to clear up the legality
the reflective lense is the part required for mot purposes (the oval bit the bulb is in the centre of)
dont paint that and youll be fine seen a few people paint that bit
it ruins the lights function so its hard to drive at night and will fail

cheers, cleared it up now

thanks alex was haveing second thoughts whether or not to do it but if it legal with the oval not painted i think ill do it :D

would you recomend...

gloss black or matt black paint for these....

cheers

mine are satin cause its the closest match to black saxo plastics imo

quality bud. now do one for the back lights :D lol

great guide im doing mine now!!!!!

love it!

y spend loads on angel eyes when theese look just as good!

Great guide mate I'm going to use it tomorrow to do mine.

Great guide going to use this when i get round to spraying mine

thanks

luke

great guide but 150 degrees is rather high is it not? i put the first one in for 9 mins on 60 degrees and it melted the bottom slightly

Right to answer some questions, I Repared the Glass on my light other day and used Black Tigerseal and those clips to hold them on... Not come off, I tryed to spray them today and had to get a knife in this time, aswell as heating them... Tiger seal them in lads, TRUST ME, they wont come out :)

just finished mine now, used tiger seal and sprayed matt black. looks good. great guide! :)

Just want to say to Salmon1 that mate your silver saxo is exactly how i wanted mine lol

Looks fucking mint all colour coded like that! Good guide and will be attempting this soon, rather spray the standard light than spend £130 on xenon angel eyes which are now common as fuck.

Can you do this to all lights on the saxo?

Front, back and side? or only front and back

you can do this to front headlights and fog lights if you have fogs.
only tint the lens on the rear and same on side indicators! which is different to this must use tint spray not black spray paint!

These look pukka. Added to the list of things to do to my Silver VTR!

looks a good idea!!!! mite try a go

very true i like angels but yes they are very common.

I can't believe you put those lights in the oven with your other pots/pans with food getting cooked in!! lol :D

So if i wanan do rears and side reapeaters i need to buy a tint spray? are the taillights and repeaters easy to do? any guides?

Quick question. Will these be okay with HID kits ? Or will they melt the new paint ? Need for high temp paint ?

Ver Very good guide, thats guna help ma m8 extremely

i think they look excellent a shame about the legality... but overall excellent and a good guide ..nice one

End Result

try something different
http://img32.imageshack.us/i/mysaxo.jpg/

looking gd blue differnt

if using a hair dryer what do ou heat along the seem or do you just put it facing the light head on and leave it to heat the whole light?

thanks

How To:- Colour Code Mk2 Headlights *Lights Perfectly Legal*
 

It does matter: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26104.htm

Therefore DOT is approved

Required Laboratory Tests

26104. (a) Every manufacturer who sells, offers for sale, or manufactures for use upon a vehicle devices subject to requirements established by the department shall, before the device is offered for sale, have laboratory test data showing compliance with such requirements. Tests may be conducted by the manufacturer.

(b) The department may at any time request from the manufacturer a copy of the test data showing proof of compliance of any device with the requirements established by the department and additional evidence that due care was exercised in maintaining compliance during production. If the manufacturer fails to provide such proof of compliance within 30 days of notice from the department, the department may prohibit the sale of the device in this state until acceptable proof of compliance is received by the department.

How To:- Colour Code Mk2 Headlights *Lights Perfectly Legal*
 

.ca is california right?

What has californian legislation got to do with anyone in the UK? Nothing.

So kindly do one

i really wanted these in black, but scared to do it my self, could anyway swap for mine ?

I'm doing this as we speak. Very good guide, very helpfull :) Top Score!!

One question though, could i put the inserts in the oven to dry them?

Ive just done mine, the right side went perfectly but ive ruined the left side. I left it in the oven seconds too long and too high up now i need a whole new light. Costly mistake. Great guide just dont screw up! :)

Gah, I only did the plastic bits, not the reflectors lol.... Nice though.

just waiting for my black paint to fully dry then theyre going back together.

mine took 10 minutes at gas mark 2 in a flame oven, i just put them on the glasses in the bottom of the oven.

funny, one insert rubbed down and was black plastic underneath the other was silver..

cheers moosh.

would it crack the paint if i sprayed em n used HID bulbs??

anyone know what glue i could use insted of reuseing the old stuff???

just thort it would be better useing ne glue to get a better seal??

thanks :y:

Not really much point mate, the glues perfectly fine when re-heated :y:

good thread mate helped alot :)

weekend project right here ;)