Blackhoused my lights

[crazymikey]

Mmmkay, so like a lemming, I followed along what all the cool cats are doing these days and blackhoused my lights.

Very simple project to do. However, in the process, I managed to stab my hand with a screwdriver, bleed all over the place and then fail painting them twice with major runs and ugliness. 3rd time for paint was the charm, but after sealing them and installing them on the car,they had already begun to fog up a little.

I had used some marine grade clear silicone. Puts lots around where the original sealant had been and then ran another bead around the outside. Thought I sealed them pretty damn good, but turns out I just did a GM headlight sealing job.

Anyways,other than the minor fogging, I think they came out looking pretty badass and suit the solaris silver quite well. While I was at it, I also disabed my Daytime Running Lights.

And for those of you who don't like blood and guts, completely skip the last photo.

Before:


After:







The fog has cleared up a bit since the photos were taken this morning,but I'll probably reseal them anyways.



Okay, look away if you're squeemish (sp?)

Mmmmm,hand stabbage. The web of my hand looks like a menstruating vagina.

[tommi]

Mmmmm,hand stabbage. The web of my hand looks like a menstruating vagina.

LOL WTF?

[crazymikey]

LOL WTF?

haha. It's actually a large hole in the web between the thumb and finger. If I hold my thumb out, it's actually a large gaping hole and now looks like a hand vagina.

[DJ metadelic]

Good god...a menstruating vagina. I was gonna say pics or fail, but nope you've got that under control Mike.


On another note, FUCKING FINALLY!! way to go with the blkhousing, looks that much better. Now change that sigggg

[led_fut]

Is it possible they are just fogged up because they were inside (presumably) where it is warm, and when you installed them it was cold?

Condensation.

I betcha thats why they fogged up like that.

[crazymikey]

Good point. However I did seal them in the garage where it wasn't much warmer than outside. I sealed one lastnight around 11pm and sealed the other this morning around 10am and installed them around 11am today. It's about +2c here.

[crazymikey]

Oh yeah, next mod will be 6000k HIDs. Might just get some 3000k halogens for the high beams.

Then after that, I save up about $600 to have my LX bumper, replacement rear door and my driver's side fender painted. Then no more damage!

[led_fut]

Good point. However I did seal them in the garage where it wasn't much warmer than outside. I sealed one lastnight around 11pm and sealed the other this morning around 10am and installed them around 11am today. It's about +2c here.

Nevermind then, they probably wouldn't fog up that much in that case.

I've got 4300k low beams in mine, they are awesome.. had them for about a week. So white, its great. Unfortunately, I got rear-ended in London on Friday, and I'm pretty sure the accord will be a write-off. Which sucks.

[crazymikey]

Nevermind then, they probably wouldn't fog up that much in that case.

I've got 4300k low beams in mine, they are awesome.. had them for about a week. So white, its great. Unfortunately, I got rear-ended in London on Friday, and I'm pretty sure the accord will be a write-off. Which sucks.

ah fail man that sucks. I have a whole parts car if you need anything! I've got a complete rear bumper,tail lights, trunk lid and everything.

[led_fut]

The whole car is like 2 in shorter than it used to be. Trunk/bumper pushed in, cant open the rear doors, nice crease right where the roof meets the trunk.

Still driveable though, the alignment isnt even off. If you come across a rust-free shell I might be interested though.

[crazymikey]

ah that bad eh? Man that sucks. We have a fairly decent 93 EXR in the yard here, $300 takes the whole thing, but the quarters have been repaired and still looking a little soft. Otherwise it was a nice clean car.

[led_fut]

ah that bad eh? Man that sucks. We have a fairly decent 93 EXR in the yard here, $300 takes the whole thing, but the quarters have been repaired and still looking a little soft. Otherwise it was a nice clean car.

Yeah, thats the thing. Finding one without the rear quarter problem will be tough.

Oh well, I'm lucky because the car is still drivable, and I wasn't hurt at all (back/neck a bit stiff, but thats all).

Next project....

[jmolina]

very nice blackhouse, not the cutting of hand part
will you blackhouse the corners too??

[crazymikey]

I think I'm probably going to keep the corners clear. I could shoot em with Niteshades first to get an idea of how they'd look.

[masarwar]

man that looks neat! the parts car you have.. can you do the housing thing on them as well, and i can buy that off you?