here's a good 30min project for those of you who are bored today

i restored my headlight housings!

i took them off (4 screws, easily accessible)

i sanded them for 400grit sandpaper, and then 600grit, heated them with a heat gun so the paint would stick, sprayed with high temp black

quickly ran over them with a heat gun, and paint dried quickly

i took the screws and stabbed them into a cardboard box, painted them as well

before/after pics off/on the car below
pics:

 

Very sharp, another weekend project for me.

 

Wow! What a change. Looks brand new. Now only if the lights did as well.

 

i know, researching that right now, i think i can just disassemble them, and put them in the washing machine

if that doesn't work, i'll boil them in water

 

nice, very nice

 

so now i'm hearing toothpaste will fix the lights, i'll go try and report my findings

 

What would be the durability of this mod.

It looks great but will the paint stay adherent to the plastic part for long?

 

yep, my windshield wipers and cowl have lasted

 

okay, toothpaste didn't impress me....

windex did

 

Nice...very nice. The possibilites of this application are boundless. I would have probably prepped them the way you did and had them proffesionally painted the same color as my car. Just food for thought.

 

But then it wouldn't have been a nice, quick, and cheap job.

 

they're black and shiny, like my car, it really isn't rocket science

you guys can make some stuff so difficult when it's really easy

thanks weblair24, at least you see my point

 

I agree. I was only giving suggestions. No need to draw the battle sword. Hence "Food for thought."

Some might actually like the idea of someone "else" professionaly painting their housings the exact same color of their car. It's easy since you aren't doing the job. Plus, it would probably last longer too. Again, just a suggestion. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your method. That's what the forum is about, ideas, suggestions and discussions.

 

And I thought mine looked good when I took them off and used paint stripper to get all the red over sprayed paint off (crappy paint job along it's life).

Nice job.