Japan Car

bonjours messieurs,

je prevois de mettre des feux type origine a fond noir sur ma ek (les type ek9 en gros).

maintenant je me demandais si hormis le fait d avoir le fond noir il était different de ceux d origine???

en gros je voudrai savoir si j ouvre mes optiques d origine pour teindre le fond en noir j aurai des trucs similaire a ce que je peux trouver sur e bay et autres; ce qui me permettrai en plus de conserver mes reglages d assiettes..

en faite déjà le problème est que les feux EK9 ne sont pas a fond noir mais gris !

en tous cas la modif de les peindre se fait facilement tous en ayant un bon résultat

certain l'o, deja fait sur le fofo mais te dire qui hélas je ne peut t'aider

Moi jai acheter des fond noir brillant sur ebay motor (cf.lien ds ma sign)
Il n'y a pas le trou des veilleuses,ni reglage electrique en hauteur

Moi j'ai acheté des phares à fond noir sur ebay. J'ai gardé le réglage électrique aussi mais ça éclaire un peu moins bien je trouve.

+1 kimken, les JDM EK9 ont le fond chromé noir.

Démontes tes feux et repeins le fond tu seras moins embêté et ça éclairera mieux que du ebay

Moi déjà fait,c'est faisable :top: .Je sais qu'il y a eu un post à ce sujet.

moi aussi, je l ai déja fait sur ma precedente ek3.
c est pas compliqué a faire...mais en fait ma question est surtout si y a une différence au niveau des optiques par exemple ou des clignos (comme les stries par ex)

Comme Lem51100, phares à fond noir, mais pas de réglage élec, ni de veilleuse (donc pas bon pour le CT en l'état.....

déja fait sur 3 paires de feux de EK, ça marche tres bien et ça permet de garder un phare 100% homologué (le chrome que l'on repeint a l'intérieur n'agit pas sur les reflets de l'ampoule).
C'est simple a faire, par contre c'est long si tu le fais bien... et il le faut!

-anakist- a écrit :Following my previous Guide to painting a rocker cover I thought I would write up my next DIY painting project for you guys (I'm nice like that!)

I'd been thinking for some time of trying out the EK9 headlight mod but the trickiest part of the whole thing is having a period of time when the car's not needed for long enough that the lights can be removed for a couple of days.

There are a number of yankie doodle writeups for this little project on Honda-tech but I thought I write one anyway.

So let's get started, what do I need???
A flathead screw driver

Some clear silicon paste (Halford or similar)

Allen keys

Some grey primer (I used Halfords)

Some paint.

In the threads I've read on HT, the most contentious issue is what shade of paint to use. Lots of people have gone for a matt black effect, whilst other favour more of a 'gunmetal' shade of dark grey. I looked through the Halford car paint until I came across Rover Tempest Grey

Let's get started...
1. Remove the headlights from the car

2. Make sure all the rubber bits and bobs are removed from the light and you've removed all the bulbs.

3. Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees celcius

THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART - PAY ATTENTION
We need to heat up the lights in order to soften the existing silicon paste so we can separate the housing from the front of the light. The last thing you wanna do at this point is melt your headlight housing so erring on the side of caution is highly recommended.

4. Place light on a baking tray and cook for 1 min

5. After 1 min remove from oven (with oven gloves) and begin prizing apart the backing housing from the plastic front.

Repeat step 4. & 5. as many times as is required. If the plastic begins to cloud then chances are you've over cooked your pudding so be very careful and try not to burn yourself.

6. Take the front part and remove the 3 allen key bolts holding the silver plastic part in place.

7. Take the silver part and mask off the indicator reflector plate, you don't need to be too exact because the plastic housing doesn't allow you to see through into this part **unless you have a 99-00 in which case you'll have to be more accurate **

8. Priming
Spray a generous layer of primer over the part, but avoid 'the runs' at all costs! Flash with a hair dryer for 2 mins and leave for 15 mins before applying another thin layer of primer... repeat if required.

9. Leave to dry over night

10. Painting
Shake can well... hold it under a hot tap at intervals shaking in between, the aim is to heat up the can to increase the pressure in the can which makes the paint spray better.

Thin layers are the key, you don't have to be as anal as if it was an exterior body part (grill/bump strips etc) but you don't want any paint running.

11. Repeat thin layers every hour or so and flash with hair dryer in between, leave overnight for paint to dry

12. Carefully remove the masking tape - you'll notice the paint will peel slightly which is inevitable but it's not the end of the world as you'll see **unless you have a 99-00 in which case you'll have to be more accurate **

13. Clean the inside of the plastic housing with some glass cleaner and a soft cloth (don't use a souring pad of you'll scratch them.)

14. Reattach the painted part to the outside of the light with the allen key bolts.

15. Heat up the backing housing in the oven as before, and squirt a generous bead of silicon paste over the old crappy stuff.

16. Firmly press the two parts back together - making sure all the clips are 'clipped'

As you can see you can't see clearly into the indicator section of the light so any paint flaking can't be seen.

That's it, you're done... now you just need to re-attach the lights to the car and Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt you have EK9ish lights

If I'm 100% honest, the 99-00 versions look better and I'll say that they look a bit weird unless you already have grill/lips etc but I'm happy with the finish and it fits in well with my future plans.

BEFORE (old pic)

AFTER (all that's required now are some silver indicator bulbs)

Phew.... sore fingers!