03civiclxcoupe

I was wondering can anyone post up pictures of yours cars with blackedout headlight with parking light on and off. I just want to see what it will look like cause i am thinking about blacking out my headlight housing next weekend and wants to see what they'll look like with parking lights on and off. I dont know how it will look on a shoreline mist metallic car.

Also should I paint parking light black or leave it(circled in red in picture) and just paint the chrome housing? Post pics please. Thanks

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03civiclxcoupe

Bump....anyone??

sdaidoji

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don't paint the housings, for starters... come on...

03civiclxcoupe

why not? ive seen other people do it on the forums though.

gearbox

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leave it chrome, otherwise you will have very low light output. you might be able to get away with using a brighter w5w bulb or higher tho. it just wont reflect. or make a nice led bulb instead, it shoots light forwards.

sdaidoji

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ah, had forgotten the leds... sorry.

03civiclxcoupe

oohh ok well i just painted my headlight today lol. How do i make a nice led bulb?

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

what color white or amber? alot of place sell premade led bulb you just swap in, which is easier but they dont last very long due to poor quality. check around autolumination.com and also for amber autozone has some pretty nice ones made by jamstrait with 4 leds.

03civiclxcoupe

probably white. Oh dang, ill check it out. I might put hids but i dont know yet.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

if you want white, there is a reliable led replacement called luxer1 with wite leds. its expensive but uses genuine nichia brand name leds so it will last a long time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LUXER...Q5fAccessories

03civiclxcoupe

wait umm...i just painted the housing not the chrome part where the orange reflector is. heres a pic.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

oh okay youre fine using a bulb then too. try w5w size they are only a few bucks at walmart and brighter than the stock 168. but the leds will work also if you want brighter white.

03civiclxcoupe

Oh ok sweet. w5w is the size for our stock 168?

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

yeah its just a bit brighter and whiter, same size but 50 lumens instead of 35. and its 5w instead of 4.5w

03civiclxcoupe

aahh ok ill look into that might buy them lol. Thanks!