DIY: VIDEO!! Baking 370z Headlights for Paint, LED's etc

The Wizrad · 10-30-2016, 02:03 PM

Used this thread to do my headlights. Did a couple of things differently.
-225 F for 15 minutes in the oven
-sanded housing with 1000 grit and primed using rustoleum primer for plastic
-used dupli-color gun metal
-installed 5% smoked clear boomerang reflectors from Klearz

Overall the process was pretty straight forward, just getting the guts to do it is the hard part. I'm really happy with the turnout.

Nizmo.Man · 11-06-2016, 05:07 PM

Wanted some feedback on the ones I painted. Not sure if I should keep them like this or paint all black. What y'all think?

///maestro · 11-07-2016, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nizmo.Man

Wanted some feedback on the ones I painted. Not sure if I should keep them like this or paint all black. What y'all think?

I hate amber, so I would paint the ambers a different color (black or silver) and then take a look at it. I like the idea though.

Face · 04-03-2017, 05:46 PM

I finally got around to doing this to mine. Love the look. Thanks to all who contributed to this DIY, it really made this easy.

I went with satin black with color matched accents and CF on the boomerang reflector.

Fren_Z · 04-06-2017, 06:31 PM

I'm thinking about doing my headlights. I was told to not mess with the factory ones but to buy a cheaper set and then do those reasoning because of the cost and they have a chance of leaking or fogging once you take it apart? Does/Has anyone had that experience yet of their lights letting or leaking in water/fogging?

This is my car:

I want it to look like this but match the grey:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../370z/orb4.jpg

Fren_Z · 04-06-2017, 06:32 PM

Good thread btw!

Fhjkalfhu · 11-13-2017, 10:32 AM

So I’m starting my second pair of headlights. The first didn’t go well with krylon, if anything touches the paint it pulls it off and leaves a little exposed chrome dot. Originally I said I was using rustoleum american accents, but it wasn't drying properly...so I'm just using primer black now and a matte clear.

Jayhovah · 11-13-2017, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Fhjkalfhu

So I’m starting my second pair of headlights. The first didn’t go well with krylon, if anything touches the paint it pulls it off and leaves a little exposed chrome dot. So I’m using rustoleum American accents and it’s working great. You will have to clear over this but so far it’s good.

Did you use regular Krylon or Krylon Fusion?

Fhjkalfhu · 11-13-2017, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah

Did you use regular Krylon or Krylon Fusion?

It wasn’t fusion, I don’t remember exactly but fusion wasn’t available in any store in my area

10-30-2016, 02:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Wizrad Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: TX Posts: 27 Drives: 2013 370Z Nismo PW Rep Power: 10	Used this thread to do my headlights. Did a couple of things differently. -225 F for 15 minutes in the oven -sanded housing with 1000 grit and primed using rustoleum primer for plastic -used dupli-color gun metal -installed 5% smoked clear boomerang reflectors from Klearz Overall the process was pretty straight forward, just getting the guts to do it is the hard part. I'm really happy with the turnout. carlitos_370z and Smashley like this.

04-03-2017, 05:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Face Base Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 109 Drives: 09 370Z PG M6 S/T Rep Power: 14	I finally got around to doing this to mine. Love the look. Thanks to all who contributed to this DIY, it really made this easy. I went with satin black with color matched accents and CF on the boomerang reflector. carlitos_370z likes this.

11-13-2017, 10:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Fhjkalfhu Base Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Somewhere Posts: 114 Drives: 2009 base white 7AT Rep Power: 9	Krylon So I’m starting my second pair of headlights. The first didn’t go well with krylon, if anything touches the paint it pulls it off and leaves a little exposed chrome dot. Originally I said I was using rustoleum american accents, but it wasn't drying properly...so I'm just using primer black now and a matte clear. Last edited by Fhjkalfhu; 11-13-2017 at 12:17 PM.

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04-06-2017, 06:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Fren_Z Base Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 72 Drives: 2014 370Z nismo Rep Power: 9	I'm thinking about doing my headlights. I was told to not mess with the factory ones but to buy a cheaper set and then do those reasoning because of the cost and they have a chance of leaking or fogging once you take it apart? Does/Has anyone had that experience yet of their lights letting or leaking in water/fogging? This is my car: I want it to look like this but match the grey: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../370z/orb4.jpg

04-06-2017, 06:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Fren_Z Base Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 72 Drives: 2014 370Z nismo Rep Power: 9	Good thread btw!