painting headlights?

[pimpalero2003]

this wont be till i have the hid kit.
but my question is has anyone painted the chrome reflector things.(dont know what to call it) but when headlights are apart and bezal out the 2 chrome things left in the housing?
maybe use metal cast paint? i dont want to do this till i have hids since hids are brighter but will there be any problems?

[AftermathAlero]

nah no problem painting. Headlights don't get too hot. HID or not.

[pimpalero2003]

i was wondering about light output thats y i want to wait till hids.
and thanks richie i didnt want the crap peeling off

[Redog]

I used regular Engine paint.

Looks good, but I only did one so far. Looking for a pass side headlight, so I can swap out the headlights from chrome to clear whenever I want

[pimpalero2003]

so u painted the reflector arear of high and low beams? pics?

[Oldsnut]

so u painted the reflector arear of high and low beams? pics?
No, do not paint the reflector area! I used Duplicolor paint that mached body color. Used scuff pad and took off all the chrome finisch on the area that faces the front and then used adhesion promoter and sprayed. No problems whatsover.

[Redog]

so u painted the reflector arear of high and low beams? pics?

Yes, the lighting didn't look too bad, but I used white. It gave it a nice glow :cool:

[pimpalero2003]

no i want to paint the reflector area for the high and low beams the bezal it self is already painted.
in reddogs pic of his lights the piece that is white is already painted im waintingto paint the chrome area

[03alerospl]

yeah, you might not want to do that. as that is the part that reflects the light forward onto the road. I noticed a huge difference in my turn signals, when i painted the bezels, you can barely see them now, the reflective areas are a huge help. even with HIDs I don't think you'd get much light onto the road

[YALEROYNOT]

i painted mine with a paint marker from michaels craft store they hav a tone of colors. looks good and has not lifted. i put three coats to get the color i wanted and heat gun it dry between coats.

[pimpalero2003]

i want everything black might do a projector in low beam and a 3 or 4 in tv in high beam area

[CharleyO99Alero]

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Painting the reflector area is a very bad idea and may get you tickets from the law. Your lights will not be bright enough if you paint the reflector area. You also might fail inspections.

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[pimpalero2003]

well theres 1 good thing about indiana no inspections woohoo!!!!!:) and i was afraid of light output thats y i didnt want to attemt it with stock lights. i was going to use the metal cast paint lightly so it would still be shinny.
also as of tickets id get more then just for head lights
lets see illegal things on car: 2percent tint. taillights(not big enough also to low must be 14in off ground mines 12) license plate suppose to be like 20 in mine at the bottom is 12 . no muffler. tvs playing while driving. i think thats it hahaha oo and of couse the sound oridance laws (BS law)

[pimpalero2003]

oh and they have a law of how much you can lower ur carand truck dont think i have to worry about that though. :(

[Oldsman]

i think you should paint the whole thing pink for your gay ass................LOL

[pimpalero2003]

thanks ass clown

[bdyman]

pm oldsnut (andy) i helped him with his

[Gr1m]

i think you should paint the whole thing pink for your gay ass................LOL
ROFL .