Black out headlights

[YuckerDisMe]

Im looking for someone to black out my spare pair of 01-03 oem headlights. Let me know if you could do it and how much it would cost.

[Mafioso]

All you need is an oven.. some tape.. and some rattle can paint..

[YuckerDisMe]

But no one trust me with their oven, so i need someone else's....So i might as well just have them do it.

[bryantiscool]

where are you located at?
i can do it for ya.
PM me for the price

[YuckerDisMe]

Im in queen creek.

[LatinEM1]

Just do it yourself.
So my homie and I start on the project.
Start by taking off the self tapping screws on the front by the radiator cap, then two screws by the fenders, and finally some more self tapping screws on the bottom of the bumper.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/stock.jpg
Then go start to remove the headlights, u can use 1 10mm socket and and extension to take off the headlights. Also this would be a good time to take off all the bulbs and rubber cover.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/bumperoff.jpg
Then you take your headlights to the oven to heat up the glue so you will able to separate them. I put the oven to 250 degrees for about 10 minutes, then i set one headlight for about 5 minutes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/intheoven.jpg
After that, you have to pry them apart like so:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/separating.jpg
I used a flathead screwdriver to pry them apart. After the prying, you end up with 2 separate parts.
The front lense and the reflector housing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/frontlense.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/reflector.jpg
You have to take off 2 screws on the lense part of the headlights to get the chrome part that were are going to paint, I used a T-15 socket
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/t15screw.jpg
Once you get it off, you have mask off the amber part. Or if you want to paint it or take out its up 2 u. I like the amber part so i left it. Then after the masking, my buddy an I started to wetsand. I used 800 grit paper
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/wetsanded.jpg
Then you start paiting:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/painting.jpg
A couple of coats should be enough.
Then you take off your masking and end up with something like this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/maskingoff-1.jpg
Almost done, :suprise:, you have to put back the painted part, then set the lense back onto the reflector and finally put it back on the oven to heat up the glue to seal them back up. You should end up with something like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/blackedout.jpg
Finally you put back all your bulbs and plug everything back, put back your bumper. And here are the final results:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/blakout.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/LatinEM1/done.jpg
It took my homie and I about 3 hours to complete this job.
Comments and questions welcomed. :D

[94EXCIVIC]

clean

[YuckerDisMe]

Just do it yourself.
So my homie and I start on the project.
Start by taking off the self tapping screws on the front by the radiator cap, then two screws by the fenders, and finally some more self tapping screws on the bottom of the bumper.


Finally you put back all your bulbs and plug everything back, put back your bumper. And here are the final results:

It took my homie and I about 3 hours to complete this job.
Comments and questions welcomed. :D

I know how to do it, but i still dont have an oven to put them in and dont have a blow dryer either...If im going to go out an buy a blow dryer that i'll never use again i might as well just pay someone to do it.

[YuckerDisMe]

btw, looks like you did a good job.

[bryantiscool]

thats what i did.
kept the amber in em and used a blowdryer to do it.

[Rufus]

Excellent DIY.

I used TTM Sales' oven. He wasn't too happy.

[LatinEM1]

I used my mom's oven. I didn't mess any up.

[YuckerDisMe]

I used my mom's oven. I didn't mess any up.

She wont let me use ours, or the one at my aunts house. Just cause my brother almost burnt the house down messing with the oven when we were younger, lol.

[LatinEM1]

She wont let me use ours, or the one at my aunts house. Just cause my brother almost burnt the house down messing with the oven when we were younger, lol.

Just do it when she's not home. :twisted:

[YuckerDisMe]

lol...then she comes home and see's the house burnt down :)

[YuckerDisMe]

ill buy the materials, just need someone to paint them for me.

[Rufus]

Buy me a Walbro fuel pump and I'll do it.

[SlowLS]

Great DIY, I think im gonna try it now.

[reyes1212]

hey bryant, what car is in your avatar?
and btw,
thx for the diy
pretty neat.
MY TURN>>>

[bryantiscool]

hey bryant, what car is in your avatar?
and btw,
thx for the diy
pretty neat.
MY TURN>>>

boosted eg.
not mine of course. :drunk:

gonna do it to theversa?

[Colten79]

damn.. came out bad ass.. i wish i could do somethin with my ef, but im shit out of luck.. lol

[YuckerDisMe]

Buy me a Walbro fuel pump and I'll do it.

How much are they?

[Rufus]

Dunno check eGay

[YuckerDisMe]

your the one that wants me to buy it, so you check it out :)

[YuckerDisMe]

So there is no one who wants to make some quick cash.

[Rufus]

How much cash

[YuckerDisMe]

How much do you want?

