Color Match Head and Tail Lights

[JMorvant16]

This is some pics of the process it took to color match some after market head and tail lights I got for my tungsten Silverado 

 

I baked them in the oven to open them up. Panted the plastics to match my truck then masked off the areas that I wanted to keep color matched. Painted the rest metallic.

 

This is the plastic back in the housing

 

Compared to original headlight

 

After adding the halos to it

 

 

[JMorvant16]

24 minutes ago, JMorvant16 said:

This is some pics of the process it took to color match some after market head and tail lights I got for my tungsten Silverado 

 

I baked them in the oven to open them up. Panted the plastics to match my truck then masked off the areas that I wanted to keep color matched. Painted the rest metallic.

 

This is the plastic back in the housing

 

Compared to original headlight

 

After adding the halos to it

 

 

These are the tail lights

Took the same process of baking to open them. Color matched then masked parts off that wanted to keep color matched then painted other parts metallic.

 

finished product on truck

[Frankielozano214]

How long did that take? Actually look nice I doubt my wife would let me throw a pair of taillights or headlights on the over  

[JimCost2014]

9 minutes ago, Frankielozano214 said:

How long did that take? Actually look nice I doubt my wife would let me throw a pair of taillights or headlights on the over  

You will never know how she would react, unless she catches you doing it.....

[Frankielozano214]

12 minutes ago, JimCost2014 said:

You will never know how she would react, unless she catches you doing it.....

I would think it would smell pretty bad Like burnt plastic or glue

[JimCost2014]

9 minutes ago, Frankielozano214 said:

I would think it would smell pretty bad Like burnt plastic or glue

Just tell her you are being nice and making dinner, it is a new dish that you heard about at work.....

[Frankielozano214]

1 minute ago, JimCost2014 said:

Just tell her you are being nice and making dinner, it is a new dish that you heard about at work.....

 

[JMorvant16]

44 minutes ago, Frankielozano214 said:

How long did that take? Actually look nice I doubt my wife would let me throw a pair of taillights or headlights on the over  

The headlights are actually fairly easy to open. I've done this on my previous truck to do a retrofit and now this truck. The temperature or time may slightly vary due to size of light, amount of glue and so on. But average of what I've read is around 250-275 for 7-10 min. Just make sure to never leave them in there too long, you can always re heat the glue.

The tail lights on the other hand were a pain because they use a tougher glue on these. You will need to put it on higher heat for a longer period of time. As for the smell, I never found it to be too bad and the overall mess is not bad as well.

[JimCost2014]

See that, Frankielozano214, you have no excuses now not to do this.

[Frankielozano214]

30 minutes ago, JimCost2014 said:

See that, Frankielozano214, you have no excuses now not to do this.

Lol sounds like less messy then buffing them