Blacked Out Headlight Housing and HID's

chava_olllllllo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:59 pm

BLACKED OUT!

LOW BEAMS

LOW BEAMS AND FOG

FOGS

HIGH BEAMS

UP CLOSE HIGH BEAM

UP CLOSE BLACKED OUT

MORE PICTURES AND WRITE UP TO COME :twisted:

KKommando · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:21 pm

looks great

you should do a write up in the tech section

chava_olllllllo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:34 pm

KKommando wrote:

looks great

you should do a write up in the tech section

I am going to working on it. Waiting until friday when I receive the correct halo lights.

wingnuts · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:57 pm

looks good, but how can you stand to waste money on that stupid black vinyl bra that only creates problems for paint jobs?

chava_olllllllo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:19 pm

wingnuts wrote:

looks good, but how can you stand to waste money on that stupid black vinyl bra that only creates problems for paint jobs?

It is only temporary until I gutter screen the grill...I don't use my jeep bra daily only when I go on long trips to avoid rocks and bugs fro hitting my paint. What do you suggest for protecting the hood?

MtnLuvr · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:32 pm

Chava,

I wasn't sure if I'd like the look of this mod, but this post has swayed me. That looks good.

We're all anxious to see a good "how-to" posting in the KK Tech Section.....

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:13 pm

awesome mod. but dont ruin it with bling!!1 paint the grille flat black and it'll look seriously mean... kinda like the bat mobile

toy4everyseason · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:00 pm

I love it! looks awesome on a black Libby but I would get rid of those amber turn bulbs. You can use the same bulbs that are in the stop/tail light, file down the side a little bit and they will fit in the front. Good job thou.

wingnuts · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:00 pm

chava_olllllllo wrote:

wingnuts wrote:

looks good, but how can you stand to waste money on that stupid black vinyl bra that only creates problems for paint jobs?

It is only temporary until I gutter screen the grill...I don't use my jeep bra daily only when I go on long trips to avoid rocks and bugs fro hitting my paint. What do you suggest for protecting the hood?

Paint protection film, look up a local guy in your area, I have 24" going from the front edge of my hood back, not to mention the bumper and grill. The only part you see is the end of the material, the stuff is 8 mil thick and if you do it, only 3M, don't not do any other brand, nothing is as nearly as good.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... /Consumer/

the1wags · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:59 pm

Looks good man. You beat me to it. I've been about blacking out my headlights for awhile, did it on my Altima I had before my Liberty. Nice job.

SkinInc69 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:59 pm

Nice job on the headlights! I would ditch the chrome grill for black ASAP, but that's me.

Mike08Liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:02 am

I like it with the chrome ... It breaks up all the black. If you want something like Digger and his black ops edition then ditch the chrome but I think it looks great with chrome.

hrogi · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:33 am

That looks great.

I can not wait to see the write up..
on how to open the head lights.

What temp was used in the over and stuff.....

Clear bras Rock, they just cost allot up front...
But they can be worth it.

I have seen it on cars 10 later and it still looks good.
Yes 3M is the way to go ...

Mike08Liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:03 am

Not looking to steal Chava's thunder ... Here is what I did to mine. I've been meaning to do this for a while now but never got around to it. Chava gave me inspiration ...

1. Preheat oven to 250
2. Place headlight (one at a time) on a cookie sheet and place into the center of the over for about 10 min
3. Pry back the clips CAREFULLY! Then with a flathead screwdriver begin to pry the housing apart. If it fights you a lot put it back in the oven for a few more min
4. Paint your desired color
5. Put them back together and place back into the oven for about 5 min.
6. Remove from the oven and press firmly back together and firmly press the clips back down
7. Install on car and enjoy!

** Be careful when you remove the housing from the oven. It will be very hot. Regular Mechanics gloves will be OK for removal.

WHITE OUT

BrendonR · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:12 am

Both the black out, and white out are pretty pimp...

I'm assuming we could apply this mod to ANY of our KKs - I wonder what a "Red Rock Out" would look like with mine?

hmmmmm.....

What kind of paint are the two of you using?

Mike08Liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:13 am

I used Dupli-Color Auto Spray Super White

wingnuts · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:20 pm

New idea here, black on black, white on white. I'm thinking just do to the size of these housings if you went with body color there is no way it will look bad, just my 2 cents.

and yes hrogi is very much correct on this, a little issue on white paint though, but other than that it is pretty much a apply and forget product, you care for it just the same as the paint job, except liquid wax only and you don't have to do any buffing in the area where material is installed.

I don't know if the mods allow this, can someone find out for me, I'd post a link to my father-in-laws web site so you can see some areas where the material has helped.

Mike08Liberty · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:26 pm

wingnuts wrote:

New idea here, black on black, white on white. I'm thinking just do to the size of these housings if you went with body color there is no way it will look bad, just my 2 cents.

I agree ... I think if you match your truck color it will look good in any color.

chava_olllllllo · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:48 pm

Mike08Liberty wrote:

Not looking to steal Chava's thunder ... Here is what I did to mine. I've been meaning to do this for a while now but never got around to it. Chava gave me inspiration ...

1. Preheat oven to 250
2. Place headlight (one at a time) on a cookie sheet and place into the center of the over for about 10 min
3. Pry back the clips CAREFULLY! Then with a flathead screwdriver begin to pry the housing apart. If it fights you a lot put it back in the oven for a few more min
4. Paint your desired color
5. Put them back together and place back into the oven for about 5 min.
6. Remove from the oven and press firmly back together and firmly press the clips back down
7. Install on car and enjoy!

** Be careful when you remove the housing from the oven. It will be very hot. Regular Mechanics gloves will be OK for removal.

WHITE OUT

Not stealing my thunder at all...i like to share. Can't go wrong with your body color....looks great. When I bought the halos they instructions to open the headlights said 230 degrees for 20 minutes but they did not separate. I got fed up and baked them at 300 for 10 minutes. Careful not to bake them so many times....one of my headlights was left with boiled marks....good thing I had bought spare set of headlights on Ebay. I have not sealed my headlight up yet cause I'm waiting to receive my correct halo headlights. I removed all the silicone from the old seal and plan on applying new silicon when I seal them up on friday. Detail write up and photos coming this weekend. As for paint I used flat black enamel paint.

Jeepin_it_real · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:35 pm

ahhh this is sick i need the write up as soon as possible... also where can i get spare headlights?.... i want to do them to the spares then install so i can have an operational vehicle as long as possible

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