Painted headlights | 2018 WRX

Yet another project - painted the headlight housings including the high beam reflectors. I lost the high beams but relocated the orange blinker bulbs into those spaces which looks awesome.
I am also using a 6000k HID kit.

The paint I used: Rustoleum Matte (sold at any auto store). Any flat black paint will be fine. For the C-lights I used metallic gunmetal paint by dupli-color, also just basic paint from autozone (small cans). The key is in the way you paint. Fast movement, 8 inches away, and 3-4 coats to avoid runs and get full coverage. Make sure the lighting is perfect so you can see the parts you're painting.

The sealant I used: Silicone black gasket maker (any auto store will have it). The trick to apply that is to just go around the headlight squeezing the bottom of the tube. Apply a lot of it. I used 2 tubes total, one per headlight. Then I pressed it in with a wooden stick just to get a consistent bead of the silicone around the lens.

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