08 yukon xl

[mr.memo]

lookin for some pointers on blacking out my headlights on my 08 yukon i have searched this forum but cant find any tutorials could anyone give me a hand maybe post a link. i would like to get some projecters and hids but the ones i find on ebay look terrible. i allready had my taillights tinted if anyone is interested they only charged me $50 i think that was pretty cheap. is that what the going rate is? was also thinking of blacking out my billet grill and chrome trim allready debadged it too. any help would be appreciated

 

[mr.memo]

anyone ?

 

[waynesoffroad]

I have heard that you can take your headlights appart by baking them in the oven. It softens the glue so that you can pull them appart. As far as tinted tailights. You can buy the paint at most auto part stores and do it yourself for about $10.

 

[JasonS]

there are a couple threads about taking your lights apart that are pretty recent.

 

[mr.memo]

I have heard that you can take your headlights appart by baking them in the oven. It softens the glue so that you can pull them appart. As far as tinted tailights. You can buy the paint at most auto part stores and do it yourself for about $10.

that spray paint stuff looks bad imo it has a tendency to get hazy from what i have personally seen. i had mine done with tinted clear and then wetsand/buff they look like glass ill try to take some pics by the weekend need to wash it up first.

 

[tast101]

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4125&highlight=headlight

So, I finally decided to do my Black Denali since I've found some time over the Holidays. Here are some pics, and the write up of how to do this awesome mod. I'm sure the Escalades would be almost the same, probably just some taping would be different. Like to see if anyone would do this on an Escalade!

Here are my instructions on blacking out your housings, or clearing your headlights.

1.) Remove your headlights. Use these instructions from snomon
http://www.tahoeforum.com/showthread.php?t=3257 Yukon and Escalade lights come off same exact way.

2.) Take your lights inside your house.

3.) Tools Needed
- Gift card to a beauty salon for your wife to get her out of the house for a few of hours
- At least a 6 pack of your beverage of choice
- Silicone (Clear)
- Black Paint for black out or... Chrome Paint if you just want to clear
- Oven
- Flat Head Screw Driver
- t10 tork screw driver or bit,(Shaped Like 6 sided star) I believe that's the size... Mine didn't say, I just grabed the one that fit.





5.) Remove your bulbs



6.) Remove these screws



7.) Preheat Oven to 190 Deg.



8.) Place light in oven for about 2 mins. You are going to have to do this a few times, I had to do it about 4 times for each light. When you start prying on one side, it will start to cool off and the factory sealant will harden up again. Place it in the oven again to loosen and soften up the sealant again.



9.) Start working on prying carefully. The best side I found to work on first is the inside off the lights that mount up towards the grille.



10.) Viola, they are apart. Now get these next 2 screws out.





11.) Now once you take these screws out, pull the inside housing out.



12.) Take the orange side reflector out

there are 3 clips on each one. Push on them from the inside, then flip them over and take a plastic knife to pry them out.





13.) Tape them ugly orange reflectors on both sides.



14.) Paint the reflectors on both sides. You chose, I went black cause I am doing my whole lights black. When I cleared my lights, I used chrome paint.

15.) If you are painting your inside lights, tape off the top clear cover. I couldn't get this darn thing out... there are 3 clips, and I could only get one out. So I just taped it off.





16.) Paint the inside of your lights. I had to use like 7 coats, cause the paint wasn't sticking to the chrome parts well. I probably should have used etching primer...



17.) Let them dry, then take the tape off



18.) Place the coners back in, the old orange reflectors that are now chrome or black.



19.) Place the painted part back in the clear plastic front.

20.) Put back those 2 screws you used when taking the inner housing out.

21.) Place only the back of the headlight back in the oven for about 4 mins to get the factory sealant soft.

22.) Use your silicone to line the groves on the back of the headlight.

23.) Place the front and backs together

24.) Apply the 2 screws on the outside

25.) Bungee Cord those bad boys tight, and leave them for a while

26.) Take the bungees off, look at your lights.



27.) Put your bulbs back in

28.) Put the lights back on your car!

I'll post pics of them on my car tomorrow morning!

 

[mr.memo]

thx a million im gonna have the headlights in my hands tommarow and hopefully will get them done by the weekend. hopefully i dont screw it up i would have prob tried to silicone back together didnt even think of reheating the factory adhesive

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

its gonna be funny when my gf gets happy when she thinks im making dinner and sees my headlights in the oven.

 

[mr.memo]

woo hoo i got the lights in and got one taken apart allready! not too bad but 2 min at 190 was not hot or long enough i did 200 for 5 min it took me 4 tries and all the damn clips broke. what do you guys think about using windsheild adhesive to seal it up good idea or bad idea?are the headlights above off a denali mine do not have the half clear/amber reflector gonna see if my buddy will tint my housings make them look like black chrome

 

[mr.memo]

got the other lense apart now i need to wait for my buddy to get back in town from vacation to spray these things,unless i get impatient and try to do it myself.