Smoked Headlights **With Pic's**

[Rhymes]

Took it upon myself to split my headlights, sand them down and paint them satin black.
What i thought would have took an hour, Actually took 4 hours, 3 headlights and a stab in the wrist from a burning hot stanley knife.
But, Got it done and happy with them...

Before
http://file040a.bebo.com/5/large/2008/06/11/17/7050327049a7997496849l.jpg
After
http://file041b.bebo.com/10/large/2008/06/11/17/5349072332a7997199003l.jpg
Before
http://file043a.bebo.com/5/large/2008/06/11/17/7050327049a7997441738l.jpg
After
http://file041b.bebo.com/10/large/2008/06/11/17/5349072332a7997198687l.jpg


Also, When your in the middle of heating up a headlight in the oven, Dont answer the phone.....Luckily i had a spare.:lol:
http://file045a.bebo.com/7/large/2008/06/11/17/7050327049a7997634416l.jpg

[Forbes]

Looks amazing. I would like to get mine darkened, although i was thinking of buying ones cause am lazy. Still as good in the dark? Still Legal?

[Rhymes]

Thanks.

I dont think you can buy them off the shelf other than the Angel eye one's which i thought looked too boy racer-ish to be honest so i done these myself.

Its a nightmare though and wouldnt do it again, Takes a lot of patience that i just havent got.:yes nod:

Exact same in the dark as the bit thats painted is cosmetic only and not functional, Same with the Legal issue, Its only cosmetic and not affecting anything. I had my MOT today funnily enough and it was fine. BMW too.

[Craig]

:thud:

that's me been called a ned and a chav all in a couple of months... :eek:

nevermind - I'm happy... :thumbs up:

[The Dogfather]

You should come on my site more often, I'm sure we can come up with some others :p

[RyanK]

Nice one for doing the Joey Mod!!! I too want to do it but think it might look too dark with my black wheels, tints etc.

My mate did this to his honda and looked like a bit of a hard job. good on ya for getting it done like!

LOL at last pic

[Gismo]

This headlight darkened approach is appealing to me, i read a while ago that folks were doing it on MINI2.
To save me trawling their site :rolleyes: what is involved, ie, what type paint, how long do you cook for and on what gas setting :idea: :D

[Rhymes]

I read about it but couldnt be bothered and then my girlfriend mentioned it would look good with the black roof and mirrors, So i had to do it lol.

I used Satin Black plastics paint from halfords with a very light coat of lacquer to protect it.

Put the unit in a pre heated oven for a minute or so and keep checking the glue softening. I pre heated it to 200 then placed the unit in for around 3 minutes , took it out and prised it apart , Put it in again and kept going til it came off.
Remove bulbs etc before doing it though and bearing in mind that it can melt so try it on a lower temp if not confident.

Then you need to remove the inner part and paint it.

To put it back together i removed all of the original glue. Som people re-use it but i decided to put on fresh extra strong window adhesive to ensure it was water tight.

Relatively straight forward process but is a pain in the arse and not very easy to split.

[Big Gordy]

The melted one looks like you've moulded a giants ear:laugh:

[illegalhunter]

It looks like the car is about to fall asleep.