Best headlight housing for the money 98-02 Camaro
02-14-2015, 03:51 PM
#1
Best headlight housing for the money 98-02 Camaro Willing to get some stockers for the right price but the aftermarket for 120$ is looking great. Who has the best looking lights for 120$. Seen plenty in eBay but not sure which are the ones I should get.
My car is a 02 SS, arrest me red. So the ones that are black would probably look decent.
My car is a 02 SS, arrest me red. So the ones that are black would probably look decent.
02-14-2015, 06:13 PM
#5
TECH Veteran
I really like my whisler headlights from 6LE but they not the cheapest......
02-14-2015, 06:18 PM
#7
I got mine from 6LE, hes a sponsor so I will post the link. They aren't cheap but they are the best pair besides stock I have had. The two ebay pairs I had are a safety hazard. I drove from FL to NC in a tropical storm at night and I had to use other cars headlights to see where I was going. In all honesty I should not have driven that route that night but I had no time to wait. It was a scary drive to say the least
http://6litereaterdesigns.com/store/...roducts_id=282
http://6litereaterdesigns.com/store/...roducts_id=282
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02-14-2015, 06:28 PM
#10
Im telling you this is the best you are going to get for the percentage of money spent. All the other ones are inadequate. If you still have stock headlights you can do the painting yourself for around the cost of 50 bucks.
Directions from the sticky are below
"How to....paint camaro headlights.
Some people dislike stock chrome headlights and want a different look. Halo headlights are available, however they are costly and often end up leaking or condensating. They also have little LED rings on them that are kind of tacky, in my opinion. The simple $10.00 solution? Paint the housings black.
You will need:
sandpaper, black spray paint, clear coat, alcohol/acetone, an oven, silicon sealant, flathead screwdriver, masking tape
1. Remove headlights from the car. There is one 10mm bolt behind each headlight. Remove it, push in and slide the light towards the center of the car to remove it from the bracket. Turn the bulbs to remove them from the housing. Remove the four little silver clips holding the lense to the housing.
2. Heat up your oven to around 300 degrees. Stay by it the whole time when you're doing this step, so you do not accidently melt your headlights. Put in one headlight at a time on a piece of wood (so the metal grate does not melt the plastic). Leave in there for around 10 minutes. When you pull it out, it will be hot. Stick a flathead screwdriver or butterknife in between the housing and the lense and pry it apart. If it does not budge, heat it up more. Be very careful and go slow - the housing is very brittle and will break easily if you pry against it too hard. Once you have the lense seperated from the housing, clean off any old silicon that you can. It doesn't have to be perfect but the less old stuff that is on there, the better it will adhere.
3. Next you need to mask off whatever part of the housing you do not want to paint. Most people leave the concave shape behind the bulb chrome so that it may still reflect. Take your time masking and press down hard on the tape so that paint does not seep through.
4. After masking, start sanding. The old chrome needs to be removed so the paint will stick. Sand until it is all smooth - any rough spot will show up in the paint!
5. Clean the housing with acetone (nail polish remover) or some kind of alcohol. All the dust from sanding, your fingerprints etc must be cleaned off.
6. Now, being painting. The trick is very, very light coats with ample time to try in between them. If the paint runs, fisheyes or bubbles up you are putting on too much paint at one time. Don't miss the little nooks, make sure you spray evenly throughout the housing. When it's all black, follow with a couple coats of clear. You have to hold the clear coat can pretty close to the housing or it will become hazy...but not so close that it runs. Kind of a delicate balance. When you're done let it dry over night. If you try and rush you're going to ruin it!
7. Remove masking tape, admire your work. Clean off any dust/etc that settled over night. Now's a good time to polish your lenses if they are hazy. When both parts are clean, you may put them back together. The easiest way to do this is to lay the housing face up on a flat surface. Fill the channel around it lavishly with silicon sealant. Lay the lense on top of it, and press down firmly, holding it like that for a minute or so. Reattach the silver clips and give the silicon enough time to set up!!
8. Now it's finished and ready for reassembly."
Directions from the sticky are below
"How to....paint camaro headlights.
Some people dislike stock chrome headlights and want a different look. Halo headlights are available, however they are costly and often end up leaking or condensating. They also have little LED rings on them that are kind of tacky, in my opinion. The simple $10.00 solution? Paint the housings black.
You will need:
sandpaper, black spray paint, clear coat, alcohol/acetone, an oven, silicon sealant, flathead screwdriver, masking tape
1. Remove headlights from the car. There is one 10mm bolt behind each headlight. Remove it, push in and slide the light towards the center of the car to remove it from the bracket. Turn the bulbs to remove them from the housing. Remove the four little silver clips holding the lense to the housing.
2. Heat up your oven to around 300 degrees. Stay by it the whole time when you're doing this step, so you do not accidently melt your headlights. Put in one headlight at a time on a piece of wood (so the metal grate does not melt the plastic). Leave in there for around 10 minutes. When you pull it out, it will be hot. Stick a flathead screwdriver or butterknife in between the housing and the lense and pry it apart. If it does not budge, heat it up more. Be very careful and go slow - the housing is very brittle and will break easily if you pry against it too hard. Once you have the lense seperated from the housing, clean off any old silicon that you can. It doesn't have to be perfect but the less old stuff that is on there, the better it will adhere.
3. Next you need to mask off whatever part of the housing you do not want to paint. Most people leave the concave shape behind the bulb chrome so that it may still reflect. Take your time masking and press down hard on the tape so that paint does not seep through.
4. After masking, start sanding. The old chrome needs to be removed so the paint will stick. Sand until it is all smooth - any rough spot will show up in the paint!
5. Clean the housing with acetone (nail polish remover) or some kind of alcohol. All the dust from sanding, your fingerprints etc must be cleaned off.
6. Now, being painting. The trick is very, very light coats with ample time to try in between them. If the paint runs, fisheyes or bubbles up you are putting on too much paint at one time. Don't miss the little nooks, make sure you spray evenly throughout the housing. When it's all black, follow with a couple coats of clear. You have to hold the clear coat can pretty close to the housing or it will become hazy...but not so close that it runs. Kind of a delicate balance. When you're done let it dry over night. If you try and rush you're going to ruin it!
7. Remove masking tape, admire your work. Clean off any dust/etc that settled over night. Now's a good time to polish your lenses if they are hazy. When both parts are clean, you may put them back together. The easiest way to do this is to lay the housing face up on a flat surface. Fill the channel around it lavishly with silicon sealant. Lay the lense on top of it, and press down firmly, holding it like that for a minute or so. Reattach the silver clips and give the silicon enough time to set up!!
8. Now it's finished and ready for reassembly."
02-14-2015, 07:27 PM
#17
^^^ it was originally a mod but it got popular enough for vendors to produce them. If you order from 6LE they get a brand new depot headlight and perform the mod for you so everything is brand spanking new. The problem with doing it yourself with stock headlights is that the stocks usually have yellowing on the lense so they just look like used painted housings.
02-15-2015, 12:31 AM
#20
Copy & Paste Moderator
There were some Whistler style lights on Amazon a while back cheaper than 6LE. There was a thread on it. I think they were Depo brand. I just googled it and found them for $129. I don't know the quality, but others hopefully can answer that.
However, since this thread is about the best for the money, that would be the BLS setup with HID projectors.
However, since this thread is about the best for the money, that would be the BLS setup with HID projectors.