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Already done it and/or love it...
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No, I don't think so...
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35.09%
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BLACK HEADLIGHTS - What do you think?

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Old 06-08-08, 01:36 AM
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i wanna clean my lens cause they are turning yellow and i want to get the inside of my oem black. i wanna do it like batmobile. half and half. iono where to start or how to do it
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and where do you get or how do you make the side bumper thing clear
Old 06-08-08, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by thinhthan
i wanna clean my lens cause they are turning yellow and i want to get the inside of my oem black. i wanna do it like batmobile. half and half. iono where to start or how to do it
You can try cleaning the outside with toothpaste or a plastic cleaner first to see how satisfied you are with the outside cleaned, then if you want to do more you can pry them open and go inside. I still haven't opened mine up yet but want to.

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and where do you get or how do you make the side bumper thing clear
You can either buy a pair of clear side markers for around $100 (on eBay/Sites) or take off the amber/orange plastic cover and make a clear plastic cover for it and glue/silicon/seal it on the housing.
Old 06-08-08, 04:25 AM
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I suggest to clean the insides and make sure the vent tubes are still intact. I sealed up my headlights a few nights ago and it's been raining here in Sydney for 3 days since I put the headlights in the car... no condensation problems yet.

Search for O.L.T.'s guide for headlights.
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Originally Posted by thinhthan
i wanna clean my lens cause they are turning yellow and i want to get the inside of my oem black. i wanna do it like batmobile. half and half. iono where to start or how to do it
O.L.T's DIY
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ight=headlight

when you have the headlight open... tape off the turn signal section and spray the chrome itself a matt black

make sure you keep the spray can about 1 foot away... and gradually go back and forth until it's all black
Old 06-08-08, 10:26 AM
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i think blacking it out yourself would look better. Those headlights looks like some ebay knock off civic headlights....
Old 06-08-08, 11:08 AM
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what kind of paint did you use to paint it?
Old 06-08-08, 07:05 PM
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I've done this with my supra headlights.. It's very simple. I just used regular plastic paint. I would also recommend Novus 3 step plastic cleaner. This is a bads pic but you get the idea.
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Originally Posted by thinhthan
what kind of paint did you use to paint it?
matt black high temperature paint which is located at your local car store...

usually are used to paint engines or calipers.....

you want a matt black so it won't look shiny inside your headlight and you want it to look "smoked" instead of blacked out

it's late.... hope i made sense
Old 06-08-08, 11:34 PM
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smoked the OEMs, he's right about the high beams not matching and looking a bit off, so the ebay high beams sound like a great finisher.
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and i looked everywhere for the clear bumper light and still cant find it.
Old 06-09-08, 10:57 AM
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for the side markers look at vertex
Old 06-09-08, 01:48 PM
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vertex what i tried to yahoo it but it give me some bs
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Sorry, but I like the OEM ones much better than this. OEM looks much more like eyes; these headlights look like they belong on some mutant fish at the bottom of the ocean.
Old 06-09-08, 02:20 PM
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Try: vertex-usa.com (here's the link to the side markers on there) and here's the eBay store of hibiki racing jdm located in Japan that has them, too.

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