DIY Black Housing Headlights

bemberg2 · Post by **bemberg2** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:13 am

I know this has been done before, but I thought I'd show how i did it on my 97 civic.
1) removed the front bumper (top plastic bolts, two screws underwheelwell, and two 10mm bolts under bumper)
2) removed 4 bolts and two wiring connections to headlights.

3) place (one at a time) into oven at 250 for 5 min to loosen epoxy
4) w/ flathead separate plastic lens from back housing.
5) remove 4 screws on housing to remove chrome lens

6) sand lens (which i forgot to do) and paint

7) reattach 4 screws to housing
8) place two pieces together and into oven again for 5 min @ 250f
9) press together making sure tabs connect
10) reattach on car

Took about an hour all told. and cost 1.00$ Boo-ya!

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:30 am

I've done this on all the hatches... to really throw something different out there, try random colors. Neutral colors work best though.

Bronze... Always my favorite.

bemberg2 · Post by **bemberg2** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:32 am

have any tips to get that hazyness off the lenses? buffer and sand?

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:35 am

bemberg2;190003 wrote:have any tips to get that hazyness off the lenses? buffer and sand?

They make polishing kits to fix that. They sell them at any auto parts store for around $15. I just used one on my Jetta and it worked great.

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:48 am

I have a few bottles of this crap in a blue bottle that was like $7 and it works great.

modthesol · Post by **modthesol** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:36 pm

99BlackHatch;190006 wrote:I have a few bottles of this crap in a blue bottle that was like $7 and it works great.

mine came in a green bottle it works great for 5 bucks in a green bottle...

Gunmetal Si · Post by **Gunmetal Si** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:48 pm

or u can use wheel polish and sand paper

bemberg2 · Post by **bemberg2** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:36 am

nice. thanks all for the tips.