Black headlights — logbook Toyota Altezza 1999

Having a car, you understand that a car, like a person, must constantly improve, modern you understand that it would be better this way, but even cooler this way.
Well, closer to the topic. I have read and seen enough material on the topic of blackening headlights and installing angel eyes.
I liked the theme and I could not pass by.
Especially on Altezze, the headlights are asking "Put glasses on me") I
thought and decided that the arms grow from the torso, and we must try to do the tuning of the headlights ourselves. The most important thing is to have the conditions and the necessary tools at hand, a reserve of patience and ingenuity.

We will go step by step:

This is what the headlights looked like before I put my hands on them.

1. It doesn't take much effort to remove the headlights. Key 10 and Phillips screwdriver.

- remove the bumper
- unscrew the headlights

Headlight removed

So she looks nondescript with the addition of dirt on the reflectors.

2. Pasting headlights.
This is a complex process that does not need to be rushed. Japanese standard headlights are glued with a sealant, which becomes soft when heated, but as soon as it cools down, it takes on a solid state. I've read different ways to parse headlights. Such as: put the headlight in the microwave, put it in the oven and the most interesting thing in a hot bucket of water.) Maybe these are good ways, But my choice fell on an industrial hair dryer.
You should not put the hair dryer on full power, half is enough. Within 15-20 minutes, we heat the joints between the glass and the base of the headlight with a hairdryer. We help a little at the beginning with a screwdriver, the main thing is not to try hard with a screwdriver, the glass may crack. As the headlight began to move, turn on your beautiful fingers and try to separate the elements with your hands.

The elements are separated and need to be washed and dried well. The headlight glass can be polished from the inside with a normal headlight polish.

3. Preparation for painting

Next, we take the reflector element and sand it with fine sandpaper so as not to leave large scratches, and the paint will be better taken on such a base than on a pure gloss.

Then degreases the sanded surface with plastic degreasers.

The photo also shows a primer for plastic products. It is colorless but smelly). We apply an even layer of soil on the prepared reflector.

4. Painting.

I bought the first available paint "Matte Black" to paint the bumper. There is no need to reinvent the wheel when choosing paint. The main thing is to prepare the base correctly.
After applying the primer, we wait 30 minutes.
We apply paint in an even layer. I applied 3 coats for better coverage.

You can compare before and after painting.

One more photo.

5. Angel eyes.

I took the rings in the store www.tuningspeed.ru/
Price 2500 per set. The kit includes 4 rings + 2 blocks of ignition and a couple of pieces of double tape.

It's been a day since painting.
The painstaking and long work of installing the rings and taking pictures was no longer particularly strong. Therefore, I will tell you briefly.

1. Everything sits on double tape

2. The big ring fits like a native

3. The small ring in the lower part is attached to a double adhesive tape, and in the upper part it is bursting behind the reflector with a white wire.

4. We collect the painted reflector and headlight glass. And we connect the ignition block to the dimensions chips

We check the operation of the rings.

6. Gluing headlights.

Gluing occurs neatly in the same sequence as disassembly. We heat up the old sealant, there is no need to rush, when the sealant has acquired a viscous form, we put all this things in their native places, making efforts at the base of the headlights and not on the soma headlight. Gluing is easier than sticking. Although you also get tired of this strain) But knowing that it will be cool, it gives confidence and a surge of strength)) We
pull all the wires through the place where the size chip was inserted before. The wires and the block are placed on the headlight from the back on double tape + carefully sealed with ordinary tape. This is more practical than looking for a place in the body for a block and pulling short wires from that.

Here it is ready

The photo is not ICE, but if you look in person it looks cool.
I like.

Thank you all for your attention. Wrote for 2 hours