Originally Posted by XCUSM5

I know some of you will hate this but I wanted to try something out. I despise ambers. I haven't made a finally decision on exactly what the final outcome will be but this may very well be the look that stays.

I took apart the facelift headlights. Originally I didn't want to cut them but I tried to bake them open twice and failed. I kept ruining the assembly so I decided cutting the assemblies open instead. With my extra assembly I pulled out the amber lens first. Just like X5SND said, the headlight looked so naked and awkward. Plus the black plastic holder showed the holes. It wasn't working. After a little bit of looking around I saw people pulled these out and painted them. I wanted to try it out so I taped off the clear deflector and painted the reflector part a silver chrome from one of those arts and crafts rattle cans but the finish was definitely not as advertised, not even close. I sanded the paint off and used some white/clear reflector self-adhesive film but it was just a touch too transparent and you could see the amber behind it. I kept trying but I couldn't get the inside cut of that U shape to come out crisp so I tried removing the clear indicator deflector lense in the middle. With some dremeling I finally took that deflector out. It didn't look as naked. It didn't look too bad. The paint didn't look like something that would sit inside a headlight assembly so I sanded the paint off again and remembered I had some left over Di-Noc in Brushed Aluminum. Its a really nice film and the grain really gives the perception of metal. I wrapped the amber U piece in the film and it came out pretty nice but it looked a little too simple. I grabbed that white/clear reflector film and cut out a little triangular piece that would work with the lines. In different angles it looks the same color as the aluminum and in other there is a hard contrast, exactly how a reflector would work. I'm a little bit on the fence about this whole thing but it might stay.

The front lense that you see is my spare that has some overspray on the lense. I think once I clean it up it should come out okay. I also have silver/chrome stealth indicator bulbs to help take out that egg-yolk look.

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