^^
hope that dont happen to me...
i should be painting by tomorrow afternoon

 

hey just a quick question... once you get ready to reassemble the head light and you stick it back in the oven for the 3 mins and try and push the thing back together wont the water vapor get INSIDE the housing???

 

umm... there is no information in the thread regarding curing times? is that important or can i just install when the paint is dry?

 

You can install it when the paint is dry but I prefer to let it dry over days but that is just me. I understand everyone need their car right away.

~Robert

 

Same thing happened to mine. The opaque haze is caused by the paint curing. If the paint is not dry (no smell) it will continue to release chemicals (VOC's?) that haze up the lens.

Depending on the paint, I would wait as long as I could for the paint to fully cure. With a rattlecan, I am letting mine sit for 4 weeks when I redo them this spring (before I reseal them).

GL to you.

 

I waited a full 24 hours and mine still developed the rainbow look some. I kinda like it though, looks cool at certain angles in pics.

 

Thanks for the write up!!

I'm painting my 04.5 single projector HID's tomorrow (hopefully).. One thing I was thinking was using a eco-friendly paint with low VOC's.. which means less fumes to fog up my lenses (assuming the fumes are to blame).

I am still allowing sufficient curing time, painting them this Saturday and re-assembling them Wednesday, but it wouldnt hurt to take any extra precaution.

The paint I found is Krylon H20 Latex Spray paint, which has 30% less VOC's than traditional spray paint. Being that its latex, it also should have some flex in it to reduce chipping or cracking.

Will post up pictures and reviews of the paint once my lights are all back together and installed.

 

this helped out alot! thanks

 

Clean

~Robert

 

quick question. Would the 03-05 headlight cover fit an 06-08 headlight. Reason for my question is that i have the 03-05 headlights and some local guy is selling the 06-08 lights but the covers are cracked. Would it still seal the same?

 

I am 99.99% positive that it should work. From my experience working with numerous headlights they are all design the same. But if you don't mind let me know how that turns out in case that .01% that I am wrong

~Robert

 

lol for sure. yea it does look like it would work imma give it a shot it doesnt hurt to try. ill keep you guys updated.

 

Did this work? Im going to replace my lens because the inside of it either stretched or paint not curing led to the ugly rainbow cracking ****..

 

let us know if it fits...iv had both 03-05 and 06+ lights apart and i wanna say the mounting points for the plastic inside might be different...but im not 100% sure..lol..

 

hey guys - so i did the headlight mod back in Jan of 09 and i've never had an issue with my headlight because i washed the car myself and made sure not to spray to much water on the headlight. Well i took my car to the car wash for the first time and i guess their was just to much moisture and now my headlight is filled with moisture and the headlight wont turn on (probably because of the moisture)

can anyone tell me how to fix this?

thanks

(I know that the most obvious way is to open it all up and re-do the sealing but i thought maybe putting a hairdryer into one of the open holes from the back might dry out the moisture?)

 

I strongly suggest that you open it up and re-do it again. It is the best bet. I know it is a PITA. Well not PITA but time consuming. I must have done I don't know maybe a hundred by now

~Robert

 

How much would you charge to do it for me?

 

hmmmm I won't be able to get to it anytime soon. In the process of moving and stuff. In case you are in a rush check out CinCity.

~Robert

 

I painted mine yesterday, left about 25 mins between each coat, then after it was all done I set the painted pieces in the oven for 6 minutes to let them heat up and bake. I reassembled everything and when I got to work today I noticed mine had the rainbow effect as well....Im wondering if everyone is getting this??

 

Not sure if this will help at all, but my headlights, which are unpainted btw, also have the rainbow haze in certain angles.