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For those of u who blackout the headlights, what type of paint did u use??? where can i get it?

 
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you can also use tint if you're knowledgeable...

 
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elaborate pls!

 
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tint? new idea...prop

but wouldnt it block out some light beam? and the visibility will decrease?

 
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blkcivic is talking about painting the inside of the headlight, tinting is a whole other thing entirely...personally, I wouldn't want to tint my headlights, I need my lights as bright as I can get them.

 
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opps! maybe i didn't make it too clear. yeah, i was talking about the inside housing, painting the chrome part

 
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I used to just paint the chrome with flat black automotive paint (Motomaster from Craptastic Tire). But I found if even one speck of dust got on, it would cause little flecks where paint didn't stick on. I now do one of several things when blacking out people's headlights, depending on what's at hand:

1) sand with 400-grit sandpaper before painting, clean off the dust, then apply the flat black paint
2) primer (2 coats) then flat black
3) high-heat barbecue paint (works so well!!!!) THEN flat black automotive.

When I do step 3, and the car is black, I add a couple coats of Duplicolor graphite wheel paint on top of the flat black to give it a nice sheen...just an idea I learned on a black 1.6 blackout session last month.