Painted headlight housing?
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Painted headlight housing?
Before you give me the search BS, please read into what I want to know.
Okay...I've found several threads about painted or tinted headlight housings. But they're all black...and they don't match the car's body color. None of the pics that I've come across were color matched...that's if they were pics and not red x's.
What I'm looking at is tearing down the headlight and painting the housing the factory color...including the corner light (though this will require the painting of the reflective surface
). I also want to do the same with the side-markers, and cover them with lexan sheeting. I've done this same thing on a Z32 and on my current Supra (or something similar), and am trying to get an idea of what it'll look like on the SC...a dark green one in particular.
Thanks in advance!
Okay...I've found several threads about painted or tinted headlight housings. But they're all black...and they don't match the car's body color. None of the pics that I've come across were color matched...that's if they were pics and not red x's.
What I'm looking at is tearing down the headlight and painting the housing the factory color...including the corner light (though this will require the painting of the reflective surface
). I also want to do the same with the side-markers, and cover them with lexan sheeting. I've done this same thing on a Z32 and on my current Supra (or something similar), and am trying to get an idea of what it'll look like on the SC...a dark green one in particular.Thanks in advance!
all i can tell you is that if you clear the ridges on your headlight, you're in for one heck of a job...
I also think, if you plan to color match your headlight to your car, you better have a clear lense or it's not gonna look that nice IMO...
I also think, if you plan to color match your headlight to your car, you better have a clear lense or it's not gonna look that nice IMO...
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might just be a special thing...but the 1992 I went and looked at, and all the ones I've seen pics of, have had clear lenses...
Wouldn't a headlight without a clear lense not be safe? I mean...there's a projector in there...all that thing over it is is a shield...
Wouldn't a headlight without a clear lense not be safe? I mean...there's a projector in there...all that thing over it is is a shield...
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They are clear, but they have thicker ridges everywhere else besides the projector area and thin lines in the projector area...
Look at the picture below, you should see what i'm talking about...
Look at the picture below, you should see what i'm talking about...
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Yeah...I know about the ridges but the most I can see them doing is maybe distorting the view slightly. I think it might still look good...and clean. If the factory lenses turn out to distort it badly then I might cast a mold of the covers and make some vacuum-formed smooth covers. Only problem with that is it's a lot of work and effort for just one casting of my own personal project...know what I mean? Regardless...with a project like this one is foolish not to secure a second set of lights...lol.
Would you mind sharing how you seperated your covers from the housings? I've read over your posts concerning it but didn't get a clear idea.
thanks!
Would you mind sharing how you seperated your covers from the housings? I've read over your posts concerning it but didn't get a clear idea.
thanks!
this is new but very expensive!!!!!!!!!... http://clearcorners.com/products/lexus/sc1/F_hlamp/
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those look nice, but yea expensive......
those look nice, but yea expensive......
It's just like the rest of their products...lol...they charge you a piece of your soul to do what you can do in an hour with some effort.
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http://clearcorners.com/products/lexus/sc1/
first item...but it's at least a full HID retrofit and not some ghetto job.
first item...but it's at least a full HID retrofit and not some ghetto job.
Originally posted by makenzie70
http://clearcorners.com/products/lexus/sc1/
first item...but it's at least a full HID retrofit and not some ghetto job.
http://clearcorners.com/products/lexus/sc1/
first item...but it's at least a full HID retrofit and not some ghetto job.
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