custom headlights

[jewbaru]

before
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/silverrims-1.jpg

after
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/dc2c1286-1.jpg

the process
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/8526b5f3-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/55cc78f8-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/3f6bbe93-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/384afa7f-1.jpg

[jewbaru]

i think the homedepot lip looks 10 times better with the blacked out headlights

[jewbaru]

not one comment huh.. lol

well i think they're nice :grin:

[LiCelsior]

looks 10x better than the stock. it doesnt block the output or anything right?

yea this forum is mad slow and doesnt look like a lot of people are active here.

['Buru in the Burgh]

Awwww sheeeeet I'm definitely hitting you up on FB on how to do this!

[jewbaru]

Well. 24 ppl viewed before anyone said anything lol. And no. The light output isn't altered at all. The side markers arent as clear during the day because I blacked out the chrome colored cup they sit in. All I painted was the headlight insert and snap out the little gay reflector that was in there (just glued in with barley a drop at the top and bottom, simple screw driver did the trick)

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/7c1788d1-1.jpg

That's the piece I removed and painted black

I'm anal so I used a whole can of primer and black paint to do both. I was unsure on just using a metal paint and I didn't have the fusion paint they make for plastic. So I opt for flat black bumper paint. Came out perfect except for one minor run in a corner bit it's not noticeable with the head light reassembled.

This is what the insert looks like reinserted in the lense

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/09/30af0e41-1.jpg

[chuckthefuk]

Very. Nice
-chuck

['Buru in the Burgh]

Ok I'm definitely doing mine next week haha it's been too long

[Matty2Hotty]

+1, i did this on my 01 GT style headlights a good year ago and just got back into the scene again with a 01 outback this time. Baking them tomorrow! =)

[jewbaru]

Alright. Let's see some pictures

[Matty2Hotty]

OLDDDDDDD Pic
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/f09c5137-1.jpg

[STIdarkside]

+1, i did this on my 01 GT style headlights a good year ago and just got back into the scene again with a 01 outback this time. Baking them tomorrow! =)

Did you decide to get back into a Legacy (I know you said Outback) again? I thought you sold the 01 GT for a WRX???

[Matty2Hotty]

+1, i did this on my 01 GT style headlights a good year ago and just got back into the scene again with a 01 outback this time. Baking them tomorrow! =)

Did you decide to get back into a Legacy (I know you said Outback) again? I thought you sold the 01 GT for a WRX???

That i did and sold the WRX... My knee is really bad for 14 years of baseball and the clutch was killing me(got a Auto now) not to mention the $$$$ for parts, a tune every time if you change anything, and just wasn't as classy/nice as a Outback/Legacy. I sold the WRX for 8k, sold my Wheels for $1400 seperate and sold the JDM Headlights for $800 seperate too, picked up the Outback for $6000 1 owner and looks to be off the showroom floor!!!! I like the Unleaded fill ups, fully loaded leather interior and every option possible, and not to mention less of them modified on the roads. So yeah i really do Love my Legacy/Outback and miss them! These Outback headlights are actually going into the oven for baking and painting in 20min. :smt023

[STIdarkside]

+1, i did this on my 01 GT style headlights a good year ago and just got back into the scene again with a 01 outback this time. Baking them tomorrow! =)

Did you decide to get back into a Legacy (I know you said Outback) again? I thought you sold the 01 GT for a WRX???

That i did and sold the WRX... My knee is really bad for 14 years of baseball and the clutch was killing me(got a Auto now) not to mention the $$$$ for parts, a tune every time if you change anything, and just wasn't as classy/nice as a Outback/Legacy. I sold the WRX for 8k, sold my Wheels for $1400 seperate and sold the JDM Headlights for $800 seperate too, picked up the Outback for $6000 1 owner and looks to be off the showroom floor!!!! I like the Unleaded fill ups, fully loaded leather interior and every option possible, and not to mention less of them modified on the roads. So yeah i really do Love my Legacy/Outback and miss them! These Outback headlights are actually going into the oven for baking and painting in 20min. :smt023

Nice, well I imagine you are kicking yourself a bit for getting rid of the 01 GT... You did quite a bit to it. Do you have a new member's ride up yet?

[Matty2Hotty]

Not yet... Soon once i get more time on my hands to fully write everything up!

[STIdarkside]

Not yet... Soon once i get more time on my hands to fully write everything up!

Cool, well I look forward to seeing what you have in store for the Outback...