hey guys was thinking about blacking out the housing to match my black grill. Anyone have pics with the mod?

 

Do a search there is couple threads with couple members have done it and i have done it myself too its not too hard all you need is a heat gun some masking tape some tools and paint

 

or check out the spyder headlights, they come black already :P only $305 free shipping in states if we can get 6 more members

 

stick with oem OP....just black out the housing

 

Or you can by a Lamin-X film like the one i have so when you want to sell or trade in your car you just have to peel it off.

 

hey can you tell me where i can get the film?
i was buying the spider headlights mainly because of the black housing, i didn't want to take my stock ones apart..

 

Are you located in socal? im trading mine

 

you can get them from here http://www.lamin-x.com/ i bought a set of smoke films.

 

But isn't that considered "Tinting the headlights" and illegal in like every state? I asked the tint guy that did my windows to do my windows, and he told me that he could not. (Even though he had no problems going illegally dark on my front windows???)

 

had them for 3 years now pass by plenty of cops with no problems

 

you have pm

 

I have the lamin-x on my headlights, and it looks dope. Totally changes the front end. However getting them perfect was alot of work and attention to detail. Out of the two speeding tickets, two plate tickets, and one tint ticket I have gotten, the headlights nor sidemarkers were mentioned, which are both technically illegal according to the DMV.

(I'm not an ******* driver. Seriously. Just had some jerk cops (one was cool). Both speed tickets were for under 9 over..total joke)

 

by any chance did you also do your tails???

 

Actually yes. Center (white) strip on the tails. Totally changes the whole car. Total I did heads tails, fogs, blacked out fog housing, painted the grill's silver parts (not chrome) black. 35% all around except windshield. Its a sick car and I've had it a year but I've just been too lazy to upload pics haha.

 

Doing our headlights is not possible with traditional tinting films due to the shape. Only the center of the tail can be tinted with film. The Red parts have to be sprayed due to their convex shape. If you are opposed to spraying your heads (which anyone should be. permanent and no inherent protection like lamin-x) go with lamin-x. When I go to sell the car, the headlights will look brand new. No pitting, scratches, or hazing.

 

http://www.lamin-x.com/Mercedes-C-Cl...rs-p/mb526.htm

Is this the one you purchased? The picture they have is not a w204 at all lol.

 

lamin x is really good...which i had..but nothing compares to blacking out the headlights...its really worth it and if you just take your time, im sure it will go just fine... i did it and the hardest part was takin off the bumper imo...prob cuz i did it alone...but the headlights took 10min taking apart 20 min painting and 10min putting back together...

 

I've been meaning to do this for the longest time too.. but im just being a lil girl about it. lol Does it matter if they're the stock Bi-Xenons or not when it comes to baking them? Or is it alright to put them in the oven like the normal halogens? Anyone done the projectors before??