BRZ Headlight Black Out

[GH05T]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

i hate chrome. pretty sure i was the first to do this. here is my small write up. duplicolor shadow for blinkers, flat black engine enamel for chrome but can use any other paint you want.



these are the major two pieces of the headlight.



i hit the blinkers with this:



that way they are black but still maintain the reflective ability like stock.



masked off so that the rest remains gloss black while all the chrome was painted with flat black enamel.



these are the led's split with the cover. as you can see all you need to paint is the cover. also anyone who wanted could now overlay the LED strip in any color they would like, might be kind of cool but i decided to keep it clear.



and presto!







Today:

I still need to see your car in real life. @p00mba's been raving about it. Are you going to the 468Power meet and greet on 9/21?

[Jive Turkey]

no idea what that meet is/where.

sure?

[Diode Dynamics]

Well that turned out awesome, seriously awesome idea with the Shadow chrome

How is the light output, be honest..

Nick C.

[Jive Turkey]

light output? uh, the same? the BRZ is bixenon so i never touched the projector so no light output was affected.

the blinker reflector though (which was painted with black chrome) is still easily visible during the day.

[DCStorm]

Originally Posted by GH05T

Yup I'm sponsored by 468Power so I'll definitely be there

Did you once own a Evo and a member in DYC forums? Lol if not I have you confused for someone else lol

[Gixxersixxerman]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

light output? uh, the same? the BRZ is bixenon so i never touched the projector so no light output was affected.

the blinker reflector though (which was painted with black chrome) is still easily visible during the day.

I'm sure he meant the blinker light output..

Also, is there a way to the led on the "boomerang" I ask because I'd like to swap out the led with some brighter SMD chips if possible, they guy I'm doing the demon eye and painting has mentioned that the led is not all that bright.. I doubt I could get morimoto XBaled halo bright, but if I can get some better brighter chips in there I'd love to..

[WhiteRose]

Sweet jeebus it looks pretty

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[Jive Turkey]

yeah, i'm sure you can make it brighter, the boomerang is a piece of glass/plastic with a few LED's behind it every little bit...i'm sure you can replace those LED's with brighter ones and it'll do the trick, i just dont know if you can take it apart without breaking it and ruining the boomerang, its very fragile.

[Gixxersixxerman]

Did another set yesterday





Did the typical satin black and black chrome turn signal.. He wanted them blacked out, but I just can't do that.. I have to have some kind of reflection

[Turkish]

I am resurrecting this thread from the dead because I have a question. When disassembling the head light prior to throwing them in the oven, how far should I be able to dissassemble? I have a couple wires that I seem to not be able to remove prior to baking and I see some inaccessable circuit boards. Any tips for safely baking these guys?

[Jman1759]

Originally Posted by Turkish

I am resurrecting this thread from the dead because I have a question. When disassembling the head light prior to throwing them in the oven, how far should I be able to dissassemble? I have a couple wires that I seem to not be able to remove prior to baking and I see some inaccessable circuit boards. Any tips for safely baking these guys?

I carefully took the hid ballasts all the way off and removed all bulbs prior to baking. The only thing I left together were parts inside the housing I couldn't get to. (BRZ)

[KatrinaR]

Has anyone attempted to use the dupli color on their rims? Says you can but wondering how they would look.....Going to do my headlights this weekend!

[edeekeos]

Those headlights.. *drool

I would pay someone to do that..

[gdrider77]

Originally Posted by Turkish

I am resurrecting this thread from the dead because I have a question. When disassembling the head light prior to throwing them in the oven, how far should I be able to dissassemble? I have a couple wires that I seem to not be able to remove prior to baking and I see some inaccessable circuit boards. Any tips for safely baking these guys?

I've done this 4 times now on BRZ , and basically just remove from car. Once removed from car, ready to bake! No need to remove anything else.

One thing I recommend, when baking, put a couple 2x4 pieces of wood to set lights on. Then no chance of plastic touching metal oven pieces and melting.