Just want to know, the people who have done this mod, did you spray em or brush em? I have one of my headlights apart and looking at it and the prep work is gonna be a pain if im gonna spray. Alot of masking to do, and what tape should I use when masking so the chrome doesn't peel off when I take the tape off? Did you just spray the paint onto the chrome or did you sand the chrome first?

 

well when i sprayed my altezzas. i sprayed the chrome. it came out good. but id try usign a high temp primer and use a high temp paint. as for masking it off use a maskign tape

 

betta spray if you want a good finish. I used regular masking tape AFTER I rolled it on the floor to greatly reduce the stickyness of it. Blue painters tape would work just as well.

What I discovered that worked well to rough up the chrome is to rub it well with some isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) and a scrap piece of cloth. The chome will disolve under a bit of elbow grease and will maintain an absoltly smooth surface.

 

cryogen97. did you notice your lights were less bright or anything when you did yours. i wana do mine in white

 

give it as much time as possible to dry. when i did mine, sealed it too early, and it got small run off from the spray...

 

well, let see, I use green masking tape that my bodyshop used to mask and paint anything

for the chrome, i just sand it off, mix the paint with the sticky clear paints or something like that then sprayed.

the output is still very bright, but the the area is more focused because some of the black area is covering off parts of the housing and reflector.

Now i want to do it Blue, but don't know if it's Illegal or not.

 

For the tape...there's a tape that is not as strong as masking tape. It's called easy release by 3M. You can find that at Wal-Mart in the paint section.

 

I noticed no decrease in useable light.

 

has any one done this on a 4th gen. I think i might give it a shot
the corners are in the works right now but i gotta do the headlights so it looks uniform
let me know

Yo Cryogen97 that looks so hot on your car I just have to let you know i'm sure you knew that already though, i actually did that to my bumper lenses over the summer and I didn't put back in that light diffuser u think i should leave it like that?
it looks mad darker without it you know

 

I know i dont have an accord but it should be about the same except my chrome piece that i painted black came out of the headlight so i had very little masking to do. I did not remove the chrome and just primered and painted over it. I have had it like that for over a year and they look great. Not a great pic but i happened to have the link, well worth the time to do it


I didnt notice any light decrease but than again i have these I love my HIDs