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Im wondering how my Black DC will look with this mod. And what color paint. I have GLOSS Black, Flat Black and the paint for my grille on the Tahoe which is that VERY DARK Gray.
I think Flat black will look the best IMO
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I think Flat black will look the best IMO
Well 006 is gonna give me a hand with the mod. Ill either go with the flat black or that dark gray. It matches my grille.
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Well 006 is gonna give me a hand with the mod. Ill either go with the flat black or that dark gray. It matches my grille.
Check out the autostore and see if you can find paint from Dupli-Color called trim paint its a satin finish and dries really fast (not to shiny or to flat). I have used it on another project on the car blacking out the grill. I think its a good choice for this project and is probbaly what I end up doing once I get around to pulling out my headlight to do this too. The stuff is the same color as most black trim or bumpers on cars and truck from the factory.
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Well 006 is gonna give me a hand with the mod. Ill either go with the flat black or that dark gray. It matches my grille.

if you do dark grey take pics for me if you can!

I have a silver tundra was considering Dark grey to match grill for a color over black!

if you you do grey get the color # and brand name for me please!

only problem is I want to do this tomorrow!
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I have read on another thread that if you don't let the paint dry long enough that it could cause a film to form on the inside of the light. I work in the paint industry, and just because the paint feels dry does not mean that chemicals are still not drying out of it. Just a thought. I am buying mine already done. Sounds easy, but I am to lazy, $200 for a pair and all i have to do is install sounds good to me.
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What thread was that, how soon is too soon and would the reheating process cook all the solvent out?
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What thread was that, how soon is too soon and would the reheating process cook all the solvent out?
I did a search on this topic and found all kinds of threads. It is in there somewhere. I was going to do this on my own, but I changed my mind. I work with interior/exterior and some specialty paints, but they are all the same. Most paints dry within a few hours, but full cure times are more like days to a week. I am not saying that this will surely happen, but I don't feel like redoing it if it fogs. Someone on here is selling them for like $200 and I think the time and effort is worth 200. Not to mention the lack of yelling by wifey for smelling up the house with headlight adhesive. LOL. Goodluck and let me know how it works out.
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200 bucks for headlights? Thats a great deal...
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I did a search on this topic and found all kinds of threads. It is in there somewhere. I was going to do this on my own, but I changed my mind. I work with interior/exterior and some specialty paints, but they are all the same. Most paints dry within a few hours, but full cure times are more like days to a week. I am not saying that this will surely happen, but I don't feel like redoing it if it fogs. Someone on here is selling them for like $200 and I think the time and effort is worth 200. Not to mention the lack of yelling by wifey for smelling up the house with headlight adhesive. LOL. Goodluck and let me know how it works out.
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Has anyone thought of or completed a body color match headlight?
Would love to see one...
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Has anyone thought of or completed a body color match headlight?
Would love to see one...
I don't quite remember, but I believe it was in there somewhere. I searched headlight mod.
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Finished it !!!!!!
Wow I love it. I have the Silver dc limited. I went with the dark grey from Dupli-Color "engine enamel" ...... Looked like it would match my front grill.

Man It looks awesome.. Thanks 006!!!!!!!!. Followed your directions to the T. Took 6 hrs. with the wife gone or it would of took longer. My advice wear an old t-shirt because the adhesive can be really sticky and when prying it apart it can make a mess. I also wore 5 pair of latex gloves on each hand - that way when the gloved hand got messy I could remove a layer so that I wouldn't get the clear lens dirty/sticky.

I would recommend this mod as it was very easy thanks to 006 directions. I printed them out and had the laptop playing the video pausing the vid after each step.


Thanks again! I can't wait to show it off tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT ALL


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Awesome guys! Glad you all are getting good use out of my vid. I just finished robsatx's headlights today, he has an SR5 or Limited (it's debadged, but has sunroof and nav, and I didn't ask him which trim level he got) that is black. he recently had the bumpers, grillle, grille surround, and the plastic peice in the front bumper all painted to match the rest of his truck. I did his headlights in a glossy black and it turned out GREAT.

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I have read on another thread that if you don't let the paint dry long enough that it could cause a film to form on the inside of the light. I work in the paint industry, and just because the paint feels dry does not mean that chemicals are still not drying out of it. Just a thought. I am buying mine already done. Sounds easy, but I am to lazy, $200 for a pair and all i have to do is install sounds good to me.
No offense, but spending $200 for a set is just silly when you can do it yourself for about $10 and +/- 6 hours of free time. Sorry, not trying to start anything, but that just strikes me as odd. $10+6 hours of something entertaining and you have the pride of doing it yourself vs. $200 and wonder if the person did it to your liking. Don't be scared of the mod...I'm lazy and I have not only done it to my F-150, but my Tundra, and now robsatx's Tundra. It's really no big deal...

And also, the Tundra light housings have a "vent" in them, if you take a gander at the back of your light you will see it, specifically to prevent moisture buildup inside the headlights. I'm sure if moisture can vent through that, then so can the fumes. I've never heard of that problem, and I've also been involved with paint and automotive, as a hobby and as employment. Maybe if you used some really bad paint...or covered the vent for some reason, then that problem might develop...but for one good can paint that's going to last on someone's headlight, we're talking $3-6...why wold they buy the cheap stuff anyway? And that's just assuming that the thread you are referring to was caused by bad/cheap paint in the first place. I highly doubt that it will cause any damage.
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