Spare Car Upgrade: Its a RAV4, now with HIDs.

The car is an older generation it had the old prizm type lenses and the output was very poor, good light distribution but very very dim!

So as a result I came across a pair of newer 1998-2000 style headlamps and was about to install them but you know I how i am I have to have them custom, so I decided to paint the trim on the reflector.

Then I had some old bulbs 4300k 9006 I think so I dropped those in and the results are amazing, quite awesome. Output is quite sharp no glare thanks to the glass lens so I am happy.

Here are some pictures of the paint process...





Here are before and after pictures.

Before

AFTER







The idea came from my other car where the trim is also painted black.

Is this another vehicle you own? What's that 4 now? lol