oih they were taken at dusk so not that bad

Do you have to use a special paint or is it just a standard spray, i think i might do mine tomorrow.
Should i go red or silver or.. gloss black?

Just normal spray paint (mixed by halfords) used a white primer as a base coat, i've also done a my original set using satin black, look a tad darker but very nice. Still need to polish the plastic covers then i'll upload some pics! Mr C

i would go for red and if you don't like them you can always re-do them in another colour , i got my sprayer to do mine and he used 2 pack paint on them so they won't crack but mr c used normal paint and they turn out fine ( sprinty blue and satin black ) as we did two sets for him

hmmm decisions!
Can someone tell me estimated time to complete, as i only have the one set.
Should i start early morning?

yes start early , we did mr c's spare pair in about 6 hours , your'll need a heat gun to do them but once you have them split wash the insides and get them dry asap , get them spray and while your waiting for the paint to dry you can do the lenses , do it on a sunny day as the paint will dry quicker , we used gutter sealent from b&q as it was black and left the lights in the back garden to set in the sun then re-fitted them all in 6 hours .

The guy doing mine has said that he can't split them open, he said they feel like there going to break,
What is the best method to get get them apart?

Cheers

Read the guide! They need to be warm or nearly hot.

As bockers said there's a guide!

I have done it in five mins, turn the light lens down (on a towel) and run a heat gun around the outer edge, don't hold in one place! The plastic should get almost too hot to touch and then turn the headlight upright and then pull the lens off. It can give a bit of a fight but if you heat it up well it will come lose!

as mr c said but use a flat headed screw driver to loosen the lense then you should be able to pull apart if they are still hard to pull apart then you need to heat them more 10mins should do 1 light , you need to get them hot but don't worry you can't melt the black edge of the headlights just watch out for the lense as that will melt .

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=183755&page=1#Post183755

MrC, I stiall can't see them properly. Any chance of a few more pics from a bit furtehr away? Perhaps a front quarter shot?

I remember the last time I tried warming my lights up. I left them in the over and completely melted one, had a fit of rage and threw it up the garden... before having to put it back on. The brand new one cost me £100

Re: the lights. It looks to me like porto and silver ones look good, but I'm not keen on the yellow blue and red ones so far. Metallic cars can always pull this sort of thing off better

trappy , mr c is coming over to mine tomorrow so i'll get some pic's taken of his headlights and get them upped tomorrow for you ok .

do you laquer the lights also after sparaying them or is it just prime and paint, no laquer.

i just primered and painted and didn't bother to laquer but i did use two pack paint .

Is it just me, but colour coding the lights makes the car look wider and lower? It tidies the front end up quite a bit.



Personally i like all the colours I have seen, the yellow and red ones look very pure, great pic of the two yellows side by side, really shows the effect off.

I would certainly be prepared to pay someone to do this on my car.

well i have just painted my headlight insides, steel grey MET, to match my car, im impressed with the finish, looks like a pro job but im still unsure if they will look good on the car or not. it was a spare set i painted so i suppose i could change back if i did not like it. im just not sure if i will like the painted set on my car, i think the black insides and black grill make the front stand out from the rest of the painted bonnet, and with the painted lights i just think it may look odd. Any opinions will be grate from people.

ill try and get some pics up once the lights are fitted to the car. be a day or two thow.

Heres a few of mine

Very very nice, shame the rubber seal is black, but nowt can be done about that

i think ill love them once i have fitted but until then i have doubts, ill just change back if i dont like them and sell the painted set. going to try and sort them out tomorrow fitting wise.

just a quick one: is there any point laquering the painted bit, im happy with the finish at the moment and as long as there wont be a problem i would like to not laquer them, i also have hid's fitted and dont think the laquer would like the extra heat.

niff , leave them as they are don't bother to laquer them but if you do they shoud be fine with the hid's .

cheers nismo i have decided to leave them as they are, there not on the car yet but im impressed with the finish of them, i have done a bit of spraying before but not that much, going to try get them on the car tomorrow then post some pictures up.

painted lights fitted and im well impressed with the look, glad i did it now. did not get them in till around 4ish and it was getting dark so pictures to follow tomorrow

I painted my Broom Yellow ones today - All in it takes about 6 hours - Great addition though especially with the new HID's I fitted last week.

Niff and Evolutionguy , have you any pic's of them fitted ?

How do you upload photos on here?
Thanks
Graham

I chromed mine

Have a look in the Basic FAQ section....

wow they look pukka davidl