Heres my progress pics
this is the legal way to do it.
Spent today splitting and painting the insides of the headlights matt black, love how it has turned out!!
lights out
Light unit heated, with a hair dryer, and split open
silver insert taken out and sanded down with 120 then 180 grit paper
painted it
fitted again
finished and back in the car
no need to prime or lacquer them if you know how to paint properly