I tried searching for the DIY for the stuff that's supposed to polish plastic to a chrome finish.. I don't remember if it was on this forum or not. I'm going to repaint my headlight housings tonight, but i want to re-chrome the bezel part so my lights seem brighter. Anyone know the stuff i'm lookin for?

 

Nevermind. i found the thread, it was on the accord forum... http://board.accordtuner.com/showthread.php?t=24498
So it looks like it jus brings shine to the plastic and it doesnt chrome it.. So what's the natural color of the headlight bezel?

 

Does it work? Is it safe?

 

I don't know yet... I know redlude97 will probably chime in soon, I know he has the answer..

 

I believe if you sand off all the chrome on your bezels, you will end up with a off white color.

I don't know what the first picture is but it looks like copper to me.

 

you can polish aluminum to chrome or miror finish but NOT plastic.
however you can chrome over the plastic

 

the OP claims he's applying a mirror like finish to plastic?

 

that mirror like finish is done to black plastic, and its just shiny black plastic at that point. There is no way to DIY chrome onto plastic. To "chrome" plastic, you have to apply vaporized aluminum through a vacuum deposition process which a few shops can do. Its somewhat expensive, for shrouds, expect at least $100-200. You are probably better off buying another pair of headlights and swapping the bezels

 

argh.... that sucks... so you're saying the plastic inside the headlight is black? what color is it?

 

Looks interesting....we'll wait for mixtures results.

 

i don't know if im going to do it yet... i do plan on busting them open tonight though...

 

its either white or clear, the corner piece by the turn signal is actually all transparent camber once you sand through the coating

 

Thanks Hai.. one more question... what's the easiest method of sanding the bezel with all those damn lines?

 

what lines?

 

on the 03-05 lights there's these lines where the beams project from'