Okay this may be a dumb question, but does the whistler mod make your head lights put out less light. I want to do it to my car but not if it will effect the output of light.

 

I don't think so, I don't think your painting the reflectors

 

no, youre only painting/tinting the non business part of the headlights; paint all except the 2 reflector cups at each bulb

imo this is a must for all 98+ camaros

 

I have been talking about doing it for a while, but just wanted to make sure that it wouldnt mess anything up with the reflectors. Looks like i'll be doing this mod along with VHT'ing my tail lights this spring

 

my biggest fear with these it putting them in the oven. is there an easier way to get them apart?

 

ive done it ...

best cheap mod! -- and no they dont affect the lightout put

well technically im sure it does affect it a little- but not enough to ever notice

 

i just finished doing the whistler mod to my car.... it looks sick and was pretty simple to do... i would reccomend doing it to any ls1 camaro....the part i was afraid of is putting my headlights in the oven but i set the oven to 250F and set them in there for about 15 to 20 minutes apiece and they came apart very easily

 

The only light output affected would be the glare. That shiny part on the bottom is going to reflect a little light upwards out of the light, so painting that black should reduce glare a little bit. The main reflector is still chrome though so your usable light output doesn't change.

 

so why is it called the "whistler" mod?

 

The guy who "invented" it used the screen name Whistler.

 

fair enough ^

 

i did not now that....hahaha

 

I had mine headlights off the car cleaning the haze of and what the hell why not whistler. I pulled the lens off with out using the oven actually the first one just poped off easy. The second one was a little different but some paitance and few screw drivers and got it.

 

Where can I find the instructions to this so called "whistler" mod?

 

check the sticky

 

this is funny as to the origins of certain mod names... 10 years down the road people will still be doing this and likely forget where the name came from. The maxima community calls this the "AE Mod" as the Anniversary Edition maxima came stock with tinted headlights