BlackBeast Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Looking for a cheap way of making the standard headlights look a little different. I shall be colouring the ridged section in the headlight itself, ala exexpat. As the glass has to come off to do this, I was thinking about doing something with the glass. Would i be stupid in thinking i could get away with polishing the glass so it has no lines or anything, they would then have a very similar style to the newer C70 headlights that people upgrade to, at very little cost.Only thing im concerned about is the beam pattern. Does the glass do anything with regards to that? If it does, how do the newer style headlights get away with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamjjohn203 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 There is a different bulb surround which caps the bulb and different reflector....the whole assembly is totally different. If you just have a clear lense you'll blind someone and prob. get pulled over. Just click on the search button and type "jewel"...there is about 30+ pages of info. I just got my new Jewel HL assemblies. The drivers side is in shipping along with the clear turn assemblies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeast Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 The point of the question was to modify the existing headlights, and save £££. Personally I dont like the jewel style headlights, they look to in your face, i like my headlights to be dark and moody, not bling bling bling. But I do like the clear glass lenses. Hence I want to do a similar thing to the standard ones.Anyone else have any opinions if this is do-able? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamjjohn203 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Like I just said....the clear lenses on the standard assemblies will not work...too much output...the pattern is made by the fluted lense on your standard housing. Maybe you could retrofit some projectors in your existing housings if you want to do something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drPheta Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Projector retro is $$$$ or £££, so I think you should just leave the lenses alone. Clean them up while they're off, cause dust builds up inside sometimes. So, after a good cleaning, they make your headlights stand out a bit more.Like Adam said, don't go clear lenses on stock reflectors. The beam pattern will not exist, and you'll have a crappy time driving at night. If you do paint any of the reflectors, keep the bowls untouched... and I mean UNTOUCHED. Wear latex (or nitrile) gloves to keep fingerprints off them. They're delicate, and if you smudge them with your finger you just decreased your output by a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeast Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Projector retro is $$$$ or £££, so I think you should just leave the lenses alone. Clean them up while they're off, cause dust builds up inside sometimes. So, after a good cleaning, they make your headlights stand out a bit more.Like Adam said, don't go clear lenses on stock reflectors. The beam pattern will not exist, and you'll have a crappy time driving at night. If you do paint any of the reflectors, keep the bowls untouched... and I mean UNTOUCHED. Wear latex (or nitrile) gloves to keep fingerprints off them. They're delicate, and if you smudge them with your finger you just decreased your output by a bit.There is a car here in the UK that has projector headlights as standard, Mk2 Fiat Punto. These units can be had for around £40 a pair. I feel a project is on its way Thanks for the info on the painting etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 ecodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeast Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 ecodes.Pras, i assume these are universal projectors? Any more details on them? Links? Cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattphi Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Black em out...not a hard thing to do. I did it. Then sand the outside of the headlights down and polish...leaves a very sexy outlook. You could even get some Ecode lenses...but those are kind of pricey.Heres mine before the sand and polish. They are alot clearer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exexpat Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 he is in the UK, so he has ecodes for right hand drive, kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Pras, i assume these are universal projectors? Any more details on them? Links? Cost?i didn't even see that you're already ecodes.....that's not projector, that's the lense you already have on the car.you can go ahead and paint the shroud surround black (parts except the actual reflector part), and then get jewel lenses, and HID's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbran Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Black em out...not a hard thing to do. I did it. Then sand the outside of the headlights down and polish...leaves a very sexy outlook. You could even get some Ecode lenses...but those are kind of pricey.Heres mine before the sand and polish. They are alot clearer now.how did you paint the inside with black?? did you use spray paint and masked the projectos or did you use a brush?? so you can paint everything but the bowls right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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