So I just could not decide what lighting mod to get or if I wanted to paint my entire headlights. Everytime I just about decided, Igor or Danny would come out with something new and cool just making it harder for me to decide.

But I did absolutely hate the amber. It even became worse once I powdercoated by brakes. I could not decide between painting the amber (1) BO, (2) matte black, or (3) Nite-Shades. And I wanted to be able to easily return to stock amber if I hated all three or got busted during vehicle inspection.

So here is what I did. I got two extra sets of amber from Igor and put one set away to return to OEM if I ever wanted to.

I painted one BO and didn't like it so stripped it and painted it matte black. Here is a pic....and I will explain the red circle in a minute.




I am not the best painter so I did not trust myself to paint the amber without taking it out. Since I wanted to be able to swap ambers in the future, I used three small screws to hole the amber in after I painted it. In the picture above is a red circle which is where the amber has a small tab on the backside that holds the amber to the housing. Then with 3 small screws it is firmly in place. Just used a dremel to make the screw holes of the right size. You can see the scres in the picture below.





Adding a picture of the matte black on the car. And yes it leaked first time.



So now I am driving around with one side matte black and one side amber still trying to decide what I like.


Update on 6/13: Decided on Matte Black after trying BO, Flat Black, Niteshades. Fixed the moisture problem too.




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Update on 6/17: I got everything all put back together and installed on the car. Looks good, but too dark for good pictures. Will take some soon. However, I learned a couple more things I thought I would share. When I fixed the water leak, I took out the first piece of black painted amber. Here is a picture of the one I took out where you can see why I changed it.



I used a primer and acrylic lacquer to paint it. The "wrinkles" are right where the light bulb is. I concluded, right or wrong, that the high heat from the OEM bulb caused shrinkage in the primer and/or the paint. So what I did was paint the next piece of amber without using a primer and I installed an LED bulb to lower the heat.

However, it you look at any of the OEM bulbs they have a small indentation that helps them stay in the socket. Here is a picture of what I am talking about.



Several have posted that some of the LED bulbs do not have that indentation and can have a tendancy to come loose from the sockets. So I took the dremel with a small bore bit and cut a small indentation on each side of the LED bulbs that I had. Worked perfectly and made the bulb "click" into the socket. Here is a picture of the bit.

 

Black for sure.

 

Awesome awesome job! I like how all that works.

 

post pictures up on the car

 

black, dont think twice

 

Added one picture. Not the best, but glare is terrible today.

 

The matte black looks awesome! Good eye

 

i hope you seal them better because you have major water issues inside the housing.

 

Yeah. Got 1 darn fingerprint in there as well on the clear area. So I was kinda glad to get the moisture so it gave me a reason to open it up again. Did one light at a time just in case I screwed it up. Like most things, it got easier the second time and hoping there is not a third time.

 

ya thats a problem. i always wear non powdered latex gloves when working with my lights. that way there are no finger prints or dust/powder

 

Good idea. Thanks.

I wipe and looked over and over. Got the silver all good, but missed the plastic clear piece above the turnsignal.

 

Looks good.

 

Ahh, I can't see the pics at work. But I'd say black is best. I have spare ambers if you want it, just pay for shipping. Let me know if you need help with sealing it back up and a painless way to remount the ambers to the housing without drilling or screws

Btw, none of that info will cost you anything because I'm not a vendor
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clean work. just say no to amber.

 

I would not always say no to amber.