Ive seen alot of eclipse that have the inside of their headlight painted around the chrome bulb housings, does anyone know how easy it is to take the clear lense cover off the front of the headlight to get in to paint it. any body who has done this i would love to know how so i can do this to =)

you put it in the oven for 4 minutes at 350 degrees farenhieght. Then take em out by pulling the clear part away from the black. the sealant that held them togeather tunsr gooey when heated. To seal them just reverse the process

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http://www.auburn.edu/~fauchpj/headlight.htm

Everyone seems to have a different temp/time....

I did mine in the oven at 250 for 5-7 minutes....

Then you just pull them apart with the help of a straight screwdriver. The rest will be pretty obvious once you are in there. You can just unscrew the part you want to paint and it comes right out so no taping involved.

Good luck!!

Chad

MODS:
3" PVC CAI, GST Muffler, Greddy 4-1 Header, AFX UDP, 55 mm bored TB, P&P Intake Manifold, Corbin intake spacer, gutted cat, Apexi S-AFC, KYB AGX Struts, Eibach Prokits, Excel TZ-10 Rims

Inspiration.

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ok ok ok so i put my headlight in te over, i have to ask but wont that melt the headlight, do you preheat the oven as well...lol
also does this work for the altezza tal lights? thanks again, jerry

hey that web page really helped me alot.
when i paint the inside, what all did you paint yours with, did you primer, paint and clear or just straight up paint it. im kinda dumb when it comes to the whole painting this so i dont really know the steps. any help would be apreciated.

I did not have to primer it or anything....I just did like 3 coats of color matched paint and it worked out pretty well.

Chad

MODS:
3" PVC CAI, GST Muffler, Greddy 4-1 Header, AFX UDP, 55 mm bored TB, P&P Intake Manifold, Corbin intake spacer, gutted cat, Apexi S-AFC, KYB AGX Struts, Eibach Prokits, Excel TZ-10 Rims

be careful with altezzas. the plastic is cheaper and melts. when i did it, i noticed it was staring to melt and turned down the heat a little. just something to know before you try it. and i used no primer on mine either, just a few coats of paint.

when i painted those on the web page, i used a base of high heat black paint and then a few coats of regular semi-flat black krylon

i used vinyl paint then some high temp engine clear coat. You can buy all the stuff you need at pepboys or walmart

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'03 Mazda 6s

altezzas- use a flat head screwdriver and a butter knife. Be careful, but push the clear tabs down with the screwdriver, and get the butterknife between the housing and the clear lens. Pry it up 1 tab/section at a time. That's how I got my center open when I tried paintng it. Didn't break anything either.

1999 Eclipse RS
The most common color I think, but I keep it clean. (minden silver pearl)