housing im going to respray it. while it dryes ill take apart the other head light and get to work on that one. everything should be done by tomorrow!

 

looking good ! waiting forthe finished pics

 

also waiting on the fin pics what are you going to use to stick that Evolution back to the car?