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02BlueAccord
12/18/2007 10:11:26 PM
i bought halo projectors off of ebay. and i ordered black ones but they sent me chrome . and its been to long so i cant ship them back. so i was wondering is there anyway to paint the chrome black? ive heard of ppl doing it to there stock ones. so i was wonderin if i could to these.
19Accord97
12/18/2007 10:36:15 PM
I know your going to hate hearing this, just as I did.
 
 
I would sell them.  They are junk and the light output is pretty bad.  I bought them, they looked awesome but the light output was bad.  I even instaled Silvania Silverstars $50 and then about 3 months later one of the bulbs burned out so I am done with them.  It is up to you though.  I think I might put HID's in my stock housings.
 
As far as the black thing goes, you can bake them to loosen up the glue then paint them.  I did that to my tail lights.  And if you have them apart already, I would highly recommend changing the LED's for the halo rings.  They burn out asap.  Mine didnt though most likely b/c I had them to 5v instead of the 12v recommended.  I have a radio shack volt changer and the diff. in brightness between 12 and 5v was barely noticeable and I am pretty sure they dont use good resistors (if any) for the leds, hence why they burn out so quickly.  Most leds are for 3.2ish volts.
02BlueAccord
12/19/2007 8:25:26 AM
there already on my car. and have been for aboue 7 or 8 months now. nothing has happened to mine yet. and the light out put on the projectors is way better then my stock ones.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02-HONDA-ACCORD-BLACK-JDM-CRYSTAL-HEADLIGHT-99-00-01_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ006QQitemZ160190314285QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
should i buy those and then put a hid kit in them to make the lighting alot brighter?
19Accord97
12/21/2007 1:29:32 PM
Well thats good!  Maybe you got a good pair.  My light output was pretty sucky...grrrr.
 
As far as HID's its up to you.  They dont recommend putting HIDs in ebay projectors b/c it can melt the housing, but they should be ok in the 2nd ones you listed.  Up to you!
falkore24
12/21/2007 1:35:07 PM
my housings haven't melted.  the stock bulbs use 20Watts more power and thus put out 68 Btu's per hour of heat more than the 35 Watt HID's.
darkshadow707
12/23/2007 5:55:15 PM
I would suggest doing a Acura TSX or S2000 projector retrofit..
 
If you want to paint your headlights black , put it in an oven on 220 degress for 6 minutes until the sealant starts to melt off and pull off carefully.
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