Smoked Headlight Housing

jbarns · Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:26 pm

Gooday! New Kizashi owner here from Canada. White SX AWD.

I'm wondering if anyone has painted their headlight housing. I'm a big fan of this, did it to my 2000 Civic and had it on my 2005 Altima. I think it would be a great contrast on a white Kizashi.

I saw a thread where someone just put a tint over it, looks good too but I prefer the housing.

tigerbangs54 · Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:03 pm

It might look good, but wouldn't it cut down a bit too much on light? I am old and it's hard to see at night...LOL

jbarns · Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:39 pm

tigerbangs54 wrote:It might look good, but wouldn't it cut down a bit too much on light? I am old and it's hard to see at night...LOL

Well you don't actually do the part of the housing behind the headlight. Just all the chrome around it.

Here's an example of it stock on the SE-R.

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Nissan-Altim ... per_03.jpg

here's a lower model to compare.
http://www.atozautolights.com/images/au ... AL0206.jpg

EnfinityX · Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:33 am

it would still cut down amount of light, the chrome reflects the lights back out the black would absorb it. If you do go this route I would recommend you upgrade the headlights to a brighter type.

wyliec · Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:03 pm

No it wouldn't. As long as the reflector for the high beam is not painted, it makes no difference whatsoever to the light output. The lowbeam is a projector anyway, so all the chrome surrounding is merely cosmetic. I had my SX4 headlights apart for a projector retrofit, they came apart fairly easily with a heat gun. I don't know if the Kizashi lights use the same sealant.

jbarns · Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:47 pm

EnfinityX wrote:it would still cut down amount of light, the chrome reflects the lights back out the black would absorb it. If you do go this route I would recommend you upgrade the headlights to a brighter type.

I don't think so, the only thing it may affect is the brightness of your turn signal. These are projector headlights too, I think those would be even less dependent on reflection (my guess).

I guess no one has done that yet.. might have to try it myself.

Northernstar · Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:04 am

i am thinking about blacking out the housing too, but haven't found a company willing to do it

i live in edmonton btw~

jbarns · Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:19 pm

Northernstar wrote:i am thinking about blacking out the housing too, but haven't found a company willing to do it
i live in edmonton btw~

Its not hard at all really. Follow the same procedures to open the headlight for the LED strip. Cover up the headlight housings. Spray paint. Put it back together.

I did my Civic when I was 18. But then I knew Civic parts are a lot easier to come by if I screw it up.

I'm surprised no one has done it yet.

Northernstar · Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:08 am

i konw the procedure and i have seen the step-by-step DIY but i am just afraid that i will break it lol.