How To: black out headilghts on 04

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I followed the 02-03 headlight blackingout how-to on blacking my 04 ES headlights.

Materials needed:
10mm wrench, phillips (+) screw driver, 2 flat head screw drivers, a sharp knife or scissors that you won't be using again, 2 towels, primer spray paint, spray paint (color of your hcoice, most do gloss black or metalic black) and silicone sealant.

1) unscrew the 3 bolts holding the headlights in place

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2) there is also a clip holding the headlights in place, located roughy behind the long orange side marker. just pull ur headlights a lil harder.

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3) preheat ur oven to 275F, have a cookie sheet and a wet towel ready.

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4) place headilghts 1 at a time on the wet towel on the cookie sheet. This prevents the bottom plastic of ur headlights from being burned and stuck on to the sookie sheet.

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5) "Bake" ur headlights for around 5 minutes. Then take to a place where u will be comfortable sitting in for around an hour.

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6) use a flat head screw driver to start prying the black plastic clips.

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7) Pull the lense from the black plastic part carefully, cut the silicone sealant with a knife or scissors.

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8) almost there~~

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9) Voila! now unscrew the 2 screws holding the chrome piece on to the lense

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10) take to a dust-free place (i messed up on this part...forgot to close my garage door so there was hella dust)
-Start spraying primer

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nice write up man!

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11) apply 3 even coats of primer, wait 15minutes between each application
lol i moved my no-bumper car outside, also kicked my cousin's car out of the garage so i could spray paint~ dont worry, u dont have to take off ur bumper to take out the lights.

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12) apply 3 coats of color paint. wait 15 mins between each spray
note: i also painted over the long orange pieces because if u take them out u're left with 2 holes.

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13) Done with the spraying~ looks hella good already!

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14) DONE! i recommand letting the paint dry over a night ebfore u put everything back together