JROCK 2003

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just started this yesterday. Definitely time consuming. Im gonna reassemble one of the lights tonight, and get the other one painted so I can hopefully install both tommorow night. Looks good so far! Will post pics when its done.

east1999bt

how come nobody paints the bezel around the projector???

omega6

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I think it adds to the structure - kind of a contrast thing?

I did flat black and now a lot of non Z owers tellme my car looks like a transformer

Vertex350

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Before... matte black and left the project housing unpainted.




Now... painted gloss black with high temp paint, even up to the projector housing. Light output has not been diminished.

Pu55yhun73r

anybody who got pictures from black painted headlights with warning lights turned on?? maybe 5-10meters away in front of the Z??
need some pics please!!

im from germany and want to paint my headlights...but i have to know how powerfull warninglights does shine if i paint the complete housing!!!
here we got strict regulations about traffic and cars...thanks got for invent MOT^^

thanks guys

Vertex350

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They're still pretty bright in my opinion. Here are a few just turned on but not flashing.

Toby-22

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Dammit, i wish i had 06+ headlights. I want the whole housing painted.

hubcityz

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i like this write up but my03 has hairline cracks in the lenses so i brought a pair of the black housing headlights from a guy on craigslist. they were brand new and still in the box. i was just gonna retro fit my hid(s) to those and put them in. has anyone tried this before and if so how good does it work?

LaoSiFu

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Are they OEMs or replica? I read once that the replica aren't exactly easy to work with. About a month ago, a guy wanted me to do the same thing with his. I look at it and decided that it is a bit different. I didn't wanted to take a chance with it. It really would be up to you since you are doing retro work. Let us know how it turns out.

~Robert

hubcityz

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wish me luck, but from the looks of it, it can be done. and yes they are replicas, im scared as hell but i really wanna try it, ill try to post pics when we get done.

350ZNME

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I did on mine

hubcityz

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i got it done, i just purchased the black housing headlights. once i got them i examined them and they look just like the oem(s) in every way. to get the hids to fit i just switched the wiring harness from the factory to the rep(s) and cut out a hole in the bottom of the reps for the ballast(s) to be drilled in the bottom, i also used the factory sockets and this all took about an hour for both lights. it took longer to take the bumper off. i promise to post some pics soon, my camera is tripping right now.

daviditaly

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here you go.. painted the inside black and came out pretty good..

I had more pics in my R8 thread but it got deleted for some reason

J350z101

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great read.

carfi179

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I got bored and followed the instructions...I love it, night and day difference.

Before:


After:

Midas78

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Pics of a blacked out housing without diminishing the hi-beam and lo-beam light output reflecting off the chrome.




Just did it a couple of weeks ago, flat black is definitely the way to go, gloss paint is too easy to make a mistake with. I think its a definite improvement, although now I'm craving getting a set of blacked out Bi-Xenons.

Also, if you have a gas stove, don't use cardboard - my cardboard caught on fire (just the edges) even after being soaked for an hour in water. The bare metal grill in the stove didn't hurt the light housing.

ambientflier

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Are you saying to put in STi hid projectors? I thought sti's didn't have the best lenses, and that 06+ 350Z bi-xenons were pretty good?

Are there any other lenses that I could put into an '07 light, such as a BMW or TSX lens?

Behemel

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Has anyone had any problems with the inside of the lens after doing this? I had a shop do mine awhile back, and shortly after it developed this problem. I thought it was condensation, but it must have something to do with chemicals, heat or both. I took some pictures with my phone, so it's a bit hard to see.

Behemel

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I'm planning on opening them back up and polishing/buffing the inside of the plastic. Does anyone have any recommendations for what product I should use?

Behemel

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Maybe the damage to my headlight lens was caused by some kind of residue left behind by something these goons polished the inside of it with that reacted with the heat of the HID.