my buddy baking them


the finished product


we also blacked out my taillights. i'll try to get pics of the headlights on the car and the tails later.

 

looks nice! what temp and how long u leave it in there? thanks

 

we did them at 300 degrees. i didn't actually time them. you basically want them to get hot enough that the glue that holds them together is easier to pull apart. i put them in and checked them every other minute or so.

 

lol, heat gun is a much safter way to go about this (not to mention potentially smelling ur oven up)

I remember doing that (heat gun) back in my civic ricer days

jon!

 

nice oven!

 

just curious, why didnt you clear out the turn signal??

 

+2 on the turn signal

 

a. heat gun would be safer.
b. didn't clear out turns cause i don't want clear turns.
c. i would agree that any other color would be ricey. ie. red car with red housing. for some reason as see it different for black.

pay no mind to the dirt.

 

came out nice though, good job!

 

haha, thank you. Why does everyone think that all lenses look better clear?? IMO that fad is gone

Your lights came out looking very good. What did you use to paint them?

 

high temp engine paint. gloss black. i figured might as well use high temp cause i'm sure the hids get kinda warm after a while.

 

You don't need hi-temp paint cause it really doesnt get that hot in there but it doesnt hurt to use it.

Did you use primer before paint?

Post up some pics of the tailights and some day pics of the headlights when you get a chance.

Painted headlights are sexy

 

no primer. just cleaned with alcohol. ill try to wash and get more pics up tomorrow. my job causes me to drive through the dirt to get there so it doesnt stay clean but on the weekend really.

 

Jeremy... You didn't sand paper the bezel or anything besides just some alcohol?

And as for the clear blinkers, you have to dremel out the orange plastic and it's a PITA...

He did it here... https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-sedan-v35-2003-06/193262-headlight-work-matte-black-cleared.html

I'll be doing mine tomorrow... hopefully...

 

^I didn't dremel out the orange cover. It actually snaps into place so I just snapped it out. I dremeled out a new clear cover out of a flouresent light fixture cover.

The only thing I worry about not having sanded down your lights jeremy or adding primer is that the paint didnt have a good surface to grab onto which may come back later and flake/crack. Then again, it might be fine. You can always take it out again and do it over.