How to Blackout Your Headlight Housing
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this video, I show you how to paint your headlight housing. On the VW, it comes stock chrome, and I want to black it out to give it a bit more contrast.
So if you have a set of reflector bowls that are chrome, you should leave them chrome so you don’t distort your light output. The only time you can paint them is if you are doing a headlight retrofit and you are installing a projector lens in that bowl, similar to the lens I have on my Accord.
It isn’t a bad idea to look into an additional set of headlights to do this procedure to, so that if you damage your headlights for whatever reason, your daily driver is not out of commission. You can usually find a set at your local scrap yard, eBay, or even amazon for pretty cheap.
If you have any questions regarding the video, you know where to throw them!! Thanks for watching :)
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Very detailed tutorial and you probably made your mom happy for not messing with her oven. Also a nice contraption on the heat gun. Thanks for sharing
21:08 takes all the time to clean the inside of the cover.. Picks it up from the inside
And never tints the covers.
marshalcraft why is would that ever be necessary?
No questions here, I just love your videos. You do everything for these videos and I appreciate what you're doing. You truly love cars and helping everybody out!
wow you took a car that wasn't taken care of and did a great job. brings tears to my eyes!
+Tarek Taher Thanks buddy!! :) Yeah its come quite a long ways!!
now that u say that. I'm doing the same actually lol Basically doubling it's value.
I did my headlights black too. Didn't put clear coat tho,but so far it hasn't peeled off or yellowed up at all. Still looks good to date.
Thats awesome dude!! Glad your headlights are okay
Lol nice
You forgot to put in blinker fluid
haha
lmao
xDDDDD That's a gold one xD
savage :D
Not necesary
I was supposed to be doing hw and ended up binge watching alot of these videos lol
:D me too!! ;)
lol same
Same
🤦🏻♀️🤣 same!!!!
This is a great and detailed tutorial. Good job mate! Thanks.
Great videos bud! Just got a 2003 Kia for my daughter and I'll make her watch these so she can do the work herself. Keep up the great work!!!
I would say you are thinking outside the box, but you are literally thinking... box, I like it. I needed this solution. Thank you for sharing
That's clever 💪 Thanks Mark!
"first coat should be a dust coat. don't want to do a wet coat..." does wet coat anyway. lol, you bad ass.
good video buddy, was a job well done!
subtle changes like that can completely change the look of a car. looks great!
+Christian Martin I couldn't agree with you more!! :) Cheers buddy!!
Dude - your video is crazy good. Thank you for both all of the complete instructions as well as using a tripod so you aren't the typical shaky video type. Subscribing!
nothing i do comes out as easy as it looks in the vid, allready cracked the side of a lense. atleast i still have 1 more for practice untill i give up
Agreed. I followed another tutorial and i was getting super frustrated and sad. Havent tried this yet but i want to
Was I the only one waiting for a before and after shot? haha
lol
You did a really nice job on the video including the processes, the how's and why's.
+Rich Beach Thanks Rich :) Glad you liked it!!
Looks great! When i first read the title i was shaking my head (thought u were gonna tint the lens lol) but u did good man! Looks propper.
+Random Guy Oh no!! I wouldn't dare do that :) Thanks!!
You more than earned a like on this video, you really put a lot of work into making this video, you should be proud well done!
Thanks bud :)
Wow! nice job! Gives the car a nice "serious" look.
great information for people interested in plastic painting. Thanks you Milan!!!
Just shared this video to enter the contest. So thrilled to use this technique to open my headlights and put on some DRL to my Mirage.
Amazing job! Keep posting more "How-to" videos like this!
Suggestion? Post a video about painting the calipers :)
I've got a video for you than :) You just wait and see ahah
milanmastracci make one about paint the wheels
Thanks
Your video was very helpfull, your explanations, the quiet way you explaint it, everything is wonderfull
I am going to try this on my Mk3 projector lights. Really love this tutorial video. Thanks
Excellent video and detail. Step by step and products you would not know, or think to need, like butyl rubber tape!
Best Mk IV mod ever
Totally changes the looks of it
Canadians are so great. Thanks man!
You bet!
im hype for the retro fit projector video! i hate the old school reflector backings....light disperses everywhere
+appleman812 Yeah I'm with you on that!!
Your videos keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work!
+Noah Gullion Thanks Noah!!
the explanation is very clear, thank you
I'm not even joking when i say this but the oven partially melted the inside of my corner/turning headlamps and warped the inside of them and i wasn't even able to get it apart. On top of that once it cooled the hole where my turning light goes into was not too small to even fit the light through it....so now i have to buy new corner/turning headlamps.
You make it look so easy but I would undoubtedly jack up my headlights so bad.
First time I tried this, I rather stupidly set my oven to 250°c 😂 melted a set, luckily I had spares. Doing V2 now using 105°c to be safe
Great detailed tutorial
Gonna do this to my Euro quads for my s2 scirocco! Glad you're dubber!
Nice, industrious young man. Good on ya
Great Tutorial 👍🏻 no need to paint some headlights you can actually polish out the chrome to the black plastic with a rubbing compound 👍🏻
I am so late on this video but come on dude... show your work, show those lights going on and off, and more important, show the before and after. This video was so close to greatness D:
finally a decent update no more exhaust stuff
fuck are you talking about, he's put up like 5 videos since his last exhaust video.
Something that is a diy like this video is good but one of them was Flares and another does it shoot fire lol
Can you please link the LED lights !
I love all your videos on the Golf mk4.. great tutorials!
