[box mafia]

Well I started my blacked out headlights this morning. Very nervous. lol I wll post pics when I get them put back together later today. Wish me luck. Something about putting a headlight in the oven :rockon:

 

[surfMOMster]

Take pics please. Maybe you could do a DIY?

I've been wanting to do this for a long time but am soo nervous about the baking part.

 

[kkr]

Good luck! I love mine! What is this about putting them in an oven?!?

 

[boblamb58]

I was going to say something about saving me some cookies.......

kkr, do you notice any less light at night? The lights are bad enough as they are, I'd think coloring the housing would only make them dimmer.

They look nice with the Black.

 

[kkr]

At first, even with the brights on I had NO light shining through. Then I bought Sylvania Silverlights and now I have no problems.

 

[box mafia]

I put them in the over at 300 for 9 min. to get the seal to soften. Then I pulled them apart and painted all the chrome flat black. Then put then back in for 6 min and pushed them together so they snapped into the stock holders. Then I put them back on the car. That's what I meant about baking them. You tinted the lens. Two different mods

 

[kkr]

Cool. I had no idea you could do that

 

[box mafia]

Here they are baked and painted flat black. I left the high beam light chrome for blue lights later.

And the new carbon fiber wing!

 

[xbam27]

can we get a close up, and did you happen to take a pix while housing was off and painted black??

 

[box mafia]

Here is the DIY I used. It has some close up shots and the inside of the head light shot. Just like mine. Hope this helps. :rockon:
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147498&highlight=black+headlight+mod

 

[Parkers09xB]

Looks great!!

 

[xbam27]

I wish i had the balls to do that for my car. knowing me i'd mess it up some how

 

[box mafia]

I wish i had the balls to do that for my car. knowing me I'd mess it up some how

Not as hard as it looks. Two sets of hands help a lot. Just follow the DIY I posted. I wanted to color match them to the stingray met. paint. The only sketchy part for me was putting them in the oven and coming back to a mess of melted plastic :x

 

[crz_jsph]

Looks good! Nice work...

 

[philthy]

did you paint the front emblem black too? or buy a black one? i want mine black if i get black wheels!

 

[box mafia]

Painted it