Conrad

iTrader: (20)

I like the look of 6000k hid lights but I'd hate to blind people on the road. What if I painted the whole headlight housing black, do you think it will cut down on glare reasonably so it's not blinding? Or would it not give enough illumination of the road? More importantly, is it illegal to have no reflectors in the housing? I've never heard of anyone that has tried this. I like the look of the whistler mod but I've got different plans for my headlights.

9WhiteCamaro9

I don't think by you painting the whole housing black you will gain anything by using HID's or factory style bulbs at that. I know there was a guy on here not to long ago tried painting the whole headlight black and I don't think it worked out for him. I can't remember if he was using HID"s or factory style lights but I don't think that would help or not. Just my $0.02 though.

Conrad

iTrader: (20)

So you're saying it doesn't matter if I paint them all black, they will still give a lot of glare to oncoming traffic?

Ls1CamaroGuy87

iTrader: (7)

It will reduce your visibilty at night and look like crap during the day IMO. I say don't do it. Considering how low these cars are the glare from HIDS is not too bad... nothing like a truck or SUV, those ones I can't stand!

9WhiteCamaro9

Couldn't have said it better. I say go for the Whistler if nothing else that way it'll still maintain stock like function but look a little more updated than the completely stock look.

VIP1

Painting the reflector black will decrease output noticeably and make the upgrade to HID pointless and increase heat build-up in the housing.

If you want to cut glare, get projectors. Either buy aftermarket housings or retrofit HID projectors into your current housings.