*MY HEADLIGHT BLACKOUT PROJECT* black housing with carbon fiber...........pics

[blackmamba24]

Had the day off yesterday and decided to get my headlights finished, have always been wanting to do it just never had enought time (or energy) to remove bumper, headlights, heat gun, spray, dry, seal, and reinstall but bad weather forced me to do it... I used krylon matte paint and carbon fiber 3M DI-NOC wrap and sealed it with silicon aquarium adhesive. if anyone tries this a couple tips I have...
1. GIVE YOURSELF AT LEAST 4-6 hours
2. Heat gun, dont bake
3. Remove bumper, dont try n squeeze your headlights out
4. Learned this from a previous thread and DO NOT seal headlights with paint fumes, will fog up lamps so I left 3 hours by a fan for drying time
5. Make sure you clean the inside of the lens VERY good, I had to peel and clean off a smudge
6. Have a couple beers handy, I got a little frustrated lol

But here are some pics... hope this helps some people who thought about it or have done it before, sorry this isn't suppose to be a write up, just some friendly tips and few extra pics of what exactly I did...
Bumper removed and headlights out


Heat gun and lens taken off


Sprayed very light coat with Krylon matte paint for first couple coats and then added 2 additional, tape off anything you still want chrome but be careful cause chrome is very delicate.


Finished drying, wrapping carbon fiber, reinstalled lens but I let the headlight air out with a fan for 2 almost 3 hours so fumes were no longer strong


Installed

[blackmamba24]

Just a teaser I did for a A5 tail light look...

[Schweini]

That is mother effing sexy dude

I love the carbon fiber wrap, so delicious

[hsmithboy30]

looks awesome..... nice to something a little different

[blackmamba24]

looks awesome..... nice to something a little different

Thats what I am going for, lotta audis around my area are starting to look generic...

[khaos443]

Looks a lot better without the chrome in the headlights! Your car is sexy as hell. You need black mirrors! I'll trade you my black ones

[ABreeden]

Wow that actually looks really good. Props

[blackmamba24]

Wow that actually looks really good. Props

Not bad for eBay lights... Just needed some modification

[ZORT931]

Kudos to an outstanding job! Are you going to get a blacked out grill or leave it the way it is? and I agree with khaos443 on the black mirrors, it'll seem to be murdered out by that point though if you're going that route

[blackmamba24]

Kudos to an outstanding job! Are you going to get a blacked out grill or leave it the way it is? and I agree with khaos443 on the black mirrors, it'll seem to be murdered out by that point though if you're going that route

I am probably going to leave the grille the way it is BUT... RS4 grille is on the mind... but as far as the mirrors I was thinking the same thing, must go black

[drumnjuny]

wow that looks great!! can u post a pic of the car with the chrome housing?

[BlackGecko]

Great job and your car looks awesome!

[blackmamba24]

Stock Setup/Winter Mode






Before blackout on wheels

[blackmamba24]

DAY OF PURCHASE :) lol

[ABreeden]

What exact lights were these? I might do this same thing....but all of the 'S5 style' lights I've seen don't have the black in the led strip.

EDIT: They appear to be depo's...

[A42007]

Carbon looks great man, good idea.

[DRAKLORE]

Came out pretty good

[BoSNiaN]

Not a fan of the BMW rep wheels, the black rings, or your chrome grille surround but other than that it looks pretty good

[wildcat333]

lol @ day of purchase pic. most all of us on here are embarrassed of our totally stock "before" pics. haha.

I like the look of your mod. The only thing I would like to see is your oem/chrome audi rings back on the front. The chrome grill surround doesn't look just right without the rings.

[blackmamba24]

What exact lights were these? I might do this same thing....but all of the 'S5 style' lights I've seen don't have the black in the led strip.

EDIT: They appear to be depo's...

Yeah I believe your right, here's the link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEPO-06-08-A...t_11549wt_1182

[khaos443]

I am probably going to leave the grille the way it is BUT... RS4 grille is on the mind... but as far as the mirrors I was thinking the same thing, must go black

In all seriousness I'll trade you my black mirrors for your polished ones if you're interested, I've been looking for polished mirrors

[TMurt]

Amazing improvement on the lights, personally I'd throw on the black S line grill with chrome rings assuming you didn't sell it. Think it would really tie the car together

[DRAKLORE]

Are you a different A_Black_Mamba?

[NickDaQuick]

That looks really really good man, nice work :)

[blackmamba24]

In all seriousness I'll trade you my black mirrors for your polished ones if you're interested, I've been looking for polished mirrors

In all seriousness it wouldn't be a fair trade... I cheated and used matching look alike paint from autozone and they are only brilliant black with paint... But glad they look the part:)

[blackmamba24]

Are you a different A_Black_Mamba?

Not quite sure what you mean, blackmamba24 has been my username since I signed up but noticed there are a couple

[blackmamba24]

Amazing improvement on the lights, personally I'd throw on the black S line grill with chrome rings assuming you didn't sell it. Think it would really tie the car together

Thank you, getting a lot of head turns but grille is still standard s line just painted black, and rings I may try to go back chrome, probably by a spare set and swap weekly haha

[Made in OC]

Sorry guy, but your wheels do not fit at all. Looks way better on stock wheels.

[blackmamba24]

Sorry guy, but your wheels do not fit at all. Looks way better on stock wheels.

Wheels are just different... Very wide stance and poke but fenders still need to be rolled and flared out so it eliminates a little poke

[Durkka]

lights look good!, did you have stock halogens before your replaced them? Did you have any trouble installing them? Im just wondering if the depos' are in fact plug and play and how well they hold up

[Mc Suly]

dope

[DRAKLORE]

Yea def so "Dope"

[A-BlacK_MambA-4]

Are you a different A_Black_Mamba?

Not quite sure what you mean, blackmamba24 has been my username since I signed up but noticed there are a couple

This made me lol... I think Drake is talking about me hahaha. I believe blackmamba24 is a Kobe fan with a black b7 and I am a Lebron fan with a black B7.... Huge difference

Nice job on the lights OP.. The wheels do seem to have an odd amount of poke for some reason, but they are nice though for sure! Good Job

[DRAKLORE]

Yea lmao!
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[Ed Gein]

fugly b7 imo to each there own though

[DRAKLORE]

It's not ugly, it's dope

[DRAKLORE]

Black out the depos, throw the roof rack back on, negative front spacers and IN MY OPINION this is the best your car ever looked.

[4Ring]

To the original hipster. Dope should be the primary word in your vocabulary i do not understand why you are putting emphasis on it as if it's a foreign word used from the aspect of an inferior modder. Hehe

[4Ring]

I love the wheels and the headlights came out great.
Is the hood wrapped?

[DRAKLORE]

To the original hipster. Dope should be the primary word in your vocabulary i do not understand why you are putting emphasis on it as if it's a foreign word used from the aspect of an inferior modder. Hehe

You should learn grammar so I can figure out if your making fun of me or OP... Hehe