That's strange you're having trouble from painting your headlight housings. Since 2002 in Japan the headlight housings have been chrome so I don't think that the paint should make that big of a difference. Does anybody on this site have the JDM chrome housings and can comment whether they have the reflection problem?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wickerbill
[B]That's strange you're having trouble from painting your headlight housings.

 

perhaps they are misaligned?

 

Pete,
I am having mine done shortly too. I just got a set of Rick's USDM Diffuser and still thinking about the inserts......


DaRKCrow

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rateds2k
[B]I have my headlights painted and have no problems with the beam pattern.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaRKCrow
[B]Pete,

 

My headlights are painted and the beam pattern is unchanged from stock.

 

what did you guys use to paint your headlights? .. my friend just recently painted his 00civic SI headlights to look like JDM and he used engine paint.. and the only problem he has is it fogging up.. i dont think he let it dry too well before attaching them together

 

Mike-

Are your headlights blacked-out?

I heard that you painted the diffuser area flat black.

If it's true, can you please post a pic?

-Pete

 

Okay, here are pics of the headlight beam pattern. I'm now guessing that it is due to headlight misalignment, as some of you have suggested.

The beam pattern doesn't look too bad in these pics, but as the pattern gets farther away from the car, the misalignment separation increases, and it looks much worse, especially when the pattern hits uneven surfaces.

Can anyone say with 100% certainty that this is due to headlight misalignment?

I'll look up beam alignment in the service manual to see what's involved.




-Pete