I've been looking for cheap OEM lights on Craigslist. I hope I find a pair one day to do this

that was the only way i can do it by my self hahaha!!! buying another set of head lights :p

I was pretty scared myself! Almost drove 3 hours south to have Nut_N_Much in Tampa help but decided screw it, ill do it myself. It wasn't as bad as it seem taking everything apart and putting it back together couldn't be easier, baking them is the only sketch part. Had my girlfriend help as well. Getting them a part was a breeze, 11 minutes @250 degrees

Hummmm I really want to try this

I am going to do this tomorrow! wish me luck

I did it the other day and I wanna say it was MUCH easier than I thought it would be. Like everyone else o was scared to take them apart but 10 mins at 250 they came apart pretty easily with a flathead prying all the way around and lifting from the front. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...0c6d1aa974.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...6f1b68c46b.jpg

Came out clean man! I love the yellow, black roof and wheels look slick

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I'm about to try this tomorrow/Saturday. Not sure if anyone has done this before, but I'm going to use VHT Nite Shades on the housing to get a dark "black chrome" look. I have a 40th Anniversary Z and I can't decide what color to paint the lens shrouds... might leave them stock silver.

Anyone have pics or suggestions for the 40th Graphite?

Thanks for the write up and videos. I've been really wanting this done, but don't want to pay $$$.

I was mostly curious about the paint. You just used the Krylon Fusion paint from Home Depot / Walmart? I don't necessarily want to match my Pearl White paint on the shrouds but want like a gold/bronze color. Any reason why you put on primer, etc. on the shrouds, but only paint on the reflective housing?

Also, no problems with condensation / paint fading even after two years with no extra sealant?

Hope to do this soon. Maybe buy some halos from retrofitsource and maybe even drill out the housing and add landing strip LEDs. I dunno if I'm getting too ambitious for my first time doing this lol....

Thanks again! Wish you were in H town for some assistance :tup:

Thank you so much!
It was so easy to do after watching the video. Here are a couple photos:
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...74f45c699f.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...a11b29e6ae.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...ea71b8fe9c.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...9a092e6932.jpg


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damn i want to do it :(

want to do this so bad....but real scared to f$*k up my lights :/

dang everyone is making it sound easy, i guess i'll try this weeknd. any tips or suggestions?

TAKE YOUR TIME:ughdance:

I am ready to take a chance, the look is awesome.

Finally pulled the trigger after plenty research and planning... Switchback halos, purple running light, turn-signal delete (halos are turn signals now, go orange when signal is on and then back to white when off) and paint. they look BALLER.

http://i65.tinypic.com/jg48yh.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/29ntdle.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/2ahgn4n.jpg

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any recommended source for purchasing the halos/projectors?

What is everyone using for paint? Gloss, satin or flat black?

Do you guys not sand down your headlight parts? The paint is going to probably chip or crack sooner or later. I just finished taking mine apart, sanding, painting, and putting them back together...Here's how they currently sit:

http://i.imgur.com/K3ZKmrh.jpg?1

If you use Krylon Fusion paint, no need to sand prime or otherwise. People (me too) have no issues with cracks or delamination since good few years


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That would have saved me a good hour of sanding. :facepalm:

has anyone done a headlight restoration kit on the inside of the clear lens? my headlights have scratches from inside that I wanna fix? basically can I sand them and put a clear coat on the inside?

JUST did this yesterday and with GREAT success!

I did 15 mins at 225 degrees and they pull apart amazingly, almost minimal effort or breaking anything!

Cheers!! :tiphat:

For a moment I stared at the temperature in disbelief when I realised u might mean fahrenheit, not celsius. Please specify for everybody's benefit. Thx a lot :-)


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I did mines like two weeks ago. I don't like halos so I added a switch back led strip.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...psjbzxmh6f.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...psr3rvyk89.jpg

Night time video showing the LED strip

Below


http://vid292.photobucket.com/albums...psquj9wxvx.mp4

Halos
 

First post here...so I hope I don't screw this up.
I did my halos last weekend. Small oven so I used the cardboard box & heat gun. Temp ramped up to 210F over 20 minutes and no problem pulling the lights apart. I was dreading this part, put it was a piece of cake. I'm an old fart, so I like chrome. I left my housings chrome, but painted the shrouds black. I used Morimoto 90 mm XB halos. I also used a dremel tool to machine out the shrouds so the halos would sit flat inside the groove and not on top. Not sure if this was worth it in the end, but they do sit nicely inside the groove. I have a 2013 Z and in Canada, the DRL's are the vertical LED strip lights in the bumper. I wired the halos to these, so that they also run as DRL's. When the HID's come on at night, the DRL's shut off. You can't see the halos around the HID's anyhow, so no biggy.
I have seven pics attached, but can't figure out how to imbed them in the post, so you'll have to click on them.
Please let me know if this post is OK, as I would like to post more!
Toodles from Canada!
Mike

Pulling the trigger next weekend
 

To be honest, like a lot of other members, I'm terrified of baking these things even though I see the successful posts.

I am going with a gunmetal finish instead of black, but Krylon fusion does not have a gunmetal option so I plan on going with some sanding, primer, and paint.

I do see a lot of varying temperatures and times, but it seems 250 degrees F at 10 minutes or 225 degrees F at 15 minutes is the most common. Has anyone seen any negative repercussions i.e. scratches on top of headlight from the lens being soft, moisture getting through...etc. Does the microfiber towel make sure the lens gets no scratches once you have to pry it apart?

Also, is it worth getting the extra butyl rubber to reseal the lights or is the stock amount of sealant really good enough to effectively seal the light?

Where did you get that LED strip? Anymore pics? This looks awesome!

Used this thread to do my headlights. Did a couple of things differently.
-225 F for 15 minutes in the oven
-sanded housing with 1000 grit and primed using rustoleum primer for plastic
-used dupli-color gun metal
-installed 5% smoked clear boomerang reflectors from Klearz

Overall the process was pretty straight forward, just getting the guts to do it is the hard part. I'm really happy with the turnout.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_0051.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_0047.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_0049.jpg

Wanted some feedback on the ones I painted. Not sure if I should keep them like this or paint all black. What y'all think? :confused:

I hate amber, so I would paint the ambers a different color (black or silver) and then take a look at it. I like the idea though.

I finally got around to doing this to mine. Love the look. Thanks to all who contributed to this DIY, it really made this easy.

I went with satin black with color matched accents and CF on the boomerang reflector.

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...f3&oe=595E2349

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...e3&oe=5961D453

I'm thinking about doing my headlights. I was told to not mess with the factory ones but to buy a cheaper set and then do those reasoning because of the cost and they have a chance of leaking or fogging once you take it apart? Does/Has anyone had that experience yet of their lights letting or leaking in water/fogging?

This is my car:
http://www.the370z.com/members/fren_...ure96625-a.jpg

I want it to look like this but match the grey:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../370z/orb4.jpg

Good thread btw! :icon17:

Krylon
 

So I’m starting my second pair of headlights. The first didn’t go well with krylon, if anything touches the paint it pulls it off and leaves a little exposed chrome dot. Originally I said I was using rustoleum american accents, but it wasn't drying properly...so I'm just using primer black now and a matte clear.

Did you use regular Krylon or Krylon Fusion?

It wasn’t fusion, I don’t remember exactly but fusion wasn’t available in any store in my area