Blacking Out Headlights, How to

The whole oven thing was the easyest part. The damn 4th screw and paint were 10 times worse. Thanks for the offer on painting a pair for me but I won't need it. Having had it on the truck for a week now I'm absolutely thrilled with the look of my truck. The black paint reflects into the lense so it looks like the lense is tinted and just makes the rest of the black truck really come together. All I have to do is keep people 6 feet away or more and I should be fine.

 

or just say you paid a high school kid to do them and he did a crappy job lol, that should work too....i'd say also drive faster, but that leads to tickets and i have waaaaay too many of those according to the Illinois secretary of state

 

Excellent idea.

 

had you sent them to me they woulda been perfect lol...someone on here has the ones i did from my truck

 

Another update, the weather turned south today and now one of the headlights is all misted up inside so I apparently didn't get it sealed. I'll definately go aftermarket now.

 

Id like some info on that. I definitely want black tail lights. is it just spraypainted or is there some other technique?

 

this will be a first mod of mine

 

Of course when i do this the first time on the road a cop pulls me over gives me a $50 fine and a work order. It really sucks. He must have had a bad day.

 

Thats lame. It's like a So Cal staple here, with all the soccer mom's wanting to "murder out" their escalades and suburbans.

 

looks great

 

does anoyone ever seen indigo tacoma with blacked-out headlight? Im thinking of doing it but I'd like to see how it looks first.

thanks

 

Just finished tearing my headlights apart. Took a lot of pullin and tuggin but it eventually submitted to my will. I had to put it back in the oven twice for 5 mins. As of right now the paint is drying. I'll post pics of the install in a few.

 

good deal !!! It will look great when your done. I had to do the same by putting them in the oven a few times.

 

Well i have to repaint. I chipped some paint off when I tried to put them back in the clear lense. opps

 

Here of some pics. The paint is still drying. I plan on putting them back together tomorrow.

 

Finished my blacked out headlights yesterday and I have to say that I definantly love it a lot more.

One thing to note to people who are going to do this. Be careful where you get the glue. When it gets hot its almost like hot glue and will get everywhere. If it gets on the clear plastic part of the headlight it will be a bitch to get off. Just be careful and patient and everything and you will be fine.

It took me about an hour to figure out how to get the headlights out, but all but 15mins to put them back in. The only problem is getting to that 10mm bolt that is on the inside corner of the bumper by the fog light. I posted a picture of where it is just in case some are wondering what I'm talking about.

 

Here's how I got to the small 10mm bolt. I just unscrewed 3 screws and took out 1 clip and pulled back the fender. The bolt is practically invisible so I had to use my hands to find it. The arrow points to where it is.

 

Spencer how about a pic of the final product?