How To: Black Head Light mod

Looks great!

 

I just did this mod today and was really surprised how easy it really was. I was worried about the whole baking my headlight and then putting it back together and all that.. but it was really cool and i felt really accomplished doing it.

Thanks for your directions Viet.. you did a great job with this.

-anyone out there thinking about doing this but worried about screwing it up.. It not hard.. you can do it, just take your time and follow these directions.

 

Anyone try doing this with the tail lights? i was looking at them on my '10 DC LB and it looks like there is some type of a bezel in them as well, that looks like it could be painted black, similar to the headlight mod. what i really want is to tint the tail lights, but am worried about getting tickets from douche bag cops

 

You can, and it has been done by a few members. But, the process is different. There is no heatable material to separate the tail light. You will have to Dremel it open. And then reseal.

 

on average, how long has this mod taken everyone if u only do one at a time during the process?

 

Uhh if you are doing one at a time, I would say 4-5 hours.

 

For what its worth, I've got two 06 Headlights I'm selling in the event you want to either practice on one or keep a back-up in case you mess up your originals. Just looking out! Trying to sell them for $80 plus shipping in case your wondering. Laters. Good luck. I settled for the smoke chrome ones. Haha. Call me chicken. I didn't want to this mod.

 

tacoark i'll do it if you do it!

 

oh im doin it alright, went & bought some gator clamps & torx bits yesterday. just gotta go get the paint & windo-seal. u gonna bring yur ass??

 

hmm tempting!! When you gonna do it??

 

probably as soon as i get off my ass and go to wallyworld to get the paint & an auto store to get the windo-seal

 

Yea me too haha are you goin to use Viet's method or are you gonna leave the mirrored dome?

 

My method is for projectors! lol. Leave it chrome so you can see!

 

haha yea i know! And yours is badass...the sig is sick!

 

no, although his looks bad ass, there are other ways to do the BHLM, im just wantin to get rid of the main areas of chrome like the normal mod

 

Quick Question (and sorry if this is covered elsewhere): How long do I have to wait after preburning to install the bezels and put the housings back together?

Phenomenal write-up. You made this too easy on us!

 

Until they are at room temp would be fine.

 

Done!!!!

I'll get some pics up later. Dang, this has got to be the best mod you can do for $5 and some spare time!

Viet, I've always been jealous of how your truck looks. You keep giving away all of your secrets and mine is going to look identical!

Thanks for the write-up.

 

Here are some pics I took with my blackberry. I did this mod 2 weeks ago.
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Subscribed. Thanks for the awesome write-up, this has given me a bit more confidence about doing this myself!