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Blackhousing your OWN headlights!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:55 pm
by DoubtedNeon
ok, ladys and gents im gonna attempt to do this...by the way i see it, and ive looked into this...you can take off the front of the lens and take off the front part...buy some black or color matched brake caliper or other high temp resistant paint and paint it and re assemble...
ill let you know how it goes do u think i should do a color matched housing or black?
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:57 pm
by Adionik
That's what we did to my headlights. I hope you're good with tools...you can very, very easily FUBAR your headlights.
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:59 pm
by DoubtedNeon
any tips? ide appreciate any! thanks!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:00 pm
by Mr Josh Zombie
yea, don't try it. you can't peel apart the lense of a stock dodge headlight. you need to cut it off, or buy a set of aftermarket DEPO headlights to do it too. The adhesive is just too strong.
do NOT attempt this! you WILL fuck up your headlights!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:09 pm
by DoubtedNeon
DAMIT! GRR but i waaaannnnaaa!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:13 pm
by Mr Josh Zombie
then go buy depo headlights
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:19 pm
by jetas
Opi wrote:then go buy depo headlights
Exactly
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:27 pm
by randomZERO
*sits and waits for the "oh shit I fucked up my stock lights and don't know what to do please help"thread*
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:30 pm
by jetas
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:08 am
by Danteneon
Yep, sad but true. Please take the above advice. You wouldn't believe how strong the adhesive is that holds the lens in place on O.E. headlamps.
Get some much less expensive Depo headlamp to try this with. Or, get some black housing projectors
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:17 am
by DoubtedNeon
link to the headlamps? thank you..need cheap ones...
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:32 am
by Danteneon
Here is their catalog page listing so you can see what they offer...
http://www.depo.com.tw/show_product.asp?pageno=4
Just scroll down to the Dodge link.
As far as who sells them....damn, take your pick. Just do a search for "Depo Headlight Neon"
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:03 am
by randomZERO
EBAY
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:08 am
by Jenni
Pff they are easy to open with a dremel. Paint the bezel black and use transparent glue to close the headlight.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:32 am
by DoubtedNeon
will the glue need to be heat resistant? will a loctite glue work?
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:48 pm
by jetas
Just use super glue it works wonders on plastic..... j.k. dnt use super glue.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:06 pm
by c987long
randomZERO wrote:EBAY
or you can do what i am going to do
http://www.modernperformance.com/produc ... 2b90c4debe
and they look better
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:49 pm
by DoubtedNeon
funny. i have a 03 not 00-02
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:16 pm
by randomZERO
Mine look the exact same as those so I dont see how they look better. Is it because your paying more for the same thing? Cause thats dumb
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:05 am
by Swordfish2Cowboy
DoubtedNeon wrote:funny. i have a 03 not 00-02
Try these instead.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:53 pm
by 2005.Neon.SXT
funny. i have a 03 not 00-02
Why does it say "2004 Neon SXT" under your username then?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:03 am
by DoubtedNeon
i mean the 03+ body style
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:55 pm
by Jenni
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:26 pm
by DoubtedNeon
owned...lol
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:25 am
by Jenni
For the metalthing over the bulb (don't know how to translate) - please use heat resistant paint. If not - it will come of (evaporate?) and lay down everywhere in the headlight.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:54 am
by jetas
Honestly that too much work to have a great risk of fuckin it up.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:57 pm
by Jenni
Maybe. But better this work than spending >150 bucks for a new set - that is not as black as mine!
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:35 pm
by jetas
true but i still wouldnt do it unless i was color matching them
