Been cooking...black headlights!!
 

Hi all, just thought i'd share todays job of making my headlights black.

Firstly,a freshly removed standard early facelift headlight:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture016.jpg

Then,remove the 4 metal clips around the lense and after 6 min in the oven(may take more) at 100deg c the glues soft enough to seperate the lense and back:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture017.jpg

A bit of masking the centre which you don't want to paint!:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture018.jpg

Then after a bit of painting(sorry forgot to take a pic!)i put the two halfs in the oven for 4 mins to get the glue soft,then put them together,fitted the metal clips to push them together,then back in the oven, 5mins later,one finished headlight!:smug: :

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture019.jpg

And a couple of before and after pics:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture024.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picture023.jpg

The picture doesn't really show them that black,think it might be the flash on me camara,but looks better in the flesh!:thumb:
Also, as these are early facelift lights,they don't have a seperate surround that you can remove and paint that the later ones do,so it's easier on the later ones.

Mit

looking good mate, well done
ooh 1000 posts lol
wiley

Thats it,use me for the extra post!:lol1: But thanks anyway!:thumb:

Very very subtle and I like a lot.

nice mate.....
ps: early facelift is "pre" facelift !!!

good work and write up !!

looks good mate

the early facelift lights are 96 to 98, the later is 98 to 00. They both look the same, using the later bonnet,but are different inside the light. The reflector is different.

What have you done?

Painted the inside of the light black round the edges,the pics don't realy show it that well,i'll try n get a better one up.

look good mate :)

after seeing your lights i've just this minute finished painting mine and my side lights. :thumb:

will post some pics when finished and fitted :norty:

Thanks, best thing is it only costs a can of paint,in this case £3.99!

nice one mate :thumb: ..... next fit some Xenon Projectors in 'em and see the light :D

well i done my lights and fitted them today, only difference is i painted about an inch into the reflector so they look more black.

fitted my bright led sidelights and xenon headlights and the jobs a good one :thumb:

so carried away i am doing the indicators too.

what i am now stuck with is do i fit my sti foglamp covers or do i smoke the foglights and try fit spare set of xenons i have lyin around???

is it best to use matt or gloss?

Can this be done to a hawkeye?

i used gloss black, when i look at mine i dont see much of a difference coz my lenses are clear with all that lines/markings on them but when i parked it next to my other scooby you could see a big difference.

that make sense??????? lol :lol1:

i would of thought so mate, check to see if you can see any glue around the lense's if the lense is glued on follow mits steps above :norty:

I used matt paint,but don't thing it'll make too much of a difference:wonder:

Thanks adzer:thumb:

Adzer,how you getting on with the rebuild and stuff?