Has anybody spray painted their original headlights black? (the housing)

a friend told me that he had done this to his old car. (96 civic)
and he said it looked cool.

has anyone done it? lol or is he just trying to make me experiment on my headlights lol

 

why would you want to do that....?

 

yes people do it but you got to make sure that it seals up good when you put it back together or your going to get moisture. i would reccomend getting a cheap duplicate pare of lights so you can do it to them.

 

You can put them in the oven to soften the sealant holding them together. Pull off the front plastic and tape off any areas that arent being painted. Ive seen them painted to match the car too. And I know a guy that did the housing in bronze and it looks sick on his black car...Id like to see it on a white or green car too though. My housings are a metallic gunmetal color.

 

takes all of 20 mins to do, i did it to my old set a while ago

 

oh... yeah thats what he told me i should do.
but mine's a 93. and the lights are glass. would it be the same thing?

 

Yeah, the glass one would be different. I don't remember if there are clips on that or what.

 

even if there are clips, is there still sealent? you should be able to find the clips very easy if there are any


@plethoric: i think colormatched would be sick, my colors dap so its not like a store bought color, i would have to get it custom mixxed in a can for me haha

 

Note you guys he said he has a 93 not a 96-00. Headlights are different. The 92-95 headlights don't have the big round part that everyone tapes off. There is more of a rectangular piece that is on the left and the right of the bulb you can tape off and paint the rest of the housing, but it defiantly affects the light that comes out of the headlight. I know because I did it, but having fog lights does help.

 

So you can get the cover off by softn the seal in the oven? Cause I was tryn to figure out how to get it off so I can clean the sun damage!