i saw that pic in the middle of OLT's diy somewhere that someone posted of blackened headlights and it looked SWEET. Was just wondering what kind of paint and will i need to get that chrome off or get some stuff that can stick to that shiny stuff? ty for the help

 

I just cleaned them real well and then panted with some high temp paint.

 

Anyone do this mod with white paint?

Anything other than black?

 

yeah thats the look im goin for, i like how the lenses are clear with black in the background. so did you spray the backing without other preparations???

 

i think white would look ok at best, its not too far off of the OEM chrome look and its less shiny. i bet reds or blues even dark greens would look Badass

 

Thats kinda what I mean ... if you had a white SC with red accents (calipers, engine accents etc) than red in the headlight MIGHT look good.

I'd be interested in seeing it... ya know!

 

Ya I couldn't get all the yellow out of mine so I painted them. I think red might be too many colors on a DPW car. It might be to ricey with the black and white. I saw red on red and liked it.

 

So has anyone done white on white?
Photoshop?

Thats what I wanna see

 

You can't really photoshop that... The reason is because the white that you would photoshop in would be over the actual lens on the headlight. Therefor you would have to find a picture of just the lens and then just the housing without the lens. I have tried it before and it just doesnt come out that well.

Just go paint your's white and see what it looks like

 

 

lower opacity...you could kinda get a feel for what it would look, but it would never be right

 

ehhhhh..i think that doesnt look so well..it looks okay..but personally..if i had a white car..i wouldnt do it..on white cars, i love the stock chrome..on black cars, i like them either way..depending on the look you're going for..i personally have mine black and delined in the headlight area

 

I painted mine with high temperature flat black spray from my local Walmart. It turned out great.

My advice is to paint the inside edge of the lens itself as well, since you will get a grey halo effect around the headlight if not. I had to do mine twice because of this oversight.

Check this out...

Before (with nasty gray halo):




After (painted inner lens rim):



Paint the inner lens rim requires taping off the entire inner lens center to only expose the rim to the spray, but this is easily accomplishable with a little patience. The result is well worth the tribulation.

It's a personal preference, but I much prefer the blacked out look to the stock chrome accents (for comparison):

 

iunno about complete stealth look...tinted highs and tails...but personal preference i guess

 

Blizzy that's because ur car went to hell and decided to come back. Lol your ride is sweet though.