Inside and Out - Headlight and Taillight advice

Hey guys, i need to get new headlights and taillights
My passenger side headlight is broken

So i want black, and black tail lights to match

Whats the best brand that isnt TOOOO expensive?

Any links?

I have a 96' Civic Sedan LX

thanks

What type of headlights and tail lights are you looking to get? Halos or JDM? And for the tail lights were you looking for just the almost stock but smoked out or LEDs.....There's many different options. Another way you can change your tail light color would be to use a tinting spray like Nightshade.

Like you, I have to replace my headlights...My passenger side housing is almost completely gone underneath (car vs. guard rail in the snow)

I got Anzo Halo Projectors ordered from a local custom shop. They only ran me about $190 after tax. These are what I have:http://www.anzousa.com/mmproducts/headlight_prod/honda/headprod_big/121068_02-AZ-HC96-PBC-R-A.jpg
I still have yet to install them because I'm waiting for winter to be over so I can paint and install my replacement bumper cover and the headlights.

Like you, I'll be changing out my tail lights to black. I prefer the nearly stock ones that are blacked out as oposed to the LEDS.....I just think the LEDS look too rice.But that's just me.


If you get anything from EBAY in the way of headlights either make sure that they're brand name stuff from a reputable seller or if you get the cheap crap make sure you seal it with silicone to prevent any water leakage/fogging issues.

See i like those headlights,


Hm, where can i get the tint spray?

Do you spray on the outside or inside?

Yeah i wasnt too FOND of the LED tailights

But i like those headlgihts you got. I want Halos.

Yeah we hit a deer with my car, broke the passenger side head light, now its white duct taped lol

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e279/corsair8080/10743853.jpg

See how the left one looks dingy, well moisture gets in and i cant clean it

and i just changed the ducttape to white so it looks a lil better haha

When my old bumper was taped on had used black duct tape since my car was black.

Check here for Addiction2bass's write up on tinting his tailights. You should be able to get the spray either online or from a local parts store http://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_294301/tm.htm



I don't plan on tinting mine becuase I have a small crack in my passenger side tail. So I'm just going to replace them completely.

Ohh alright, well maybe ill get that stuff, thanks

Hey, ya know, untill i get the money to buy new headlights, i could just pant the front and the back lights, and they would look good

Im not going as dark as that guy did, its prolly illegal lol


I think 1 coat would be enough dont you? for not too blcak but more of a smoked look?

I think 1-2 coats should probably do it. I'd probably get some clear coat too just to keep it from fading.

Any kind of clear coat or is there a special kind for lights?

I'm not sure, you might want to PM addiction2bass and ask him what he used.

Hey why are led tailights rice? i had them on my other honda. And back then nobody had them.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2064132/2

I'm running the black projector headlights and I love how they look on the car:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/CarbonizedDX/Civimeet.jpg

As for tails, I used to have black gaytezza's which got me too much police attention locally. I switched to the diamond red/clear reverse OE si copies
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/CarbonizedDX/reartails.jpg
but most recently I swapped those out for led versions (same units with led's in the brake assemblies but no pic as of yet)......

But I agree with the idea of smoking them, I smoked my ex's saturn's tails and they looked damed good... before they AZ harsh sun faded out the smoke:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/627000-627999/627563_63_full.jpg
^red out (sprayed the yellow sections red)
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/627000-627999/627563_126_full.jpg
^red out and then smoked lower section

Idk about doing the night shade thing. At first I was so excited about using it and thank god i used on my old tail lights cuZ I didn't like the way they came out at all. All I'm saying is if u could try it on some thing first then do it cuz u might not like the way the night shade makes the lights look dull. And holly **** is the iPhone bad ass I used it to post this and omg is this thing nasty.