Just painted my headlights - Page 4 - Toyota Yaris Forums

Katana · 08-17-2006, 02:13 AM

@Ηasher22 I need some pics at your first chance!

hasher22 · 08-17-2006, 05:07 AM

Katana ill provide some pics when ill smoke em on the weekend. On how to remove the bumper to painting the headlights.

Though jbann already made a good tutorial....ill just provide the pics that goes with it!!

how does that sound?? :P

Katana · 08-17-2006, 12:52 PM

It sounds great!

hasher22 · 08-18-2006, 09:56 PM

TUTORIAL WITH PICS CUMMIN SOON IN 2 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hasher22 · 08-19-2006, 01:37 AM

TUTORIAL

Items i used
- Phillips screw driver (the + head one)
- Black "Power Plus Spray Brush" Spray Paint 150g
(you might want to get a bigger size if your are painting the majority of the headlights)
- Maskin tape

1- Start by opening your hood (DUH)
2- You will see these little black pivet thingy's....you need to take all of them out. To get them out push the little circle in the middle of the black things and push them up. to get them back in again do the opposite.

3- There will be some on the side of the bumper next to the wheels so u can get them out too.
4-Next thing up - look under the car, there will be screws there. Take them out with a PHILLIPS screwdriver.
5 - Now your ready to take off the bumper. (As for me i didnt take it off, i just pulled it off half way, while half of it was still attached to the car) To take off the bumper you need to put a bit of pulling force. 1st of all PULL each side of the bumper with a bit of force (dont worry i wont snap or bend the bumper)

6- now its time to remove the lights.........first of all there are 3 screws that are holding the lights in place. Get them out!!!

7-Now take off the head lights and of course the wires are connected to it.

8-Now thats done, do it to the other one!!! when both headlights are off, shut the hood, lock up ur car and get those things into your OVEN!...lol

(SORRY NO PICS FOR THIS SECTION!!)
9-Ok put your headlights into the oven and set it to 250 - 300 Degrees (I put mine on 250. 250 is enough). Leave it in there for about 5 mins!! DONT LEAVE IT FOR 5 MINS STRAIGHT!!! KEEP CHECKING IT SO IT DOESNT MELT!!
10- The gooey REALLY STICKY glue should all be LOOSENED up, so take it out of the oven and GET A BUTTER KNIFE and try to seperate it with the butter knife!!! (if your doin it with ur hands it will be harder, i suggest get a butter knife and stick it between the black and the clear plastic and bend the knife upwards so it will pop out!!)
11 - once its sperated it will look like this (thats just the gooey glue)

12- Now get the parts you wanna SPRAY paint. go outside and spray IT! if you are paintin it black, have about 3-5 coats on. AND REMEMBER NOT TO SPRAY TOO CLOSE, becuz there will be dry drip marks on it. you dont want that. it doesnt matter if there are unfinished patches in your 1st - 2nd coat. the 3rd - 5th coat will cover it all up! and it will look great! With every coat leave it in the sun to dry for about 10 mins then go to ur 2nd coat and so on.

Oh yea you might wanna cover the spaces u dont want to spray black, red, blue whatever colour with good masking tape.

12 - once everything is painted and your happy PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER :)

(ive just painted the top bit....thats all i wanted done...)

13- now go back to ur car, put in the headlights, attach the bumper, and put in the little black plastic thingys and the screws back in.

THERE U GO!! WALLA!! you now have sexy black head lights....

Boo · 08-19-2006, 07:46 AM

Very nice write up.. I like your somke headlight!

Katana · 08-19-2006, 10:53 AM

Great work.Thanks man!

Katana · 08-19-2006, 11:13 AM

Oh I have a question.

How did you put back the glue?

hasher22 · 08-19-2006, 07:00 PM

Just put the glue back in its place, around the headlights. If there is glue on the headlight cover, take it off and shove it into the black part. If that made any sense.

ChinoCharles · 08-19-2006, 08:38 PM

So this has nothing to do with smoking the headlights, right? This is just basically painting a bezel similar to the chrome headlight covers sold on ebay?

hasher22 · 08-19-2006, 09:04 PM

umm yer just painting the inside of the headlights a different colour.

Though its been called "smokin" but then again smokin can mean "tinting" the headlights.

Katana · 08-20-2006, 05:51 AM

Can we also paint the reflective surface inside?

hasher22 · 08-20-2006, 06:26 AM

Where it says YES u can paint black, blue, white...whatever colour u want

hasher22 · 08-20-2006, 06:27 AM

i used MATT black paint. u can use gloss paint if u want

Yaris Yaba · 08-20-2006, 11:17 AM

I'm planing to do this mod also but im very concerned about water vapour or moist getting through the seals. Is it possible that once the glue is melted it is no more reuseable?

Katana · 08-20-2006, 12:08 PM

Νice graphics!

Tnx hasher!

hasher22 · 08-20-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaris Yaba

I'm planing to do this mod also but im very concerned about water vapour or moist getting through the seals. Is it possible that once the glue is melted it is no more reuseable?

the glue will only soften so its easier to pull apart. Once u painted everything u want to paint. Then you easily put it back together with the same glue. The glue is "reuseable"......

hasher22 · 08-20-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katana

Νice graphics!

