i-Club - The Ultimate Subaru Resource

Baking and blacking out headlights

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-06-2011, 10:39 PM
  #1  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Baking and blacking out headlights
Let's the story begin...
Few months ago painted my car white. Wasn't really happy with the way how headlights looked like.
Decided to remove plastic amber pieces and paint the housing semi-gloss black. Came out great!

Before:
Name: 0405001838.jpg Views: 2093 Size: 89.4 KB

Then:
Name: SAM_1272.jpg Views: 1985 Size: 52.2 KB

Name: SAM_1275.jpg Views: 1972 Size: 50.1 KB

Name: SAM_1281.jpg Views: 1946 Size: 54.7 KB

After:
Last edited by 1JavaBlk_in_Sac; 07-14-2014 at 04:02 PM.
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:39 PM
  #2  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Time for bugeye Headlights:
Stupidchicken"s ride:

Name: SAM_0950.jpg Views: 1945 Size: 72.0 KB

Name: SAM_0352.jpg Views: 1953 Size: 53.1 KB

Name: SAM_0952.jpg Views: 1973 Size: 56.0 KB

Name: SAM_0953.jpg Views: 1926 Size: 55.5 KB

Name: SAM_0955.jpg Views: 2176 Size: 37.4 KB

Name: SAM_0957.jpg Views: 1913 Size: 72.9 KB
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:40 PM
  #3  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Then HAWKEYE:
Smedavar's 2006 STI

Name: SAM_1187.jpg Views: 1871 Size: 56.3 KB

Name: SAM_1190.jpg Views: 1920 Size: 51.0 KB

Name: SAM_1195.jpg Views: 1960 Size: 40.7 KB

Name: SAM_1193.jpg Views: 4020 Size: 35.2 KB

Name: SAM_1196.jpg Views: 1999 Size: 19.9 KB

Name: SAM_1210-1.jpg Views: 2124 Size: 28.1 KB


Retro 707 2007 WRX

Name: SAM_1269.jpg Views: 4740 Size: 65.2 KB

Notice the difference betweeh painted and non painted headlights

Name: SAM_1265.jpg Views: 5716 Size: 80.4 KB
Last edited by 1JavaBlk_in_Sac; 06-09-2012 at 04:28 PM.
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:41 PM
  #4  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Last week did 2 more peanut eyes:

Rodrigues GD's 2004 STI:

Name: SAM_1283-1.jpg Views: 4094 Size: 58.1 KB

Name: SAM_1282-1.jpg Views: 3727 Size: 71.6 KB

Ryans05 2005 STI:

Name: SAM_1364.jpg Views: 1916 Size: 44.0 KB

Name: SAM_1368.jpg Views: 1944 Size: 55.0 KB
Last edited by 1JavaBlk_in_Sac; 06-18-2011 at 11:11 PM.
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:41 PM
  #5  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
WHO's next??????????
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:48 PM
  #6  
Registered User
iTrader: (6)
 
Guillermo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 1,349
Car Info: DGM BRZ
Very nice work! They all look really good. Your car is sexy with the custom paint job up front. If I had stock bugeye headlights, I would have loved to do this.
Guillermo is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:49 PM
  #7  
Registered User
 
Subied0o's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CaliFornia
Posts: 5
Car Info: 02 wrx
i'm thinking getting mind ....
Subied0o is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:56 PM
  #8  
Registered User
 
Wally's World's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Bay Area, Ca.
Posts: 180
Car Info: Java Black 04' STI
Nice job!!! What kind of paint are you using?
Wally's World is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 10:57 PM
  #9  
Registered User
iTrader: (5)
 
iDriveMyi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Manteca
Posts: 1,226
Car Info: 2010 Impreza 2.5i Premium Boosted
Awesome work! I'm so scared to bake the headlights. lol. What brand paint do you use?
iDriveMyi is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 11:13 PM
  #10  
Registered User
iTrader: (57)
 
xhengmanx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the area
Posts: 7,380
Car Info: 04 impreza wrx R.I.P Daniel Wentz JOEBOBBUCKET
know how to install projectors into the peanut eye?
xhengmanx is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 11:45 PM
  #11  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Originally Posted by xhengmanx
know how to install projectors into the peanut eye?
That would be my next project.
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-06-2011, 11:51 PM
  #12  
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (86)
 
1JavaBlk_in_Sac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sac CA
Posts: 4,351
Car Info: $2000 hawkeye
Originally Posted by iDriveMyi
Awesome work! I'm so scared to bake the headlights. lol. What brand paint do you use?
I use Rust Oleum brand Semi-gloss black or flat black paint.
If you are scared let me bake ur lights! Wanna be first 2010 with blacked out lights?
1JavaBlk_in_Sac is offline  
Reply
Old 04-07-2011, 10:31 AM
  #13  
Registered User
 
STiWRX06's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 1,279
Car Info: "Shadow"
Looks tight dude, but the real skill is baking cookies WITH the headlights (kill 2 birds with 1 stone)-lol.
STiWRX06 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-07-2011, 11:11 AM
  #14  
Churro Aficionado
iTrader: (38)
 
stupidchicken03's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: IG - @thomas.teammoist
Posts: 54,632
Car Info: IG - @TEAMMOISTOFFICIAL
deff happy with how mine turned out
stupidchicken03 is offline  
Reply
Old 04-07-2011, 12:14 PM
  #15  
Registered User
iTrader: (4)
 
SDTONORCALWRX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 292
Car Info: 09 WRX E85 tuned
Hey dude! You want to do an 09? I would love to have this done! PM me if you would be down!
SDTONORCALWRX is offline  
Reply



Advanced Search
Quick Reply: Baking and blacking out headlights


Reply Closed Thread Share

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:21 PM.