darkening headlights

[homegrownranger]

I have a 92 ranger and i want to make my headlights black or dark. I was wondering how to go about doing this. Also if anyone had any pictures of theirs done. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks.

 

[strvger]

no one in their right mind would want to decrease their vision when driving at night.
obviously, this must be a swamp truck and you don't want to scare the 'gators when running at night. get some window tint film and some 3m adhesive spray at wal-mart. cut it to fit the inside of your lenses. remove the lenses and glue them in place. done.

 

[daniel3507]

You want to black out your headlights? Mind if I ask why? I kinda like being able to see at night. Are they glass or plastic?

 

[--weezl--]

as far as i know, this is 100% ILLEGAL in all 50 states, and all 10 canadian provinces, and all 3 canadian territories, aswell as the entirety of mexico

it is EXTREMELY dangerous, and i would not recommend it!

you are modifying and/or disabling DOT approved equipment and defeating safety features of the vehicle

if this is a show truck, then go to a tinting place and get them to tint them for you VHT nightshade could also be used, though it never looks perfect, and is very easy to put on too dark

 

[triumphrider-1]

I'm wondering if he means tinting the insides, like the black chrome ones you can buy.

 

[407Link]

Don't tint the inside you'll get more light through if you use vht nightshades on the outside...also get some brighter lights

 

[--weezl--]

I think triumph rider is talking about the light painting mod (which is still technically illegal) but much safer

 

[bilzy7]

you should home grow some!

 

[homegrownranger]

The lights are for one of the swamp buggies that we use to get to the back of the property. Sorry I should have specified. I wanted to experiment with coloring the insides.

 

[--weezl--]

plastic lenses can be baked apart, then painted with any semi transparent plastic paint

 

[homegrownranger]

Alright thanks. Sounds like to much of a pain in the ass, Ill skip that.

 

[triumphrider-1]

plastic lenses can be baked apart, then painted with any semi transparent plastic paint

Yeah, thats what I was refering to.

 

[bilzy7]

It doesn't sound bad there's a write up somewhere. You put oven to like 490 turn it off and drop your headlights In for like 5 mins on tin foil or something. Or maybe use a heat gun. I'd just spray the inside not the actual lenses.

 

[rboutin2]

I used the VHT nightshades on ym headlights. Also on my corner lenses, and my taillights. I cant say i have driven it yet, still waiting on box bolts, but the taillights are almost solid black, and are almost as bright as stock. The headlights were yellowed before, and i just sprayed over them, and they area little dimmer, but not to the point where u cant see. I would recommend some silvania silverstar bulbs after too.