Possibly dumb idea December 26, 2006, 12:11:41 AM Ok, so I was pulling the header panel and front bumper off my car today (planning an intercooler upgrade), and while removing the header panel, I noticed the lens was falling off one of my headlights for whatever reason, so I pulled it off.I was looking at the headlight "bucket" itself and I noticed that the flat top and bottom of the inside of the headlight are white, not chromed like the reflector part.So, my question is, could you paint the top & bottom of the inside of the light black to give the car a "smoked" headlight look, kinda like what they did with the Marauder? Or would that mess up the light output? Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #1 – December 26, 2006, 01:33:40 AM there's sprays out there for that. how good they are, i have no clue. Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #2 – December 26, 2006, 08:57:43 AM Zach (CougarCragar) did it with his MN12 Cougar. I don't think light output was affected - the reflector is what throws the light, and obviously Ford didn't think that part reflected enough to bother chroming it Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #3 – December 26, 2006, 11:55:21 AM I know they have the tint sprays, but I still can't find any real info about how much light they block or how well they work...so I'm undecided on those.I might have to end up using those, though, as I don't know if I'll be able to get the lens off my other headlight without breaking it. Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #4 – December 26, 2006, 03:20:39 PM Ive done it, and it didnt effect the light output much, but it didnt really look all that good either. Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #5 – December 26, 2006, 08:07:20 PM Ok, that's what I was wanting to know (you are talking about painting the buckets right?) Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #6 – December 28, 2006, 01:15:50 AM oh... i thought you meant the lenses. Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #7 – December 28, 2006, 06:15:33 PM Quote from: Red_LX;120154Ok, that's what I was wanting to know (you are talking about painting the buckets right?)yes, from some angles, it looked good, from others it looked like ass Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #8 – December 28, 2006, 07:24:21 PM Don't use the tint spray (Nite Shades) on the lenses. The spray has a very high propensity to 'fish-eye', which would be painfully obvious on a clear/reflective surface.What if you did a test on your light while it's apart? Maybe you could lay some black fabric or paper in there and put the lense back on. Quote Selected
Possibly dumb idea Reply #9 – December 28, 2006, 09:02:03 PM Yeah I might try that.I bought some VHT spray tint stuff the other night, that is supposed to be a little lighter than nite-shades so I may try it on the headlights. Not sure how well it'll work, guess I'll find out. Quote Selected
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