Guide to painting your headlights (w/ pic's)

[pac99altima]

well nightshade is pretty good ...i had used it on my boys integra and it held up pretty well

... im going to try the silver adhesive tap on my amber lights when i finally decide to do this ...give it a different look and see how it comes out

...wats the approximate time needed to complete this task? ...im going to try this on my 98-99 headlights before actually doing it on the 2k's

[Glenn14]

blackalti,
Those came out very nice, I like your blacked out theme.....

Glenn

[moare91]

looks great bro. good work

[blackalti]

pac:: honestly i couldnt tell you it was a weekend project, i wanted to make sure i took my time wasnt in a hurry for ANYTHING, last time i got in a hurry i ended up having to redo my taillight's lesson learne...if i was to guess though couple of hour's, it took about 10 minute's to pop both headlights (if youve never taken your headlights out before) out, 10-15 minutes to bake them apart (includes prying, where youll spend most of your time) 45 minutes or so to paint (allowing for ample drying time) and like 10 minutes to put it all back together, and 5 to put the light's back in (its easier the 2nd time around lol) so about 2 hour's

and thank's for the complimet's everyone, really appreciate each and everyone of them

[akamigs]

a little confused??? is the night shade for the lens or for the plastic housing, cuz the link to the VHT describes it as lens coating. im interested in painting the plastic housing not the lens.

[blackalti]

nah just regular spray paint for the housing...i used transparent black on the amber marker's