Thread: In need of Headlight Painting advice

So my headlights look like $hit... somewhat normal wear for the V platform..it never was that bad but since i have moved down south the sun has really chewed them up and accelerated their decay.. i want to paint a black border around the headlight trim covering up the grey and the scratches... also i was thinking about some eyelids like this..


my question is what should i use to prep the headlights and what should i use as far as paint.. i was thinking VHT niteshades but also Krylon fusion for plastic.. i really don't know i'm more of a wrencher then a painter..
heres the damage:





this is a pic of the peeling of the top layer.. it looks a lot worse in person.. people who dont know think that someone actually keyed my headlights lol

don't know about headlight painting however, i do know the headlights in the background, who the hell has the ford rs200?!

tim allen..

this is what i want the result to look like for the border at least.. any ideas?

Will you would have to do the "joey mod" remove the the cover(plastic or glass) by heating it up and paint the inside

Joey mod

or are you talking about smoking the headlights?

have you tried polishing the plastic lens? if you do paint it with a border, won't that get scratched up easily and look worst?

i would suggest either polishing the light you have or get new ones. i have all my headlights clear bra'ed.

i guess i could try polishing them.. like with a power-drill and a buffing pad?

Originally Posted by andresito360

Will you would have to do the "joey mod" remove the the cover(plastic or glass) by heating it up and paint the inside

Joey mod

or are you talking about smoking the headlights?

naaa, i want to paint a border on the exterior of the head light just to cover it up..and want to make sure it stays.. i already baked and smoked the fogs.

I dont think that would look good, in my experience the paint won't hold up and it will end up looking like crap.. that happened to my tails

old cts hasn't aged well.

You can buff out the scratches. mothers makes a kit i think...

on the topic of painting... NO!

The best way is to either paint match a vinyl decal, or pay a body shop to fiberglass some eyelids. I deal mostly with imports, so this is common.

Originally Posted by ShadyLS6

i guess i could try polishing them.. like with a power-drill and a buffing pad?



naaa, i want to paint a border on the exterior of the head light just to cover it up..and want to make sure it stays.. i already baked and smoked the fogs.

Walmart sells a 3M lens repair kit for 20 bux, has an attachment for a drill and a buncha progressive grits of sand paper for the attachment then u buff. comes out good.....