BLACKED OUT headlights?
 

thought id post this in the 996tt/gt2 section since you all have "facelifted" headlights :) so ever since i got my 996 c4s the idea of blacking out my headlight housing has been on my mind but i never got enough info to be completely comfortable with taking apart/f'ing up my headlights :D if anyone has any info on blacking out all the chrome inside of the headlight it would be greatly appreciated!! TIA!!

(just imagine all the chrome in the headlight FLAT BLACK :eek:)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...hres8yw4-1.jpg

i have cracked many headlights open but never recommend it to my customers. once you open it up, you are adking for moisture, no matter how well you seal it up.
i have used the fllowing method for other car but never a p...so i dont know if it will work....here is how i have done others
remove headlights, place them in oven, bake for 20 minutes at 225 or so..
pry the backing off, remove pieces you want painted and paint them.
clean off all the glue residue from the face and back of the light housing.
reinstall all painted pieces, glue front and back back together.
once again, i never recommend cracking open your headlights, this is only a method i have used on other autos

I have actually thought about doing the same thing. Its the only part of my car not black. I have even thought about just tinting the entire lense.

i would probably recommend just tinting the entire thing as well.

I've done a tint on the whole thing. It's not black, but you can go darker..

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...lights001a.jpg

I also thought about doing the same thing. I am not into the tint. Too much black. I think it would be cool to just paint what was chrome.

I did the smoke spray.. didnt come out that good.. it was okay..but i took it off..

HA HA, yep, I too am on the same road...we'll see how it goes. I don't think the tint will look good, it must be painted if possible.

or just do a 997 face lift kit.

:)

yeah...painting the inside housing is the only way to go! if you are gonna go for it...a write up would be really sexy :p i heard there was one out there that had blacked out headlight housings, but ive never seen it for myself :confused: we need to bust this myth...i honestly think it would look crazy good on some facelift 996 headlights! hmm...

thanks for the input everyone!

Here's a company that does the '02+ NSX headlights......

http://www.clearcorners.com/products.../nsx1/h_lamp2/

A while back I was trying to buy broken ones just to test this idea out! I love the look of the GTC cars and the 997's. I wish a vendor would offer this mod. I am nervous to do it myself.

I want to bust mine open and try this really badly. I am gonig to start asking around. If the car was garaged and not in bad weather, I wonder if not having a perfect reseal would be a problem.

When I have my Infiniti G35 a few years back, I had a shop pop my headlights and dremel out the orange for the blinker. He heated them to get them open, and then resealed them after.

Job was done great.

Located in Pompton Plains, NJ. I can check with him if he'd be up for doing some Porsche headlights.

ha ha...me too...cant get it off my mind :p the chrome in the headlights just seems "too much" sometimes when i look at my car :confused:

...nice to see the kids come out and play and show interest in this little predicament :D one of us has to make this happen!

sounds great! any problems at all with the finished product...like condensation? and if you remember how much he charged to pop the lights open thatd be cool too! thanks!