Photo Request: Black Housing Projector Headlights, Porjectors and Clear Highs blacked out please.. Options

[jcbass7]

I was removing the lense from my projector and the heat messed up the chrome finish on the side part so I am looking for pictures of projector headlights (stock ones) blacked out.. something like this..



or more like this since my car is red and will stay red (or maybe black)



I don't know if I want to do it, just thought I'd look into it. I don't want the glass tinted, but the housing painted.

here is what happened and why i am seeking the pics..


This post has been edited by jcbass7: Nov 1, 2010 - 11:52 AM

[njccmd2002]

uh, what happened. somebody here did it. just blacked out the section you have messed up, he is in canada but cant remember.

[jcbass7]

uh, what happened. somebody here did it. just blacked out the section you have messed up, he is in canada but cant remember.

When I removed the lense, the boiling water removed some of the paint.. I guess I can spray it with chrome paint? Since that part is behind the wavy part of the lense anyways?

[azian_advanced]

the silicone seal gave out in mine and ruined the chrome plating. i did a bit of searching and if you paint the shoud with chrome paint you won't get the same finish as the original. you'll need to have the shrouds vacuum plated. there's only one place in Canada that does it and i got mine sent there. cost me $300 CDN to do both sides but in the end they turned out great and about 99% of the original finish quality.

Before




After

[jcbass7]

Maybe I will just spray that one small spot so that its not so bad. I can't afford to get both of them re-done right now, and feel like it will look ok behind the blurred glass on that part. I'm really bummed out that this happened, I figured I would convert them while they weren't on my car.

Did Romas ever spray the housings black? I thought he had. Without pictures I am incredibly reluctant since I think it might now go over well with the separate highs/lows that we have.

[azian_advanced]

you're lucky it's in the blurred part of the lense.. then it's not so bad. even touch up silver paint will do a decent job.

[Spider77]

I dunno, that black housing on the red looks good, but thats me.

[HectortheRican]

I think the black housing looks good on the Audi too, but only because so much of the front fascia is black. Going on your Celica, I think just a refinished silver or chrome would look best.

[Spider77]

True, the fascia ties it in, but i think that a ssIII grille would almost achieve the same effect.....almost.

[njccmd2002]

wow, glad that did not happen to me.

[HectortheRican]

True, the fascia ties it in, but i think that a ssIII grille would almost achieve the same effect.....almost.

Boy I sure do love my SSIII grille. Lol

[sphinxxx]

True, the fascia ties it in, but i think that a ssIII grille would almost achieve the same effect.....almost.

Boy I sure do love my SSIII grille. Lol

lucky! i cant find one anywhere!!!!

[Spider77]

So, im bored and I decided to see what a black chrome housing would look like one a red celica. Yeah, I wouldnt do it, looks like the car got punched right in the face. Keep in mind that my PS skills are not all that great, but take a look.

Although I cant say its 100%, but gives a good idea on what that would look like. Maybe a matte would look much better?
BTW, thanks goes to manphibian, because it was the best projector looking shot I could find quickly.....

This post has been edited by Spider77: Nov 3, 2010 - 5:49 PM

[chacha]

i think if the projector light with black housing would look nice...i have a white celica, so black and white matches better. with the outter shroud in black and the inner part where the projector is being chrome still will look nice...that way the light emitting out still goes out strong instead of have the light ray absorb by the black.

[jcbass7]

I think it would look weird without doing the high beams too and those blacked out would just look.. bad? in my opinion.

I think ill just touch up that small section of that light with something like this:

[nammer]

My chrome finish was flaking also and I sprayed the housing gloss black





I don't recommend blacking out the whole high beam housing as highbeams use the reflective back of the housing to direct light outwards...however spraying the outer chromes is fine..I did that in mine and you can sort of see that in the 3rd pic

[Spider77]

That looks pretty good.

[easternpiro1]

thanks nammer, i been looking for someone that did that! also, did you tint your low beams? looks like it...

i will be blacking mine out as soon as i get them, also for the OP ive always been told putting them in an oven to like 300* gets the glue soft better. (and putting the glass back in to reheat the glue also)

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Nov 26, 2010 - 4:48 PM

[easternpiro1]

hey, been messing around with my projectors i got friday... here's what they start out lookin like:




and yes, those are dragon imblems im putting in there

[chacha]

east that is great man....mad props to you...im too scared to do it to mines...just got them new from ART. can you do me a favor...can you post a quick pic of what it would look like on one of your projectors if you haven't finalized it yet with the following request: