want to see pics of your black lights.

hey everyone, i am interested in getting front headlights and rear tails, that have the black inside of them, since i hate the yellow and orange colors, and wanted to see how it would look on the truck. please post pics if you have them. thanks

 

With the grill blacked out too.

 

Looks good. I'm too chicken to take mine apart and try it.

 

nice! where did you buy those?

 

Those look like he did the BHLM to them and just opted to paint the entire reflector black instead of leaving the chrome reflector for the marker lamp and the blinker lamp. Same for the grill, I imagine he did it himself. Not sure if the lamps can be purchased ALL black like this off of Ebay.

 

I didn't. Like mentioned above I did the BHLM with $5 worth of Krylon Fusion. People have bought blacked out lights on eBay, but many people complain about leaking, fogging, etc. At $160 or more for lights that may or may not keep the water out I decided $5 for paint and a few hours of my time was better.

 

I just got through installing them and it only took an hour and ALL bolts were re-installed too. I like it!

 

oh wow thanks, might have to try !

 

nice one on colts too, where did u get those?

 

Those are the "botched" Ebay lamps I won for $17.19 with bulbs. I had to remove the paint that was on them with Acetone. Repainted them with matte black epoxy paint that takes a minimum of a week to dry so I let them dry for a good month. Put back together and resealed with RTV sealant. One of them I sanded 95% of the road wear specks off with fine grit sandpaper. Then an hours worth of polish with a mini power ball got it back clear again. The other one was just polished.

 

wow quite some work there, but it surley paid off, looks real clean !

 

dude you officially have my favorite headlights that i have seen so far... i love the matte finish inside of the lamps it looks sooo clean. rep sent for sure.

 

Thought I would contribute.

 

Here is a close up of one of mine, the other one had too much bug goo on it:



The silver lines in the picture is the fence.

This is the finished product:


I got the lights off of ebay. Haven't had any problem with them like some other people have.

 

Your truck looks good. Have you thought about putting in a black grill?

 

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Your truck looks good. :thumbsup: Have you thought about putting in a black grill?

That is next to do. Since the paint I use takes so long to dry I will have to wait until the July4th weekend so it'll have at least 3 days of drying on it before re-install. If kept under a warm/dry fan it'll dry good enough within 2-3 days. And I will blacken the badges too then. Also, that shiny ass rear bumper becomes black too. BTW, this matte black epoxy paint takes waxing well too. Brownell's Aluma-Hyde II in Matte Black.

First full day on the road, it rained here today, with them and I am not too big to admit one of them has fogged up. The one I did NOT sand on. So, it looks like I will be doing this to one of my originals real soon like. I guess that other lamp has been gone into too many times and did not seal good. I used new RTV and it looked to have a good seal around it but I guess it wasn't as good as it needed to be.

Good part is I now know it isn't that difficult to swap them out once you get the rocking in/out motion down. And you find that 4th bolt and figure out how to get it out/in.

 

I'll check that rubber boot good. I ran the lights on the way home and it almost dried it all out. It'll probably leave water spots but we will see.

 

I'd like to see the black headlights on a red taco