Dieter's EK9 Build: Certification

[lakay]

hey bro. nice work on the headlights. do u hav a link or a tutorial how you did it? ive search on the net but some pics wont work? cheers! keep it up!

[R8edM]

hey bro. nice work on the headlights. do u hav a link or a tutorial how you did it? ive search on the net but some pics wont work? cheers! keep it up!

Cheers man.

Honda Civic 96-00: DIY CTR Headlights Guide(with Pictures)

Make sure u have alot of PATIENTS!!

I think in the tutorial they might be using gloss, cant remember. But I chose to use a nice matt black just because i didn't want the housing to look shiny.

Goodluck

[DSCRET]

Dude I wouldnt stress about the smoke aslong as you keep an eye on the oil levels. A couple of my old Hondas smoked like John Wayne they never blew up. Just drive and enjoy it.

[R8edM]

Dude I wouldnt stress about the smoke aslong as you keep an eye on the oil levels. A couple of my old Hondas smoked like John Wayne they never blew up. Just drive and enjoy it.

Aw not tooo stressed, basically just drive it in the weekends so not to bothered at this stage. Will get it healthy eventually, poor student life is hard

[4AGE]

Where/what do you study?

[R8edM]

Design at Massey Wellington

[lakay]

Cheers man.

Honda Civic 96-00: DIY CTR Headlights Guide(with Pictures)

Make sure u have alot of PATIENTS!!

I think in the tutorial they might be using gloss, cant remember. But I chose to use a nice matt black just because i didn't want the housing to look shiny.

Goodluck

nice link man!

did u use a normal matt black spray can or the high temp spray can ones?

[R8edM]

Nope normal black is fine, because your only painting the exterior of the headlight housing and not the reflective bit.. not sure of the actual terms but when u open it up you'l see what I mean.

also, before u go ahead.. make sure u have a big enough oven lol

[Joule]

I've done it using heat-gun. Possibly harder than using an oven. Definitly need patience and it doesn't hurt to have a spare pair of hands either to help pry it apart.

@R8edM
Were the headlights that were on it not CTR ones? Or did you just want the surround to be even darker?

[R8edM]

Yep heard u heat gun is possible, but look how cool a headlight looks in a oven



Yep I think they were CTR ones, can't see why they wouldn't be unless some previous owner replaced them. But yep, wanted them darker.

[Ebola_One]

I've done it using heat-gun. Possibly harder than using an oven. Definitly need patience and it doesn't hurt to have a spare pair of hands either to help pry it apart.

@R8edM
Were the headlights that were on it not CTR ones? Or did you just want the surround to be even darker?

I thought non-FL lights didn't have the black housing? but the FL CTR's did?

[SiRge]

All ctr's had black housing.... just an excuse to charge $500 a pop

[c0nc0n]

I think his CTR has maybe had the lights swapped out due to a crash and the person who got them didn't realise they were different. All speculation though... As Geoff is right, should be black in the first place?

[R8edM]

Possibly, although my housing wasnt the usual chrome. They were bit darker, but not black, almost as if the chrome got really burnt by the sun or something. I didnt think much of it I just thought it might be due to the age or something. Ill try n hunt down a pic.

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My headlight were like this dudes ---> Honda civic type r 1998 | Trade Me

Darker, but not black. Just a darker chrome i guesse?

[Gudgen]

Thats normal CTR.

[PCTypeR]

Yeah the CTR headlights were more gun metal gray whereas the ITR was black. That silver CTR needs to polish his headlights, they look like crap.

[Joule]

Possibly, although my housing wasnt the usual chrome. They were bit darker, but not black, almost as if the chrome got really burnt by the sun or something.

Yep, they call it "shadow chrome" from memory. Sounds like they were genuine.

[Glassjaw]

Same colour as the CL1 Euro R headlamps right??
Was wondering if you had an NZH account Dieter, have you on my FB somehow.
Looks really good BTW, think I saw it at the last mini meet I went to (a little while back now) with G-Fry, Sunny, Iain, Goom & a couple of the other guys.

[SiRge]

That was josh, dont think this ones come to any meets yet

[Glassjaw]

Oh he didn't make an appearance..... just drove down the motorway then took off.

[R8edM]

Nope its made a wee appearance at hard park. U talking about the mini meet before Hardpark??

[dvmv]

[NINPO]

I preferred the stock wheels - love the white/red theme on Type Rs. But to each his own.

[R8edM]

They were going to be used for the Wellington hard park. I quite like them, but sadly didn't fit because the slicks where to big and ended up rubbing quite bad. NOTE: I think those mags are for sale - Contact c0nc0n. (dc5 mags)

[NINPO]

Ah. I thought they looked familiar. I think I also saw a pic somewhere an M-badged 3 series with the number plate R8ED M - is that yours as well?