Painted Headlights?
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It's all in the prep. work.
If you do it right, you won't have a problem painting chrome..
My 01 and 07 have plenty of pieces that were chrome and now are painted (wheels, bumper, grilles, etc...).
If you do it right, you won't have a problem painting chrome..
My 01 and 07 have plenty of pieces that were chrome and now are painted (wheels, bumper, grilles, etc...).
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exactly... the hard part would be separating the lense from the housing, Ive tried it before on old headlights and Ive sometimes got them apart and other times broke it. Guess it also depends how much glue they gob on it.
If you get it apart your gonna have to get some good glue or Fusor to put it back on.
If you get it apart your gonna have to get some good glue or Fusor to put it back on.
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Should be able to, I did on my headlights, took stock 06 headlights, heated them in the oven, separated the lens from the housing, then got all the chrome off, believe I used a brillo pad it came off pretty easy, then use duplicolor adhesion promoter and painted them black, everyone thinks they are hd headlights. You really can't even tell.
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thanks for the info guys, just found a website ,puredieselpower.com, that sells the HD headlights, there a bit pricey $649.00. so maybe ill try the "cook-m" technique to see if i can seperate them.
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Its not a ford but I did this to my car and it looks great. http://www.vqpower.com/v2/readarticle.php?article_id=56 Just rember to use high temp paint, because the lights get very hot.
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Truckchop, there are cheaper places to buy the Harley lights if you want to do that. Here is one that I know of
http://catalog.powerstrokeshop.com/p...catalogid=3660
Also, check out ebay. I bought a set of aftermarket ones on there that I am very pleased with so far. The sellers name was performance_depot and it looks like he has a couple pairs for sale right now.
http://catalog.powerstrokeshop.com/p...catalogid=3660
Also, check out ebay. I bought a set of aftermarket ones on there that I am very pleased with so far. The sellers name was performance_depot and it looks like he has a couple pairs for sale right now.
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Allright guys, I've got the headlights out of the truck and the lenses and all the silicon/glue removed and I'm ready to paint the chrome housings black. BUT, are the harley's flat black or gloss black? Please reply quick! Thanks
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Originally Posted by F250_
Doesn't this end up reducing light output by defeating the reflector's reflection and focusing of the light from the bulb?
Originally Posted by JIMRSX
Allright guys, I've got the headlights out of the truck and the lenses and all the silicon/glue removed and I'm ready to paint the chrome housings black. BUT, are the harley's flat black or gloss black? Please reply quick! Thanks
Last edited by Beerstalker; Oct 20, 2007 at 12:21 PM.
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Thanks, I'm only painting the outer trim. I'm doing a black semi-gloss. It's labor intensive to seperate the housings, remove all the glue/silicon, and to sand off all the chrome from that trim piece. But, i'd rather spend 4 hours than almost 600 bucks. I'm adding a ned ford racing emblem too. This should look pretty good on a white truck.