Blacked Out Headlight Question..
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Hey all, i know this has been posted probably a million times, anyways i read Viper's DIY on the 04-05 civics, and he didn't paint the light cover all black, just the insert. I want my whole headlight cover to be black... can i do that, Will light still be able to get out, and I understand you gotta use High Temp black paint but do you need a clear coat aswell??
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Rep Power: 0 If it's been asked a million times, why don't you search for it?
But no. Paint is opaque. It won't work with paint. It will, however, work with spray-on window tint and clear coat.
But no. Paint is opaque. It won't work with paint. It will, however, work with spray-on window tint and clear coat.
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Rep Power: 218 Hey, I did in fact do a search for it but i didn't get the answer i was searching for. So a paint like Dupicolor would be good... and then clear coat on top of that. Thanks for such a fast reply. and this is done inside the actual headlight not on the outside right.
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Rep Power: 218 well in my 03 civic, there is 3 peices right. I just want to paint the actual headlight cover.. which is smooth plastic or whatever. No ripples just the actual cover. Can i do that... is that the proper way?
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Originally Posted by minorc
well in my 03 civic, there is 3 peices right. I just want to paint the actual headlight cover.. which is smooth plastic or whatever. No ripples just the actual cover. Can i do that... is that the proper way?
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Rep Power: 218 Anyways after a trip to Canadian tire, They don't sell spray tint. The paint i bought the dude said it was Opaque... thats all fine and good but the real dillema is last time i removed my headlight i got the cover off no problem to find a screw inside that i couldn't remove ( see sig ) and after talking to the guys on this website we figured out it was a Security Torx screw. Its a torx screw with a peice of metal in the middle. I need a screwdriver to remove this thing... any ideas.. was the dude at Canadian tire just BS'n me. Please help,
^^ BTW the guy at Canadian Tire said i couldn't find anything like that there or anywhere probably.. once again help is much appreciated.
^^ BTW the guy at Canadian Tire said i couldn't find anything like that there or anywhere probably.. once again help is much appreciated.
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Rep Power: 218 Thanks for all the help, i got er done today with flat black high heat dupicolor.. IMO looks F'n awesome. I'll post pics when i get a nice day to do em. Later
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Originally Posted by minorc
Anyways after a trip to Canadian tire, They don't sell spray tint. The paint i bought the dude said it was Opaque... thats all fine and good but the real dillema is last time i removed my headlight i got the cover off no problem to find a screw inside that i couldn't remove ( see sig ) and after talking to the guys on this website we figured out it was a Security Torx screw. Its a torx screw with a peice of metal in the middle. I need a screwdriver to remove this thing... any ideas.. was the dude at Canadian tire just BS'n me. Please help,
^^ BTW the guy at Canadian Tire said i couldn't find anything like that there or anywhere probably.. once again help is much appreciated.
^^ BTW the guy at Canadian Tire said i couldn't find anything like that there or anywhere probably.. once again help is much appreciated.
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Rep Power: 253 haha sorry, my original intent was for him to call the cops and ask about the legalities before he got into ruining his headlights, but it turned into what I posted! I thought it was more funny than pointless.
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