Tnx hasher!

08-17-2006, 02:13 AM	#55
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	@Ηasher22 I need some pics at your first chance! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

08-17-2006, 12:52 PM	#57
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	It sounds great! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

08-19-2006, 01:37 AM	#59
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	TUTORIAL Items i used - Phillips screw driver (the + head one) - Black "Power Plus Spray Brush" Spray Paint 150g (you might want to get a bigger size if your are painting the majority of the headlights) - Maskin tape 1- Start by opening your hood (DUH) 2- You will see these little black pivet thingy's....you need to take all of them out. To get them out push the little circle in the middle of the black things and push them up. to get them back in again do the opposite. 3- There will be some on the side of the bumper next to the wheels so u can get them out too. 4-Next thing up - look under the car, there will be screws there. Take them out with a PHILLIPS screwdriver. 5 - Now your ready to take off the bumper. (As for me i didnt take it off, i just pulled it off half way, while half of it was still attached to the car) To take off the bumper you need to put a bit of pulling force. 1st of all PULL each side of the bumper with a bit of force (dont worry i wont snap or bend the bumper) 6- now its time to remove the lights.........first of all there are 3 screws that are holding the lights in place. Get them out!!! 7-Now take off the head lights and of course the wires are connected to it. 8-Now thats done, do it to the other one!!! when both headlights are off, shut the hood, lock up ur car and get those things into your OVEN!...lol (SORRY NO PICS FOR THIS SECTION!!) 9-Ok put your headlights into the oven and set it to 250 - 300 Degrees (I put mine on 250. 250 is enough). Leave it in there for about 5 mins!! DONT LEAVE IT FOR 5 MINS STRAIGHT!!! KEEP CHECKING IT SO IT DOESNT MELT!! 10- The gooey REALLY STICKY glue should all be LOOSENED up, so take it out of the oven and GET A BUTTER KNIFE and try to seperate it with the butter knife!!! (if your doin it with ur hands it will be harder, i suggest get a butter knife and stick it between the black and the clear plastic and bend the knife upwards so it will pop out!!) 11 - once its sperated it will look like this (thats just the gooey glue) 12- Now get the parts you wanna SPRAY paint. go outside and spray IT! if you are paintin it black, have about 3-5 coats on. AND REMEMBER NOT TO SPRAY TOO CLOSE, becuz there will be dry drip marks on it. you dont want that. it doesnt matter if there are unfinished patches in your 1st - 2nd coat. the 3rd - 5th coat will cover it all up! and it will look great! With every coat leave it in the sun to dry for about 10 mins then go to ur 2nd coat and so on. Oh yea you might wanna cover the spaces u dont want to spray black, red, blue whatever colour with good masking tape. 12 - once everything is painted and your happy PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER :) (ive just painted the top bit....thats all i wanted done...) 13- now go back to ur car, put in the headlights, attach the bumper, and put in the little black plastic thingys and the screws back in. THERE U GO!! WALLA!! you now have sexy black head lights.... Last edited by hasher22; 08-19-2006 at 01:50 AM.

08-19-2006, 10:53 AM	#61
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	Great work.Thanks man! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

08-19-2006, 11:13 AM	#62
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	Oh I have a question. How did you put back the glue? __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

08-17-2006, 05:07 AM	#56
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	Katana ill provide some pics when ill smoke em on the weekend. On how to remove the bumper to painting the headlights. Though jbann already made a good tutorial....ill just provide the pics that goes with it!! how does that sound?? :P

08-18-2006, 09:56 PM	#58
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	TUTORIAL WITH PICS CUMMIN SOON IN 2 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08-19-2006, 07:46 AM	#60
Boo View User's Garage Drives: PW Yaris LB AT Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 241	Very nice write up.. I like your somke headlight!

08-19-2006, 07:00 PM	#63
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	Just put the glue back in its place, around the headlights. If there is glue on the headlight cover, take it off and shove it into the black part. If that made any sense.

08-19-2006, 08:38 PM	#64
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	So this has nothing to do with smoking the headlights, right? This is just basically painting a bezel similar to the chrome headlight covers sold on ebay?

08-19-2006, 09:04 PM	#65
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	umm yer just painting the inside of the headlights a different colour. Though its been called "smokin" but then again smokin can mean "tinting" the headlights.

08-20-2006, 05:51 AM	#66
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	Can we also paint the reflective surface inside? __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

08-20-2006, 06:26 AM	#67
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	Where it says YES u can paint black, blue, white...whatever colour u want

08-20-2006, 06:27 AM	#68
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	i used MATT black paint. u can use gloss paint if u want

08-20-2006, 11:17 AM	#69
Yaris Yaba Drives: 07yaris5d Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Thailand Posts: 61	I'm planing to do this mod also but im very concerned about water vapour or moist getting through the seals. Is it possible that once the glue is melted it is no more reuseable?

08-20-2006, 12:08 PM	#70
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	Νice graphics! Tnx hasher! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

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