Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Repainted headlight.

Repainted from Blue to black. Pics kinda blurry because of the webcam<3 Pics Total please wait.

pics 2

wanna do mine??? hehe

Yeah that webcam is a little fuzzy, if the black is glossy then I say good job

pics 3..final pic...i had to use webcam because i don't have a digital cam..so i can't take pics after install..which i already did install it 10mins ago.

How easy is it to take apart your light? Also, how long did it take you?

yeah..i use testor glossy black..it turn out awesome..look nice on the car...

hey Xer0GT you wanna bring it to me, i'll do it for you bro.. ..it's pretty easy..this is my second time doing it..so i got the basic down pretty good..heheh.

okay...lol...you remember our delema with sofaking...hahaha...well now you can prove him wrong...is it possible to pull the car close to a window and reach the camera as far as it will go...

i need to see pics

^^hell yeah bro..heheh..i'm just waiting for my sister to give me my laptop back..after that i'll hook the webcam up and go out and take some pics so you guy can see it...

-Chaz----it's pretty easy bro..what i did was i pre-heat the oven, i just press the Bake button, set the temp to 305degree..other use 300degree...after 2mins of 305degree i turn it off and put the light inside right away..wait 15mins (wait the entire 15mins) take them out, i use a flat head screw drive and start at the top and pry out from the edge..once i can get my hand inside the crack i just pull it straight out..that way i don't have a lot of the edges sticking out..took about 35-30mins to take apart both headlight..and took another hour to paint it..so generally u're looking at between 1.5hr to 2.5hrs top..afer i painted it i put the headlight back and pushes as tight as i can, now preheat the oven again like the begining and put ur light back in the oven for another 15mins..so the total i guess would be around 3-4hrs...oh yeah i waited overnight for the paint to totally dry out..but 3-4hrs is what you need if u're doing it in one day..

^^^Thanks man I think I'm gonna have to do that.

I wonder what paint would match best with my silver celi...

i think if you can find metallic black it would look awesome..but you should look at other people's headlight first and compare bro..

if should deff. paint ur headlight..pm me if you got question..or post it here.

here's the install section i use:
http://celicagarage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1185

oh yeah remeber to remove all the bubls and screw around the headlight..study the install link and remember to remove what it tells you to remove that way it easier to open ur headlight..Good luck..man if you live in nebraska i would def..do it for u..hehe

looks good - get some pics on the car...

hmmm... metalic black would look cool. But only after I get my carbon fiber hood.

too bad that's a long ways down the road for me

Maybe I'll get bat's overlays in silver until I can paint it black.

looks way better brandon, i can't wait to see what it looks like on your car so then i might do it to mine. nice work dude

Nice

thanks everyone..i got my laptop back, so i'll take some pics 2morrow with the webcam..

hey Judd you should def. do ur..my car look so much better now..i removed the red fill-in sticker from the trunk..i'm thinking of smoking the taillight..

smoke taillight anyone? yay or nay??? i'm using tester black gloss paint..right now i have red-out look pretty good i must say..

ok..3 more pics..now it's installed..
the webcam is bad, there are too much light and i can't get rid of it..took them the best i can..

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3..last one.

i'm gonna have to wait til night fall to take some more pics at futher distance..

those look awsome dude


1000000x better than the old color

yeah, i think so too..what do you think of smoke or tint taillight??? i'm thinking of doing it..i have one can of black gloss testor paint left..

looks good from what I can make out in your pics...

Very nice!!

well here's some more...i hate webcam..it look clear when i took them but when it load up it's all blurry..well here's some more..i just took it 5mins ago..it's 7:50pm central time right now..cloudy outside so it's not too bright..

more

and again.

i just wash the car on Thursday, yesterday it rain like hell make my car dirty again.

and then now for the neon..IT'S PURPLE NOT BLUE, cam turn it out to be blue..

rear bar..notice it's homemade..freebie..

last pics is the Megan Strut tower bar..

Looks great. I like it a lot. I was thinking about painting mine also, but decided not to for 3 reasons in no particular order. 1. condensation in my headlights. 2. taking the headlights apart. 3. To me, on my silver car, the stock clear headlights can't be beat, till this day. Clean and simple = perfect. Do your tail lights to match your headlights also. Not only that, but the sidemarkers and the third brake which everyone is forgetting.

yeah..i'm planning to do my taillight and third brake light too..i dunno about the sidemarket..should i tint it black too??

that looks awesome!!

thanks

umm for anyone planning on doing this I suggest using a heat gun to melt the epoxy if you want to be safe. that wasy you can really control the temp and prevent it from melting... thats my 2 cents

Looks 100x better then the blue you had, I'm suprised you could even drive down the street with that old color without hearing people screaming "RICER" every block. The black looks great though nice work.

^^^suprisingly it didn't drew much of attention if any at all..hehehe..thanks..

Wow dude that looks really good I think I will do that to mine. What kind of paint did you use?

i use testors black gloss paint.. #3.29+tax for one can. I used 3 coats..look awesome..

Yeah I think I will do it
Thanks

do it..it's easy..just take ur time..cuz it's time consuming..Have fun and post pics afterward..

Im doing mine right now. Just turned on the oven. Hope it goes well

so..i guess you got it done now right?? since today is july 2 already..get some pics will ya..let me see it.

Yeah it looks great really cheap and looks nice. I dont have a cam or else I would post pics. I guess I really need to get one Thanks for the info, it helped a lot

no prob..u didn't run into any prob. along the way did you??