[Rufus]

$75

[sniperscout]

shit ill do it for 50...get that head cylinder on yet?

i have done 4 sets of lights also

[YuckerDisMe]

pm'd

Nope not yet, im waiting to get the vafc2 controller. Im doing a few projects for the car atm so that will probably be the last one to go on

[reyes1212]

YEAH I AM.
BUT MAYBE THURSDDAY or the weekend cus i gotta take off my bumper and all that

[Rufus]

shit ill do it for 50...get that head cylinder on yet?

i have done 4 sets of lights also

You win. I make that much in the morning surfing AZHT at work.

[bryantiscool]

so im assuming no on the deal?

[YuckerDisMe]

Im just seeing if there is anyone closer, i dont want to drive over 2 hours each way to drop them off.

[sniperscout]

im in peoria also

[sniperscout]

You win. I make that much in the morning surfing AZHT at work.

you have to work to make money? heh, the VA pays my bills

why do you and I always seem to be competing against each other...

[YuckerDisMe]

doesnt matter who doe it as long as they're somewhat close to where i live. I just wanna make sure they've done it before and did it well :)

[Lilrob]

bryants done it before and his looks pretty damn good.
:thumbup:

[bryantiscool]

thanks buddy! :inlove:

[YuckerDisMe]

bryants done it before and his looks pretty damn good.
:thumbup:

Yeah, but he lives over 2 hours away. And he wont meet me half way, lol.

[Rufus]

Where DO you live?

[Rufus]

why do you and I always seem to be competing against each other...

Didn't know we do.....

[sniperscout]

^it seems like it to me...maybe im just imagining things

[YuckerDisMe]

Where DO you live?

I live in queen creek, so im trying to find someone who lives not much further then tempe since i work in tempe.

[YuckerDisMe]

why do you and I always seem to be competing against each other...

There is no competition when going against rufus :)

[reyes1212]

i can do it.
I live in Tempe.
Or if you are willing for some downtime, take the headlights off (without the lights) and we can arrange a pick-up and then i go do the thing and a day or two later... BAM.
returned lights.
lol


um of course...theres extra charge for traveling services lololol
well not really but wtvr

hmm

[bryantiscool]

shoot, just mail me the lights. :)

[YuckerDisMe]

i can do it.
I live in Tempe.
Or if you are willing for some downtime, take the headlights off (without the lights) and we can arrange a pick-up and then i go do the thing and a day or two later... BAM.
returned lights.
lol


um of course...theres extra charge for traveling services lololol
well not really but wtvr

hmm

There wont be any down time, i have a pair of projectors on right now...The oem lights are sitting in the garage. The light output is better on the oem ones though which is why im going to be putting them back on. Do you have any pics of the lights you've down :)

I could drop them off before i go to work.

[YuckerDisMe]

shoot, just mail me the lights. :)

You pay for shipping :) lol.

[bryantiscool]

lol.
i do good job fo yuuuuu (in chinese accent.)

:thumbup:

[YuckerDisMe]

lol :)

[Rufus]

D00d they're not on the car? $60 and you meet me in Tempe tommorrow with a $10 bill for supplies. If they weren't done by the weekend, I could have em done by Mon-Tues at the latest.

[reyes1212]

geeze you guys really wanna do the lights hahaha
all fightin over his business lol

[YuckerDisMe]

lol....there is going to be more business when this is done. Cause i wanna get my fog lights done but i dont have the templates to where to cut the bumper. And i cant find them on the internet anywhere.

[Rufus]

I can show you that on my car. Easy as shit.

[YuckerDisMe]

hey rufus, do you know what would be brighter...The nokya hyper yellow bulbs or HID 3k bulbs?

[Rufus]

HID>Halogen

[reyes1212]

i concur... but wont be as yellow as...wait yeah they wil just bought some 3k hid bulbs lol

[YuckerDisMe]

just checking, cause i read that the hyper yellow bulbs put out twice the light as stock...and the hids put out 2-3 times the light

[xxbrowndragon]

thats whats up, clean and quick, and lol about the oven, nice job man

[reyes1212]

i dont know man but i have a pair of Hyper Yellow light bulbs...that dont fit my nissan...they are for civics...didnt see that when i bought them.
they are nykon

[YuckerDisMe]

i bought some nokya hyper yellow bulbs and have them in the fogs, just havent had the fogs since didnt know how much to cut. Now i know so they'll be on next week.

[YuckerDisMe]

i just dropped the lights off today, so they should be done in a few days...hopefully :)

[4dr_ed3]

BUMP so i dont have to search this thing again lol im about to do it

[Rufus]

^huh?

[4dr_ed3]

yeah i was looking for this diy cuz i wanted to see how to do it and if i need to see something i didnt wanna have to search for this thread again

[Rufus]

Let me borrow your downpipe for a week and I'll do your headlights for free. I did Yuckdisme's above

[4dr_ed3]

my down pipe? the stock sohc down pipe?