Great video buddy, really detailed. 👍
Keep up the good work.
Okay. I’m reading this high as fuck. This man is a god damn fuckin scientist.
good job man,i recently got my mk4 and i dont like chrome inside the headlights,so thinking about this project too
No mods can make a car like that look nice.
ohhh rippp
did the chrome reflector for headlight rub off I tried painting a spare set of lights and I touches it and the chrome came off.
Depating if i shouldndo it because i kinda like the chrome
Can you tell me if those small metal clips you took off from the headlight are replaceable? I have one that got popped off and now the headlight is not air tight. Please for the love of god can someone read this and let me know where to buy these clips? Thank you for making this video.
Great video Milan
+Kieren plays FIFA Thanks Kieren!!
Great video.. I would have checked the lights first to make sure they all work before putting the bumper back on..
+robertd10481 Good tip :)
Nice man ! Golf increasingly looks better
Thank you for the video. Question below the high beam bulb there's what seems to be a small bulb too which doesn't light up. I've been searching online to find out what it is, do you know?
Great job, thank you for the info.
I’m still trying to figure out the parking light bulbs. What do they do. Because when I put on my brake nothing works
Great job as always mr Perfect! 😁👍
Did you drain the blinker fluid first?
After you do videos like this, show your work. Make a small video with your lights on and you slowly going around it. I'm unsatisfied now
Nice subtle touch
+Mal Peacock Thanks buddy!! :)
Congratulations from the Italy bro😍😉
Where did you get the clear reflector light side light marker great video thanks
That's a nice whip!
You you should change the hi lo beam bulbs to the sylverstar zxe lights.. theyre super bright and white.. look alot better than the normal lights that have the yellowish color glow.. t
Really good job man wow looks great
Thanks Bill!
What size for the city LED light? What other bulbs did you upgrade? Brand and model please
Great video, my son is going to do this soon
BRAD ABoY your son ain’t ready to do this modding shit if you’re on RUclips looking for part specifics
On a sidenote: you might want to remove the bulbs before heating the headlight. That is if you want to use them again
PS - if you didn't catch him say it, primary should just about spray dry. Spray can distance can help with this.
Just keep a further distance away while painting...
In what temperature was your heat gun? Nice video by the way
Thanks Andrew! I set it to max heat
instead of using a heat gun do u think that a hair dryer would work ?
Mike Redding It’d take a heck of a long time. If you have a Harbor Freight in or near your town you can pick up a heat gun for about $8 with coupon. Otherwise, you could definitely order one online. I’d HIGHLY recommend you either pick up a heat gun or just use the oven.
It's the small details that makes the car POP
Couldn't agree more :)
NICE JOB GREAT EXPLANATION
Great toutorial Great vid thanks
Glad it was helpful!
This is a very good video well creative 👌 and very artistic
Thank you Mason!
2 years ago still good along with under light I did too thanks friend
good video nice walk through of the job good job
+Sammy Gonzalez Thanks Sammy!!
I was thinking ab doing this but blacked out halo lights are only 150 for my car. What do yall think?
Definitely too heavy on the first prime coat and first paint coat, but other than that, it was great.
Did it turn out like shit? No... why do people comment shit like this smh
Does it work for gs400 as well? Can you show that tutorial as well???
If i do this Any change on Light in Dark ?? It lows Me A brightness or not
Hopefully you can make a vid on how to put on HID lights.
He'd either have to straight up replace the headlights with ones that have projectors, or retrofit ones on the stock housings. Since he just spent the time here painting the stock housings and making them look good, I doubt he'll do either (on this car at least) honestly man as long as you have the projectors it's basically just a plug and play with whatever connectors you have on the back. H11, H7, etc. Just NEVER put them in halogen housings, it's blinding to others and straight up a dick move (I say this because its astonishing the amount of people who don't know this)
i'm pretty sure over here in Belgium the side markers need to be yellow/orange - ish ... is it possible to get LED's in that color so I can get a clear indicator glass?
RTV silicon will do just as good a job as that rubber sticky beading stuff
nice vid but one question...you blacked out your headlights so why not go with matching smoked/black corner lights instead of clear ones?
Hi....from what you know ...are there any differences in taking the glass out from a golf mk4 hella headlight and valeo headlight ? Thanks 😉
nice vid man,
the regular lights look much nicer on it tbh but nice vid
Nice job looks good
+Randie Hessler Thanks Randie :)
Does the headlight get de-oxidized from the heat process?
can you use vantablack or any other "darkest black" paint to paint the headlights?
Ahh butyl, the days of old windshield install
Cool video 😎
can you do the same thing for tail lights?
i probably need dto see how to install with projector and 2 angel eyes and 1 daylight line ahhaah i would really wanted that
does blacking out the headlight housing make the lights yellow?? or not as bright
Nice work
Could u please put a link the head light bulbs you used? I wanna put the same ones in my 02 Volkswagen golf
what size is that small bulb on bottom of high beams
did you do this for the 370z lights?
Great vid bro. Do you think plastidip will hold up if I use it to blackout the insides of my headlights?
The paint after the primer does not have to be able to bond to plastic, because it will bond with the primer.
There are 2 more T30s holding the bumper in the little grills.
Please, I am in Nigeria and just purchased a Golf 4, Silver color. Give me hints on how to pimp it.
Thats a great job but I wouldnt paint over the chrome ball light thats under the indicator. It looks funny when thats blacked out.
Could you do a video of how to install halo lights and make them drl's? Only thing i need to know so i can make my own custom lights after i watch your projector install video