How to clear/paint your corner lights! **PICS**

[BlizzardX23]

Remove Corner Lights from truck

Pre-Heat oven to 250 degrees

Place empty Corner Lights (NO Bulbs) into over for 15 minutes

Remove Corner Lights from oven and use a razor to cut the silicone as gently prying the clear lens off the housing (leave oven on at 250 degrees)

Once you have removed the clear lens, put the housing (without clear lens) back into oven for 15 minutes to heat the silicone holding the orange lens

Remove Housing from oven and pry the orange lens off the housing (this is very easy!)

This is everything taken apart

(I put the housing back into the oven after everything was taken apart to heat up the silicone, around the edge making it easier to remove it all...I had to put it in multiple times because the old silicone gets cold and hard real fast making it hard to peel off..when its warm though, it peels off like tape!)


I do NOT have Re-Install pictures as I have not put them back together yet! All you need to do is put a line of silicone around the housing where the old silicone was...make sure its a solid line with no holes or breaks...this will keep your lens weather proof!

 

[BlizzardX23]

Clean housings with alcohol (WARNING: BE CAREFUL!!!! If you rub too hard to too much, you WILL rub the chrome off...and then you'll have shiny black areas!!!)

Painting the housings (DONT go wild...spray 1 or 2 coats and let dry for bout 10-15 minutes...then spray more coats and dry time as needed)

Comparing both

Both housings on the truck

Making sure blinkers do NOT emit red light...blinkers are still Orange

Painting 2nd housing

Final result at night with red-chrome housing

 

["350Vortec"]

That loooks prett bad ass nice job blizz

 

[rockymt21]

Are you doing the headlights as well? Looks mean. You posted in the wrong section though haha.

 

[BlizzardX23]

You posted in the wrong section though haha.

I feel stupid! lol..

btw..all of that was only 1/2 of my corner light project...my secret project still has more to come!


I'd like to paint my headlight housings as well..the chrome trim facing forward (the parts that do NOT reflect light)

 

["350Vortec"]

Eh what ever, im assuming this could be done to the 07+ vehicles to so who cares? Looks sweet blizz.

 

[BlizzardX23]

Thanks


Im going to get more pics 2moro during the day...I cant wait to see how it turned out in the sunlight!

 

[Sam Hamm]

nice. im liking what your doing with the black and red. i plan on doing something like this to mine next time i take it apart.

and also did you break your from lip sir?

 

[BlizzardX23]

Thanks Sam!

And yes I did...I went through a dip in the mountains way too fast expecting just to drag the lip like I always do...but this had a grate in the road to prevent livestock from crossing the road...I guess when the truck sunk down into the dip at speed, the lip corners might have got stuck and ripped off...no biggie though...they are cheap pieces!

 

[Sam Hamm]

hell yea that looks good. i think if you did the heads to match it would look nice. specially if your going to keep the grille red. then you just need some red 26s

but yea i know what you mean about the lip. i broke mine the day i got it and still havent bought a new one but its no biggy. their like 40$

 

[TIM Z]

Great job, That really looks awesome.

You'll def never run into another one on the road like that.

Very sik !!

I think i'll try that on my silverado, hate the amber corner reflectors.

BTW what kind of paint did you use, looks candy??

 

[Effeckt]

That looks sick! I'm glad you did it. I know I picked number 2 but as I mentioned number 7 was growing on me in a BIG way and it came out better than I had even thought it would! Nice job Bliz!

 

[coopiesb]

great job blizz looks awesome

 

[NJ04HOE]

Nice work, that came out better than I expected.

 

[BlizzardX23]

Thanks guys!

I know its not for everyone...just another thing that makes my truck stand out as...mine!

 

[ecordell]

Dayum Blizz!

That turned out dead sexy......I like!

I'm thinkin that maybe I should color match mine on my hoe now

 

[Effeckt]

I actually think I'm going to do this to my signals to remove the amber reflector now. I originally assumed I'd buy some off ebay but free is free!

 

[BlizzardX23]

This is the paint that I used

And this is what it can do to your tail lights (I didnt even clean them...just picked it up off the ground and sprayed them...since I dont use'em anymore)...and I only sprayed the bottom half...it woulda been much nicer if I..

A) Cleaned it

B) Sprayed the entire light

 

[ecordell]

you sprayed the inside of the light right?

 

[BlizzardX23]

With my corner lights, I took them apart...cleaned the chrome...and and sprayed multiple light coats on it...and let it dry (nothing on the lens)

And with my old tails...I just picked them up and sprayed the outside of them lol....dirty hahah