Painted a set of OEM headlights

[rare03srt10]

Baking in oven

before paint

after oven

primered

1 coat of paint

reassembling

finished

Now they just need to be cleaned, buffed, waxed and reinstalled along with my new set of HID 8000k bulbs, and LED amber turn signal bulbs

 

[ontariobee]

Looks awesome!

 

[Midnight Runner]

They look damn nice.

 

[rare03srt10]

Thanks guys. I wanted to leave the part where the blinker goes chrome but when i put the masking tape on it the chrome turned black. It was weird never seen that happen. Then i sprayed a 50/50 mix of windex and water on it to try to clean it off and all the chrome just turned black so i said screw it and scotch brited the whole thing, primered grey and then painted flat black. Will see how good the lighting is once i reinstall. I will be using LED light bulbs. Ill post pictures in a couple days when i reinstall them. This was the first time i ever tried baking headlights and doing this mod and i must say its VERY easy DIY job. And the 02-05 headlights come apart VERY easy. Ive heard that the 06 and up headlights are kinda a PITA

 

[rare03srt10]

Also had Jermey(0212353) w/ Retro Shop do my taillights and 3rd brake light. He did a Level 2 tint which looks bitchin' because they still have a red tint to them and he left the clear, clear for me. Cant wait to get all these lights back on the truck

 

[Theol55]

It's going to look bitchen when finished. They make a bulb for the turn signal bulb that is silver when its off and amber when it comes on. Those would look cool in there.

2pcs 3157 3057 3357 Chrome Silver Light Bulb Amber Color Turn Signal T20 New | eBay

 

[ninj]

At what temp for how long did you bake yours at, i was looking in to do the same for my light.

 

[0212353]

sorry I missed your PM yesterday!

Just replied and saw the thread.

 

[rare03srt10]

It's going to look bitchen when finished. They make a bulb for the turn signal bulb that is silver when its off and amber when it comes on. Those would look cool in there.

2pcs 3157 3057 3357 Chrome Silver Light Bulb Amber Color Turn Signal T20 New | eBay

Great info, Thanks bud

At what temp for how long did you bake yours at, i was looking in to do the same for my light.

Well i was told a few different temps and times lol, but i ended up preheating to 250(bake) then put light in there for 10 minutes and they came apart VERY easily, but i was told they would come apart fairly easy even at 7 minutes. Then after i painted them and was ready to put back together i put them back together and placed them in oven for 5 minutes pulled them out and pressed them back together solid and ran an additional bead of black silicone to be sure they sealed up solid

sorry I missed your PM yesterday!

Just replied and saw the thread.

No worries Jeremy. Thanks for you help brutha

 

[SRT2SLOW]

Told u it was easy. They look great

 

[rare03srt10]

Told u it was easy. They look great

Thanks E! Big thanks to you for all your help too man

 

[NSDQ]

Great work! Gotta feel good to do it yourself and have it come out looking extremely professional.

 

[rare03srt10]

Thanks Jason. Yea i almost bought my neighbors set that were done already but then SRT2SLOW convinced me to just do it my self. Very happy with the turn out

 

[ninj]

Thanks for the info, I have a second set of headlight I was going to give it a shot this weekend and hopefully they turn out.

 

[FL06SRT10]

Here is what 06's look like in carbon fiber... Tony's better half did these and the came out awesome!

 

[JRSVIPR]

Here is what 06's look like in carbon fiber... Tony's better half did these and the came out awesome!

Hell yeah,Those look great.:rock:

 

[rare03srt10]

Thanks for the info, I have a second set of headlight I was going to give it a shot this weekend and hopefully they turn out.

Cruise down to Orange county and ill help ya out lol

Here is what 06's look like in carbon fiber... Tony's better half did these and the came out awesome!

Those look GREAT!!

 

[0212353]

that carbon fiber is freakin' awesome

 

[RAMDUDE]

looks good bro

 

[rare03srt10]

looks good bro

Now it just needs a new black hood......Just saying lol