Newly custom painted headlights

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

hey guys i just got done working on the headlights. realized they are harder to take apart than my tC headlights, just cause there are more clip things you gotta work with on the headlight itself. but i modified the amber reflector piece and painted the insides. if you have any questions let me know and ill help you out. so with out further a do.....

burstaneurysm · Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 6218 Location: Forest Park, IL

I don't care for the white stripe, but the rest looks great.

Nastos · Posted: 5/7/08 12:42PM Post subject:

looks good man wish the pics were a lil clearer tho you do em yourself?

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

Nastos wrote: looks good man wish the pics were a lil clearer tho you do em yourself?

yeah sorry about the pics, it was really humid here and it was also like 5am when i finished. and i did do them myself.

burstaneurysm wrote: I don't care for the white stripe, but the rest looks great.

it adds a nice little accent. but to each their own

Nastos · Posted: 5/7/08 12:56PM Post subject:

very nice job

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2364 Location: SoCal

Woah very nice! Thats the same idea I had for the parts you painted black actually. Though I'm hesitant to take them apart since getting a replacement headlamp is like.. $350-400..

When you put them back on, did you use something different because I noticed there are those plastic rivets which i'm not too sure how you can take them out without breaking them.

Make a DIY!! :)

Big_Jim · Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 7007 Location: Philly

love the blacked out look, not too sure about the white on the side of it though.

Mad props for having the coconuts to do it though!

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

ChelsDS wrote: Woah very nice! Thats the same idea I had for the parts you painted black actually. Though I'm hesitant to take them apart since getting a replacement headlamp is like.. $350-400..

When you put them back on, did you use something different because I noticed there are those plastic rivets which i'm not too sure how you can take them out without breaking them.

Make a DIY!! :)

are you talking about the orange peice or the back of the headlight? if your talking about the orange peice being riveted on, its only held on by 3 clips, 2 on the circle and one on the end of the rectangle. since i had removed the circle i only had the one clip holding it in so i used silicone to hold it in place. if your talking about the back of the headlight then the only thing thats holding it on is clips and 1 screw.

thanks for all the props!

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 591

clips and just a screw? there is still sealant that needs to be baked right? it would be great if you could post a "how-to" for getting those headlights apart. looks great though! i will also be trying to get rid of as much orange as i can on the outside of the car.

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

pickledchang wrote: clips and just a screw? there is still sealant that needs to be baked right? it would be great if you could post a "how-to" for getting those headlights apart. looks great though! i will also be trying to get rid of as much orange as i can on the outside of the car.

Here is a quick DIY that I just made.

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=222488

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 591

awesome, thanks!

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 591

and speaking of side reflectors, you can pickup a white side reflector, and put it where that white stripe is if you are worried about DOT - that way you can get rid of that ugly orange. im thinking about doing some DIY angel eyes in that round opening for the turn signal, or something similair.

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

that would be cool. i know that if you send the dimensions and all of that to Oznium they can custom make you the halos.

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 591

oooo, sweet. ill have to look into that. i want something subtle though.

i was interested in doing something like what this guy has done (great how-to):

http://www.geocities.com/jvxdriver/eagle_eyes.htm

i would have to try very hard to make it clean looking though. no ghetto-ness allowed on the xD. i dont even know if angel eyes are what i would want. something unique and original would be much better.

TX_WRX · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 126

can we get some better pictures of the car. Like maybe in the daylight with the whole car. If i get an xD it will be white with blacked out lights. I like the white stripe you have there, but would prefer it to be a clear reflector.

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

these are the only ones ive got

if you would like more just PM me and ill take more when its not raining outside

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2364 Location: SoCal

It sucks that in California the reflector has to be orange :( I really love the headlights though. Did you get that idea from the iST headlights?

1_kLEan_tC · Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Posts: 2568 Location: Pleasant Hil CA

sweet!

firstkingofbeer · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Santa Rita, Guam

i had actually never seen the ist headlights. i was just bored at home one day with nothing to do, and just picked up the car a few days prior and said what the hell ill mess around with the headlights

moaiD · Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 152

lurv the headlights.... difficult mod to do??

what u have in the boot??...the rear is sinking!!