Should I clear or blackout my lights?
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i just blacked mine out and left the amber in....they look t3h hot. do whatever goes with your car better. they just happen to fit my theme of black and silver.
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Rep Power: 812 clear would look better on silver imo, unless you have rims and grill to match the black. Just having black headlights won't flow very well.
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Rep Power: 0 I think you should clear them out but unfortunately, it's "black them out"s turn in replys so I'm going to have to go with black them out. Oh and if you do black them out, consider a CF hood.
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Rep Power: 0 im not sure if blacked out would look good on silver if u dont have a theme going unlike on a red car or something where it looks good, i would say just go with what u like better and look at other peoples silver cars
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Rep Power: 361 clear. i just bought a second set of oems to clear so i can keep the current ones on the car till its done. i suggest you do the same then sell the old housings for what you paid for the extra set.
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Rep Power: 369 Match it to your rims, sorta like what gearbox said. With silver it's nice to have contrast so what I did with my SSM EL was gunmetal headlights then matching gunmetal rims with polished lip. If you're gonna go with silver rims, then keep em cleared.
It's like matching your shades to your shoes. It's such a little thing but the look of the car is more "integrated", for lack of a better word, if the rims and the headlight housings are at least similar colours. Let's not get into chrome though, ha ha.
It's like matching your shades to your shoes. It's such a little thing but the look of the car is more "integrated", for lack of a better word, if the rims and the headlight housings are at least similar colours. Let's not get into chrome though, ha ha.
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http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/at...chmentid=38468
this is wat im gonna do very soon to my new oem headlights. and get teh amber bubl for the turn signal
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/at...chmentid=38468
this is wat im gonna do very soon to my new oem headlights. and get teh amber bubl for the turn signal
quick question here... what kind of stick stuff is in your headlight when you cleard them? coz my friend and i tried to cleard his 01 sedan. but its to hard to pull the "grey stick" glue. mine is 02 coupe and i saw that mine got BLACK glue.. or whatever you call that sticky stuff. so you got black or grey? thanxxxx sorry about this question on your thead.. pls help here
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Rep Power: 289 u could try both black em out and clear em out.. or just black em out and leave the amber... its w.e flows the best with the car.. depends what rims u got grill... etc... so whatever flows the best keep it 
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Rep Power: 284 dude...if your car is silver...i say doin' it gunmetal would be really sweet. thats what i did. its really cool. i kept the orange piece in mine. here's a few pics. for ya'. tell me wut ya' think of those.
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I have a white car with white rims and I have my heads cleared and I think it looks friggin' sweet. That's my personal opinion. Buncha other folks tell me the same thing though. I'm getting a CF hood and I bought some of the aftermarket headlights that are supposedly gunmetal/black housing. They look very nice to me. They aren't exactly gunmetal..not exactly black. But they match the color of the CF hood pretty well. I'm also going to tint my tails. Sort of a black/white/ thing going on. Interior still tan though...hmm...wtf to do next.
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I have a white car with white rims and I have my heads cleared and I think it looks friggin' sweet. That's my personal opinion. Buncha other folks tell me the same thing though. I'm getting a CF hood and I bought some of the aftermarket headlights that are supposedly gunmetal/black housing. They look very nice to me. They aren't exactly gunmetal..not exactly black. But they match the color of the CF hood pretty well. I'm also going to tint my tails. Sort of a black/white/ thing going on. Interior still tan though...hmm...wtf to do next.
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Originally Posted by SkipBarber
^i didnt even do that with mine. its not that bad once you can pry a corner open.
1. Remove Headlamps completely (bulbs taken out and everything)
2. Wipe off the clear plastic pieces pretty good (you dont want the oils, bugs, and wutnot to mess it up...just to be safe)
3. Place one headlamp on a cookie sheet or something big enough.
4. Preheat to 210 degrees
5. Place in for 15 minutes
6. Immediatly pull apart the two main pieces.
7. Pop out all of the plastic pieces and tape off desired parts.
8. Put a few coats on..let sit for atleast 20 minutes.
9. Put it all the plastic insides back together
10. Put it back in the oven for 15 mins. again
11. Just to be safe put some more silicon back on.
12. Enjoy the new look and the compliments.
it may seem a little tedious but...its better to be safe than sorry. I hope this helps.
