i say paint them. if you have a black truck then i think it looks great.

 

would it be the same process for an Expedition? I want to do this too, but don't if I should black out or white out my heads.

 

I've wonder that myself. I'd do it to the stocker, but I'm worried I'll melt the wires and connectors in the headlight. Need to find a cheap one to try it on. BTW, don't know if you know, but if you want stock black ones, look for the "Off road" package headlights. It seems all the Limited Expys have those lights.

You can kinnda see the wires in this pic.

 

yeah I've seen them but don't want to spend that much cash, but I want to PTM the heads maybe I'll get a cheap set and try it out..

 

Process should be exactly the same. Black them!

 

what do yall think

paint or no?

the lights are lightly smoked

and sorry this is an old pic but its the only one i could get right now
my bumper was getting repainted w/ my harley valence at the time

 

how do you think it would look? Black Heads, Fogs, Tails. I'm not sure because the the truck is White/Pueblo Gold and I don't know

 

Guess it would go much better with mine. My trim is black, the Expy is white, and I have a black and white Ford overlay.

 

expy4X4 i think your truck would lood good with all the lenses blacked out for sure

just make sure you atleast niteshade that HUGE orange reflector on the heads lol

 

It's not just a reflector, it's also where the turn signal is at. Wouldn't want to darken that too much, though a little wouldn't hurt.

 

well the front is up there ^
heres how the back would look

Reg Pic:

Black Out and White Emblem on Tailgate:


If I'm going to do this, I need to buy another seto of Heads, Fogs, and Tails. Does anybody have some for sale?

 

what if I get these heads http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-...spagenameZWDVW and then nightshade the fogs/tails/3rd brake light

 

They look good. Re-seal them with silicon though, and smoke the fogs lightly, enough to blend it in but enough to tell its a fog lamp and still shines well, and the taillamps however you want. I'm going to smoke my tails and brake light and have a shop clearcoat them for me to make them gloss like the body.

 

how much do they charge to clearcoat them?

 

Here's the back of mine. Tails have 2 coats of Nite Shades, 3rd brake light has one. I probably could have done a little better on the clear coat.



BTW, if you go to rockauto.com, you can get the black headlights for 60 each, plus shipping (which I think is like 10 bucks) for Economy quality. I really don't know the differences between the qualities, but I'd guess that these lights would have more OEM quality than ebay lights.