Blackhousing your OWN headlights!

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:55 pm

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?

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:57 pm

That's what we did to my headlights. I hope you're good with tools...you can very, very easily FUBAR your headlights.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:59 pm

any tips? ide appreciate any! thanks!

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:00 pm

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!

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:09 pm

DAMIT! GRR but i waaaannnnaaa!!!

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:13 pm

then go buy depo headlights

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:19 pm

Opi wrote:then go buy depo headlights

Exactly

randomZERO · Post by **randomZERO** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:27 pm

*sits and waits for the "oh shit I fucked up my stock lights and don't know what to do please help"thread*

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:30 pm

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:08 am

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

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:17 am

link to the headlamps? thank you..need cheap ones...

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:32 am

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"

randomZERO · Post by **randomZERO** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:03 am

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:08 am

Pff they are easy to open with a dremel. Paint the bezel black and use transparent glue to close the headlight.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:32 am

will the glue need to be heat resistant? will a loctite glue work?

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:48 pm

Just use super glue it works wonders on plastic..... j.k. dnt use super glue.

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:06 pm

randomZERO wrote:EBAY

or you can do what i am going to do

http://www.modernperformance.com/produc ... 2b90c4debe

and they look better

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:49 pm

funny. i have a 03 not 00-02

randomZERO · Post by **randomZERO** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:16 pm

c987long wrote:
randomZERO wrote:EBAY
or you can do what i am going to do

http://www.modernperformance.com/produc ... 2b90c4debe

and they look better

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

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:05 am

DoubtedNeon wrote:funny. i have a 03 not 00-02

Try these instead.

2005.Neon.SXT · Post by **2005.Neon.SXT** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:53 pm

funny. i have a 03 not 00-02

Why does it say "2004 Neon SXT" under your username then?

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:03 am

i mean the 03+ body style

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:55 pm

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:26 pm

owned...lol

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:25 am

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.

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:54 am

Honestly that too much work to have a great risk of fuckin it up.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:57 pm

Maybe. But better this work than spending >150 bucks for a new set - that is not as black as mine!

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:35 pm

true but i still wouldnt do it unless i was color matching them