Before I begin, I must give credit where it's due: Donations courtesy of bb1413.

So I received his "holy headlights" in sub-par shape... what am I going to do with this sucker? ...Butcher it! That's right, tare everything apart and do something crazy + fix a few things up.

bsurdam suggested I turn it into a fishbowl and roll up to a meet and change my plate to Nemo, but I didn't want you all to copy my ingenius idea so I'll skip out on that for now.

We start by dismantling process:


Look at all that condensation!!!

I have no idea what I'm doing guys... really I don't:








Note: If you leave it in there too long, you WILL melt them. I knew when to take them out from the smell


Before:

After: Custom Gloss-Black

Close-up of my "professional" paint job in my "paint-booth"


In all seriousness, please don't try this unless you really know what the crap you're doing... you could potentially really F' up your headlights!!!

Now I gotta wait for 5 days for the paint to fully cure otherwise you get the "toxic-neon-haze" underneath your headlights and you'd be totally unFunction:TUNED.

These babies will be good as new and functioning @ 100% once I'm done! Will update in 5 days!

 

Dibs

 

Looks good, your oven on the other hand looks as disgusting as my toilet bowl after a reading session...

 

I see drugs in the bottom of the oven !

 

Should of placed the headlight on a damp/wet piece of cardboard in the over to prevent any meltyness that may occur!

Looks good!

 

anh are you gonna sell these?

 

wtf no fishbowl come on.

 

Edit
I'm doing that next round, I was being a noob =P
They're already sold within 1 min 23 secs of posting, LOL! I'll do a special order for you since Eric is swapping w/ me + cash so I'll have another spare to tinker with, just hit me up!

 

I'm fast, what can I say

its not always a good thing

 

sorry cant take complete credit for this one, djparis suggested i do it to mine just to complete my condensation problem.

 

so you want to black out my 06? (color match)

 

i like how you blacked out the amber strip and left some amber left..did you do that to immulate the 06s??

 

you do know your light output is going to be very dim by doing this right?

 

Light output from the Xenon will be the same. He just painted the housing, which leaves the xenon beam virtually unchanged.

 

projector headlights not reflector. So, the light output won't be changed.

 

i did this to my spare hid headlights i got as a core. Light output was worse

 

Question to you guys since we're talking headlights. I just replaced the front low beams in my beater (97 Corolla) since it was warm this weekend and just happened to think what would I do if I blew out a Z bulb. It says to take the car into the dealer to replace the front headlights should they go out but this seems pretty excessive just for a bulb change. They don't list any instructions as to how to disassemble the fronts to access the bulbs.
Do I actually have to have the dealer replace them or can I do it myself?
I figured I'd ask before anything actually happens.

thks in advance!

 

take the front tires off, unbolt the shroud in the wheel well, then you can access the back of the headlights and take the bulbs out. Or you can take off the front bumper and then take the whole headlight assembly out and change them that way. those are the two ways I know. I just do the first because it seems easier to me.

also, I would unhook the battery so that you don't get zapped by 20000 volts from the transformer. (i'm paranoid)

 

Looks great man keep up the good work! I like what you did with the amber markers.

Yesterday 11:25 PM
Eric the Ricer I see drugs in the bottom of the oven !

Oh and those arent drugs in the oven.... more like the residue from the first attempt!

 

Please say that's a joke for asking a noob question! I live in a condo with no covered parking and don't own or know anyone with jackstands to take off the front wheels. There's gotta be a simpler way to change a bulb.
Guess I need to make some friends at the next Z meets in MD.