tell me what you guys think

i have never seen it done on a 1st gen legacy (please show me if you have)

always think it looks great on wrx's so i thought i should give it a try

I think it looks pretty sweet man, hows it affect ur lighting in the dark tho?

still the same

the outer sides there never reflected to much light to start with

i got new bulbs today too and its double as bright as before

 

what do you guys think? should i tint the side markers?

Looks pretty cool!I would tint the sides probly.

lol thats cool how u made the turn signals flash in the pic.

any write up?? im not quite sure how you painted the insides..

 

i wouldnt tint the sides unless you can match it exactly as the fronts (if that makes sense)

as for how i did it:

 

i took the grill off then the headlights out of the car (two 10mm nuts, one 10mm bolt)

take the bulb out (i didint know if it would have died in ovan or not)

there are 4 little clips on the headlights around the edge, pop those off

preheat the ovan to 200*F

once the ovan is ready put the light on a cookie tray and put then in for 15 mins.

once the times up take them out (they will be hot! lol) and slowly pry the clear lens away from the rest of the light (i found it helps if you sort of cut the glue as they pull away or else you will get little glue strings every where)

once they have cooled down mask of the the center area

for paint i used gloss black since its all i had

let it dry then try to push the lens back onto the head light a little bit so they stick together (they wont be sealed at this point)

pop them back into the ovan for about 5-10 mins to heat them up enought that you can press the lens back onto the headlight and put the little clips back on

 

there you go, it was pretty simple and turned out great

incase any thing happens to your headlights dont come crying to me for a new pair! lol

nice write up, but i dont know if i like the idea of my lamps not being sealed anymore.. i wonder what it would be like if i painted them the same hunter green my car is ... that would be interesting

 

if you do the corners, can you post some pics of the process, as well as the after shots...

 

thanks!!

the nice thing is the glue that seals them stays there and when you heat them back up they are sealed again. i have heard of wrx guys opening/closing there like 3 or 4 times with the stock glue.