I think they fit perfectly with a silver car, my problem other then what i stated above about resealing them is how the darkness with flow with BBY. Really looking forward to the rear shot when you got them finished.

Thanks for the tips on the sealer.

 

Wow, I need to do that soon

 

It's amazing on a bby. I did mine a few months back with the same exact paint the op used.

 

im sure it looks even better with your CF hood.

P.S. sorry for the huge pics guys. home my comp displays them perfectly but im on a different one now and they span way over to the right, ill remember that next time.

 

You should only use plastic paint, otherwise you'll see chipping or uv fading eventually.

You cannot take the tails apart without a dremel. Any other way you try it you'll destroy them. Dremal wisely, its easy too screw them up.

Dont use rtv on the tails. Sealing them properly is paramount. Choose your glue wisely.


Post pics at a 800-600 resolution.

 

those heads came out nice! just wanna know what did you used in opening up the heads?

 

I just sanded mine down completely, then a few light coats of primer and the high temp paint. They came out perfect and have been this way for about 6 months now. I can tell you right now i'll probably be going to the real jdm pair though. As i like the positioning of the amber much better on those.

To op, did you just re-seal the headlight with the factory glue? I did and was a bit worried of condensation. since my car is a garage ***** it never gets the chance to see rain/snow. But the past few weeks it's had to due to the dsm whoring up the garage. Needless to say they're bone dry still.

 

How long did it take you to do the headlights?

 

Ive seen two threads of ppl opening them successfully without a dremel so im gonna give it a shot. i have nothing to lose with this, if it doesn't work no big deal. and we'll have to see about the paint, if it does fade and looks bad maybe ill do them again, idk ill see when the time comes. If you have to dremel them,,, how do you open them without a big nasty cut?

heat gun and various tools such as screwdrivers, chisel, and knife

factory glue seemed as though it would be good enough. i know it did most of the sealing because i didnt add any glue to the where they come together. i just added a nice bit around the outside where the outsides meet

really i have no good estimate, i did them over like a 4 day period. i think the first one i opened took about a half hour, with the gun. sanding was long though and pretty painful, i used 800..... dont go that smooth, you'll shoot yourself

 

I've heard that Krylon Fusion is made for plastic, so no sanding or using primer is needed

 

headlights came out awesome dude. Me and a buddy just did ours too a couple weeks ago and once you figure out what your doing, its pretty easy going. We didn't need to use any sealant as the factory glue on the housing is plenty enough to reseal them. So far no issues with condensation or anything And we went as far as painting the lense amber on the bottom to make it as jdm as possible.

 

your headlights looks good. now you should black out your tail lights. silver looks good with blacked tails.

 

Good luck to ya.

 

Personally like the JDM evo 7 tails

 

I had mine painted, a guy did them for me, but he used a heat gun to heat up the adhesive and basicly had to cut it open, you wont be able to re-use this adhesive like the headlights. He ended up using Black RTV silicone.. but I had those tails for 4 years and no leaks, no problems....