Do i laquer the Inside of the headlights?

[danyalson]

Hi im currently painting the inside of the headlights black on my mk2. Ive got the black paint layer on now and its nice and dry. What do people think about leaving it with a matt look finish, even tho i used a gloss paint, or put laquer on it.
Would like to no what you lot may think would be best

[kayleyboo]

pics??

[danyalson]

havent got any atm sorry, wat would you go for anyways

[J-Reid]

go for matt.. only give it a light laquar tho.

mine were done matt. check my progress thread to see how they looked.

[mattbarnes34]

matt black i think aswell
altho a light lacquer is a good idea i think 2 :)

[Hewitt20]

id leave them matt, don't think they'd look good shiny myself

[J-Reid]

just realised.... how can you leave it matt when you used gloss paint... surely its shiney anyway.

[PETE-VTR]

laquer it !!

you dont want a dull finish on them mate, its your headlights you want them to reflect as much light as possible so matt black would be a silly choice tbh......

safety before looks for me, surely you want them to be bright as poss?

if you leave them matt your lights will be dull!

:afro:

[danyalson]

they look veyr good mate, so u suggest one layer of laquer on them

how u get em bak together. use the old glue attached to the lights but jst heated up

[jimmy-vtr]

laquer it !!

you dont want a dull finish on them mate, its your headlights you want them to reflect as much light as possible so matt black would be a silly choice tbh......

safety before looks for me, surely you want them to be bright as poss?

if you leave them matt your lights will be dull!

:afro:

dont be silly, you want em matt black, my lights int dull and who worrys about saftey:cool:

[jimmy-vtr]

they look veyr good mate, so u suggest one layer of laquer on them

how u get em bak together. use the old glue attached to the lights but jst heated up

yes mate

[danyalson]

yeh i do suppose bout the lights being dull pete. got a good point. but do this bit of the headlight actually affect the brightness

[danyalson]

haha jimmy legend

[jimmy-vtr]

yeh i do suppose bout the lights being dull pete. got a good point. but do this bit of the headlight actually affect the brightness

it dont affect the light mate

[PETE-VTR]

it dont affect the light mate

firstly, i get the impression your a young lad who didnt do well at school judging by your comments

secondly, off course it affects the lights, before you spray them what colour are they eh? mirrior like arent they!?

so if your spraying them black you going to loose a hell of a lot of reflection, even my little sister knows that.

if your making them black like i did, you want lots of laquer to compensate.

thirdly, you might think im 'silly' but i think your fucking stupid!!:hug:

danyalson- heat them back up mate they should go back easily, then pop the clips back on. job done

PETE-VTR

[CHIP]

My Ultra headlights (same design but you buy them like it) are a matt black plastic. Shiny would look poo. Go for matt.

[VTEC-Saxo]

pete you legend!

[PETE-VTR]

each to his own my friend comes down to personnal pref.

good luck!




VTEC-SAXO. you know where im coming from dont you? im not the only one that thinks 'jimmy-vtr' is probally a little scally:P

[Mark51]

actually PETE-VTR it doesnt matter if they are matt black or gloss black laquered or not as he should not be spraying the mirror part of the light, just the insert. see picture below

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7221/picture012tz5.jpg

this part plays very little part in how bright the reflection of the light it. (excluding the indicator)

maybe you should think about what you are posting before trying to 'show up' other members

[danyalson]

thats wat i thort mark but i went ahead with giving it some laquer just in case. its looking alrite tbh. guna be happy when their finished and bak in the car. is it illegal to drive during the day without headlights lol.
obv it is at night, thats just plain stupid.

[Mark51]

its illegal anytime mate, its not worth the risk.

[CHIP]

its illegal anytime mate, its not worth the risk.

Actually, i think you can in the day, so long as you have front indicators. It's only when it starts getting dark you will get done. Not dead sure, but im sure I heard it somewhere before.

[danyalson]

ow rite. its ok now. headlights finished. muggins forgot to clear a couplle of finger prints off the inside of one of the glasses tho. but other than that it looks mint. have angel eyes in a couple of months so will do

[Mark51]

Actually, i think you can in the day, so long as you have front indicators. It's only when it starts getting dark you will get done. Not dead sure, but im sure I heard it somewhere before.

i was trying to make it simple mate, lol

also the indicators are in the headlights so......