painting headlights, help!

[bnsaffold1987]

Im thinking about painting my headlights when I get home from deployment, Anyone know how to remove te cover to paint the inside of the housing? I want to remove it, paint them, and put the covers, and then pt the cover back on

 

[JeremyH]

Very carefully. lol



















You will need to heat it up and use a razor to cut through the rtv and gently pry it all apart. Then clean all the old rtv off and use new rtv to seal it back together. It's a huge chore and in't very fun but its doable.

 

[LAStang1234]

Throw that sucker in the oven, I think at 250 degrees. Just a simple google search had plenty of answers...

http://www.americanmuscle.com/headlight-condensation-remedy.html

 

[ford20]

American Muscle also has painted headlights, idk if that is something you would be interested in as an alternative.

 

[GT500KR]

if your gonna go that car throw some HID retrofit projectors in it too!!! did it on my 96 dakota... had to make new lenses too but it was worth it. did the dakota before i tackled the mustang or the new f350... the light output is amazing too. they way HIDs should be. heres some pics to show what i did...

here is a before/after

really nice line cut off on low beams

after i took the old lense off

with the stock lense back on... yuck

and then after making my own new lense...

if you would like help with this let me know. thanks and good luck

thank you for your service

 

[bnsaffold1987]

I appreciate everything guys! Im going to try to get my hands on some spare headlights as soon as I get home and try to paint the inside of them. Ill keep yall posted on the results!

 

[GT500KR]

very interested to see how it works out

 

[mfergel]

Wait a minute, you made that lense??? Do tell us how. Looks fantastic.

 

[KonaBlue11]

+1

That's what I want to know. It doesn't look hand made. It looks very clean.

 

[HAPPY HIPPO]

tell us how

 

[W3bb3r04]

Wait a minute, you made that lense??? Do tell us how. Looks fantastic.

+2!!!

 

[HAPPY HIPPO]

what a tease

 

[keoni1984]

I wanted to paint the gray interior headlight housings on my HID headlights black to match the car too, but it just seems like quite a hassle. I wish ford would have made them body colored. Just makes the headlights really stand out from the rest of the car and I'm not diggin it..