Diy Headlight Painting (Making Your Car Look Unique)

[blkr6]

Remove the Headlight Assembly from your Car

Remove any bulbs Hid kits etc and Remove any screw that’s holding the headlight together

Pre heat your oven to 200 F

Place the headlight in the oven for 5minutes (keeping over this time will melt your headlight)

Pry the lens from the assembly

If it hardens re-heat again and start prying becareful be patient and don’t rush it.

When you take off the clear lens DO-NOT touch it or let any dust get in to it. Lenses come with uv coated inside.

Get the inner shell out start painting with a good plastic paint

Put everything back together reheat the assembly and it will seal itself. Put some silicone to assure a proper seal

[Sylvi]

blkr6,

Very good post. I don't think, as most of our motorists are not much technically mind will try this.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[jami]

be careful, these covers made out of PC and may degrade at over 200 Celsius

[ferrarif50]

be careful, these covers made out of PC and may degrade at over 200 Celsius

what?

[NadriquE]

Remove the Headlight Assembly from your Car

Remove any bulbs Hid kits etc and Remove any screw that’s holding the headlight together

Pre heat your oven to 200 F

Place the headlight in the oven for 5minutes (keeping over this time will melt your headlight)

Pry the lens from the assembly

If it hardens re-heat again and start prying becareful be patient and don’t rush it.

When you take off the clear lens DO-NOT touch it or let any dust get in to it. Lenses come with uv coated inside.

Get the inner shell out start painting with a good plastic paint

Put everything back together reheat the assembly and it will seal itself. Put some silicone to assure a proper seal

nice work....

be careful, these covers made out of PC and may degrade at over 200 Celsius

200 fahrenheit not celsius...

[blkr6]

thanks guys for your responses.

@ Jami i have done few headlights and so far5mins @ 200F been perfect. more than 200 or longer time definitly would mess up the headlight.

[Charith Calvin Kulasiri]

Its a bit dangerous to put your lights in the oven, rather invest in a Hot gun so only the seal is heated and not anything else. And if you cant buy that then its gonna have to be your Mum's/Wife's hair dryer! Also make sure you use Silicone sealant when your done with it other wise you end up with water ingress! Warning, some lights cannot be dissembled like this!!

[sachinwick]

OMG didnt notice it was very old when i commented.

cant risk water leaking into the headlights.

anyways it looks awesome in a discovery.

Edited January 25, 2013 by sachinwick

[Davy]

OMG didnt notice it was very old when i commented.

cant risk water leaking into the headlights.

anyways it looks awesome in a discovery.

Water wouldn't leak into the lights if you're careful. Besides, you can seal the gap between the lens and the housing with some silicone if you really want to make sure.

[Hoonigan]

Remove the Headlight Assembly from your Car

Remove any bulbs Hid kits etc and Remove any screw that’s holding the headlight together

Pre heat your oven to 200 F

Place the headlight in the oven for 5minutes (keeping over this time will melt your headlight)

Pry the lens from the assembly

If it hardens re-heat again and start prying becareful be patient and don’t rush it.

When you take off the clear lens DO-NOT touch it or let any dust get in to it. Lenses come with uv coated inside.

Get the inner shell out start painting with a good plastic paint

Put everything back together reheat the assembly and it will seal itself. Put some silicone to assure a proper seal

Excellent results. Those lights look awesome now.

I've seen a few tutorials on similar mods. If the silica hardens before you totally remove the lens, you can use a heat gun without having to stick it back in the oven. That's what I've seen at least