Ive already De tangoed my Blobeye headlights, Friday im planning to paint the inside black, What paint has people used? Also planning to reseal the lights whats the best product to use?

 

not sure about what paint to use mate, but I'd use Tiger Seal to re-seal the units.

Good luck mate, I haven't got the ***** to do mine

 

haha, The spliting the headlight is easy buddy

 

Plastic primer and regular rattle can should be fine - you won't be flexing it much and heating it to re-seal the lights will help cure the paint

 

Its getting them back together and making them looking like factory finish that gets me. It could be a £1,000 **** up

 

Cheers Jon

 

£1000? there £350 genuine from scooby parts,

 

mine's a hawkeye mate. for some reason they're loads more. They're about £1,000 from a dealer and second hand they're not much cheaper and like rocking horse ****

 

That's the beauty of bugs, STI lights come de-tangoed and already finished in black plastic

 

Mines a classic but suppose the same rules apply.

Removed all clips,
Stuck them In the oven for 5 mins,
Seperated the glass from the back,
Removed inner plastic,
Rubbed it over with a bit of wet and dry,
Two coats of grey primer, (rattle can)
Three coats of matt black, (rattle can)
Refit plastics into light unit,
Place glass back onto light unit,
Back in the oven for 5 mins,
Press firmly together,
Refit metal clips,
Allow to cool and fit to car.

Job done.

 

Etch Primer and while still tacky spray Satin Matt Black.

I just heat both parts back up again and stick the lens back on. Done a few now and never had a problem.

 

On my old subaru I de tangoed the headlights and sprayed the inner platic wid a plastic primer then a gloss black finish, re sealed with tiger seal, put in the xenons and job done.

 

Done mine with plastic primer, satin black. I used a washing up pot scrubber thing to rub the part you are painting to make sure the paint stuck.
Then just reheated and they sealed back up with the original sealant. Job done.

 

Scotch-brite is the stuff (or brillo pads) and you can get it from any decent motor factors, even halfrauds sell it, much easier to use than a wet and dry in my opinion, especially for a smaller job like this

 

Yip that's the stuff,brillo pad. My mind went blank.

 

Guys I have bought satin black hopefully it will look smart, the casing do I spray it all? I head someone saying you shouldn't spray it completely

 

Keep us informed mate, there are hundreds of us building up the bottle to do it too!

 

....and that's the only beauty they have

 

Ain't that the truth.


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Watching this with interest

 

I'd never trust my wife with my car

 

me to, but my girlfriend never trusts me with the washing up.
Only allowed to try, suits me.

 

All done will take a pic on car at weekend

 

Looking good mate. Look forward to the fitted pic.

 

Still haven't got the bo11ocks to do this! Wish someone would do it for me!

 

good job

 

All I can say is get the seal right mate, I ballsed mine up. On my second set of OE ones, haven't got the plums to try it again. If you get that right, they look great!