Blacked Out Headlights

[4everkidd]

Finished Product
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ht=diy+blacked

I have been toying with the idea of shipping my headlights away to lightwerkz, Bavgruppe, or OneEighty for months. Never interested in changing the lights, just blacking out the internals.

The prices, down time, shipping risks, lack of communication etc.were all too much to swallow so I decided to tackle the "perma-seal" myself.

This is not a new task for me, I have done several sets of Audi, Lexus, and Mercedes headlights however it will be the first set of F8X lights.

I will post progress here and plan on filming the breakdown of the second headlight and timelapsing the video

Removing headlights 1.5 hours

Time for the first headlight so far

Removing ballasts and clips 0.5 hours

Separating headlights 1.5 hours

Breaking down internals 1 hour

Removing perma-seal 2 hours (I had a helper)

[4everkidd]

Finished product

[azn_fcuk]

looking forward to seeing the end results

[M4lifestyle]

Omg that much just for black housing hey lol

[2kaccordocoupe]

Pretty ballzy

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by tcharged

You're crazy, but interesting project

Originally Posted by 2kaccordocoupe

Pretty ballzy

Second light went even smoother than the first.

I recorded the entire operation lol, including the GF mixing me an old fashioned haha

Not a single crack on the housings or lens, the channel wasn't warped at all, and I'm in the process of removing every bit of perma-seal.

Oven cleaner for the chrome parts strips them down to bare white plastic.

It's going to be a week long project, but I intend on doing it right.

[2kaccordocoupe]

Originally Posted by 4everkidd

Second light went even smoother than the first.

I recorded the entire operation lol, including the GF mixing me an old fashioned haha

Not a single crack on the housings or lens, the channel wasn't warped at all, and I'm in the process of removing every bit of perma-seal.

Oven cleaner for the chrome parts strips them down to bare white plastic.

It's going to be a week long project, but I intend on doing it right.

Beauty. Looking forward to the finished product

[4everkidd]

Parts are painted satin black pearl; it's very hard to capture in pics but the paint is flawless. New pics in original post

[420Coupe]

Interested to see final results.

What paint did you use on the lights ?

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by 420Coupe

Interested to see final results.

What paint did you use on the lights ?

Originally Posted by 420Coupe

Interested to see final results.

What paint did you use on the lights ?

VHT High Temp Engine Metallic and a duplicolor adhesion promoter.

Edit:
Black automotive grade primer worked better than the adhesion promoter for coverage

[4everkidd]

Finished product before mounting the lens in post #2

[420Coupe]

Not going to lie; that looks sexy as fuck.

[barnsdale]

Wow can’t wait to see them mounted

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by 420Coupe

Not going to lie; that looks sexy as fuck.

Originally Posted by barnsdale

Wow can't wait to see them mounted

Installing the lens tonight with morimoto butyl rubber, and then all of the ballasts go back into place.

I will try to get them mounted tonight or tomorrow and will get some pics once the rims are on and car is cleaned up!

[MCanadaE46]

Wow! Looks great.....do mine!

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by Nalen

Wow! Looks great.....do mine!

Sure! It's gonna cost ya' lol

[Quampa]

Looks great and kudos for tackling such a project!

[///M Boss]

Nice job, looks like so much work but you gotta want it

[raz786]

let me know what you charge, I would love to get mine done, thanks

[Aali95]

End results?

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by Aali95

End results?

very very good.
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ht=diy+blacked

[TuETuB]

Originally Posted by 4everkidd

very very good.
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ht=diy+blacked

Which sideskirts are those? Looks awesome!