Updated... I did the black housing headlight mod and wanted to show some pictures

Hi all,

I'm planning to do the DIY black housing headlights soon, but am having trouble removing the headlights...

I started by taking the black cover on top of the grill off, then I only saw two bolts holding the headlights (one of top of the headlight housing and one near the grill). I tried yanking those suckers off, but no budge... I stopped trying after a little bit because I didn't want to crack any part of it.

Is there another bolt holding it down that I can't see? I'm wondering if I have to take the front bumper off...

Man, I'm such a NOOB, but any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all!

 

pull...pull hard.

anyone have the service manual yet?

 

there are 4 bolts holding the headlights, and Yes you need to remove the bumper.

 

Thanks for the tip on removing the bumper. I did that and followed Smeister's DIY (https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...eadlights.html). I followed this DIY to a T. It was great.

It turned out pretty good, actually very good. I kinda screwed up on the left one when resealing it, as the headlight pops out slightly. I will fix it next week. But the right side is clean... It took all afternoon, as I had to bake each headlight at a time.

Here are the pics (sorry, I have no access to an actual camera besides my phone):

 

looks good, get that thing lowered!!

 

Thanks for the comment. The car is lowered on Tanabe NF210's. The photo looked wierd now that you mentioned it. The car is lower than it looks on that pic. Normally, I can't stick 2 fingers in the gap... Weird. But then again, the NF springs aren't an aggressive drop...

Here are pics of the car actually:





Im on 17x7.5 +43 on 205/40's... I didn't want the car too low. I think it's good, but it's all subjective anyway

 

Looks good!!.... Was it hard to take the lights appart??

 

It actually wasn't that hard to take apart the headlights... Just a bit of elbow grease to pry apart the sealant after the headlights came out of the oven. When resealing, some pressure to put the housing and the cover was needed to seal it completely. That DIY made life easy

 

Looks great!!!! +reps.


damn.... another mod added to my list.

 

Awesome work. Car looks mean! Any rubbing issues with the rims? How stiff are the springs for daily driving?

 

Thanks man. It wasn't that hard to do, to be honest...On paper, it seems like a lot of work, but it isn't too bad. Just follow the DIY and its cake

 

Thanks. No rubbing issues because the springs are pretty stiff. Not too much compression when I'm sitting on the seat bouncing up and down.

The springs were great when I was on stock rims/tires. Now that I'm riding on 205/40's, I feel every little bump on the road I'll live w/ that for now until I opt out for coilovers...hopefully, coilovers won't be as stiff compared to the Tanabes and stock struts/shocks...

 

good job! you should have gone all the way retrofitting the headlights.... but looks pretty good

 

props 4 anotha GE with blacked out headlights!!! did sum1 say HID's? Letme kno if u needa set!

 

Haha...I am screamin HID retrofits... TSX retrofits But... I can live with the halogens as HID's are too expensive for my wallet. I wish I could. Did you have HID's installed when doing your headlights?

 

do you have TSX projectors on yours? Post pics yo

 

woow!! i like it a lot i cant wait to do mine now!!!! what spray paint did you use?

 

I wish i had the money to install some tsx projectors Blew all my $ on coilovers...

 

It's really easy to do. I just went to Kragen and picked up a can of flat black paint. I think others have use a semi-gloss black paint as well, which actually looks better than the flat black I used IMO. I did the same for a friend as well, and it looks clean. Anyway, shouldn't take you more than a couple hrs to complete. Have fun & GL!