Yet another "paint your headlights black" question...
 

1) I have an 02 EX coupe, I heard you DO NOT need silicone to reseal--that our coupes have resealable.. well stuff. True? I went ahead and bought some anyway.

2) I bought regular flat black enamel paint. Not high temp... should i get a high temp one instead? The bottle (for the high temp) said 500degrees.. i couldnt imagine our headlights getting anywhere near 500 degrees, so i opted for the regular paint (due to the fact it was a buck less)

3) applying the paint -- did you guys sand it prior to spraying? I am thinking of using a 600 grit sand paper before applying the paint.

4) should i use primer? not necessary?

thanks!

i will be doing this tommorow morning, so quick answers are greatly appreciated!

tell me what happens.. and pics!

1) you can try using the stock sealant without applying new sealant. there is, however, the chance that you will get the black shit all over the place and there is the chance that it will **** your progress up, and there is the chance that your lights will fog. if youre careful though, you can do it proper and nothing will happen and you won't need new sealant. (I personally didn't use any new sealant the first time I cleared my headlights years ago, but due to an accident, those headlights are gone, bleh)

2) the only reason I could think that you would need high temp. is because the lights are near the engine area and could heat up a little more than maybe what your flat enamel could handle. however, I have heard that some people have used regular and had 0 problems. (if it was only a buck less tho, why didn't you just dish out one more buck? hmm..)

3) Topfuel told me long ago that I should sand it down to get rid of the chrome ish. so my advise is do that.

4) use primer- if you're going dark color, use dark primer, if you're going light color, go light primer.

hope it helps, good luck.

I used the stock sealant when putting them back together. Just reheat the parts in the oven until the goo is soft again and press back together. I have a sedan, but it should work for coupes, too.

i would use some extra seleant just in case as well i paid the extra dollar for the high temp but thats just my opinion

yea i used high temperature engine paint. flat black. didnt sand it. no premier. turned out great.
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^that looks great.


how long did it take you to do that?

I used flat black paint with a clear coat... worked well!

maybe couple hours . drying takes while .

n00b question, but what does painting your lenses black do?

looks different than stock headlights :D

nuff sed :D

my lights

i didnt bother with primer or anything, didnt need it cuz its sealed .. and i used that black stuff thats allready on the light .. didn't add any fresh sealent or anything .. held just fine

crypton those look real good man, can u still actually see the light from signal and that other little circle one, cant remember name

mango!!! can you do a DIY or something? or not even, since it's not very hard, but at least take a couple pictures while the headlight assembly is separated. that's the one thing i want to see, since i don't know what the individual pieces are, and if i'll need to mask anything off. well, do it if you can; if you can't, that's cool, too.....

thanks :)

oh, damn! i didn't see how old the post is. it's probably already done by now......

yeah you can still see the lights perfectly ... they even look more LED. I have blue bulbs in the driving light and the turn signal, and Hyper whites for the main headlight

cryption, did you use black spray paint, or really dark gray?

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thanks, civicvtec!! :D you're awesome :tup:

a really dark gray, its called Dark Grey actually .. made by plasti koat .. i got it at pep boys ... i don't really like how the black looks ... its too flat .. doesnt look right to me

aight somebody help me out, i was about to do this project, but i have eternal blue.... i want to paint the heads blue.... is there a way i can get spray paint to match? or do i need to order from honda??? help quick, i wanna get this done

holy crap civicvtec1ps you painted them in the house!!!

yo brad you can order from any where..you just need the paint code. I told you any blue thats close will look FINE

Im about to spray my taillights

took it aprt in my room and painted headlights in my garage :cool:

thanks havier.... i'm gonna try to get as close as possible, lets hope this goes well, haha

hey civictec.. what were those little black things in the first and second pics.. and what was the socket wrench for? do u need to remove some bolts to take the lens off the headlight?

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i used socket wrench to take out headlights from car. and you will need screw driver and philips head screws take aprt headlights