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Awesome man, looks great

 
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what kind of paint are you guys using? I was thinking of painting my headlights white ^.^ matching the car and junk

 
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flat black from advance auto zone. i bet you can use any flat black paint though...

 
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Did you sand it first, or did you just prime it then paint.

 
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i'm gonna do mine right now. post if you have some quick tips.

 
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damm that looks good!

 
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that would be Chris' car now

 
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hello and welcome to yesterday

 
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I think it looks better when you leave the parking and turn signal "pockets" chrome. But that's just IMO. Still looks tight

 
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Use to be my car.

 
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Not enough contrast between the chrome inner reflectors and the white IMO - it won't really stand out till you're really close to the car. But if you wanna colour match, just grab some primer and then go to a bodyshop supply place with your paint code, and tell them to do you up a spray bomb. Should be pretty cheap. I myself recently redid my headlights - sanded off the old paint, then primer, black base coat, and IS300 grey from the local bodyshop supply place.
I just wanted to reply to a few other comments here:
- You don't really need high heat paint for headlight housings. It doesn't get THAT hot in there. That said, if you were to do a white finish, I dunno if it'll go yellow in time. One other thing to worry about with white housings is if you get condensation and it happens to stay in there for a while, you'll really be able to see any kind of mold or discoloration that happens as a result.
- I used to use high heat barbecue paint (seriously) to paint housings black then a coat of Duplicolor Graphite wheel paint to give it a gunmetal glossiness. Since then, I've moved on to Plastikote black for blacked out headlights, and if I want a gunmetal finish, I'll spray on a coat (more like a dusting) of Duplicolor Wheel Paint (graphite)
- Plastikote paint black sticks to plastic, so no need to sand/primer the (plastic) chrome pieces, and it gives a finish that's plenty glossy, especially once you place the lens back over it. If you really wanna get shiny about it, plan to have your headlights off for a couple of days, then primer-sand-paint-sand-paint-sand-clearcoat-sand-clearcoat-sand-clearcoat-sand-clearcoat-sand-rubbing compound. It'll come out looking like a bodyshop did it. But I don't think you'd be able to tell the difference between the two unless you were comparing cars side by side.
- I do sedan headlights in the oven buy popping them in at 300F for 3-4 minutes. Coupes, same temperature for 2 minutes at MOST. Heck, I did a coupe headlight clearing on a really hot day and all I did was pop the clips and open it outside. Make sure it's 300F, not 300C, especially with those fancy schmantzy ovens with the digital displays! A friend of mine melted his because he didn't know which was which - I was in the room, and the smell and sight of a drooping headlight is heart-rending. I don't think I've ever had to wait longer than 5 minutes total at 300F for a sedan headlight. You really should check them at 3 then if you can't open them without minimal effort, pop them back in for another minute. Otherwise you risk warping/permanently bending the rear housing, which will of course result in the headlight not resealing properly, which leads to leakage and condensation.
- When resealing, I press the headlight housing and lens together, then pop it in the 300F oven for 3 minutes at most. As soon as I get it out I use spring clips to press the seams closed. They look like this:

Once the gap is closed up, for coupes you should be good to put the clips on. However, for sedans, and the paranoid coupe owner, I use Permatex Gasket Maker (the grey stuff) and run a bead all around the headlight:

My headlights are still condensation free from this method, and I've hit them with thunderstorms and pressure washers.
- One more thing, make sure you don't have any dust on the inside of the lens when you reseal. You'll notice it like two days later and it'll drive you mad. I keep either one of those air-cleaner spray cans or (if I have money that week) one of those swiffer refill cloth thingies. You don't want to use a paper towel (wet OR dry) or just any random cloth, as it'll put tiny scratches on the inside of the lens. I used to use terry cloth towels but the ones I got always left a tiny piece of lint on the lens so I had to use an air can anyway. Bah.

 
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D@mn that turned out good man....

 
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nice!!!

 
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That's pretty damn good.

 
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those are sick

 
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that looks amazing with those eyelids im relly starting to like those

 
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Well thank you.

 
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gloss black is nice.

 
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hmm i thought black housings on silver car would look bad but this looks really nice.
i have a silver sedan and i cleared my lights. maybe i will consider this in the future.

 
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looks good