Blacked out Headlights/Brakelights Modification on 22 Mavericks?

[mdl20813]

straight up concentrate , let it sit for 20 min , change the orientation if necessary

empty the zep , first rinse with water from bath tap , thats what a did and rinse with distilled water after 3-4 time to remove water mineral

remove as much of distilled water and blow compressed air inside , move remaining water in 1 corner and use a straw to remove the rest

let it sit in the sun light to let it evaporate the rest.

enjoy!
I be doing it with my 3rd brake light soon , I will post how I do it soon

I tried with the regular 1 and was not powerful enough

yeah I spent a lot of time trying to find the “25% stronger” version anywhere (local and online) to no avail. Even found a video from Zep from 2020 saying they changed the formula and their site only lists the regular one.

One of mine is done finally and good. Other has been stubborn the whole time but is getting there after hours of refilling, changing position, etc.

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[PLG]

yeah I spent a lot of time trying to find the “25% stronger” version anywhere (local and online) to no avail. Even found a video from Zep from 2020 saying they changed the formula and their site only lists the regular one.

One of mine is done finally and good. Other has been stubborn the whole time but is getting there after hours of refilling, changing position, etc.

wierd here in canada we have it at the home depot
show us some pick in the process

 

[luciusxlt]

wierd here in canada we have it at the home depot
show us some pick in the process

i am doing the headlight and tail lights this weekend and i cant find the 25% anywhere only regular one i seen videos in you tube using this one

 

[mdl20813]

i am doing the headlight and tail lights this weekend and i cant find the 25% anywhere only regular one i seen videos in you tube using this one

took me 3 bottles of the regular and the entire day yesterday to get my taillights done FYI.

 

[luciusxlt]

took me 3 bottles of the regular and the entire day yesterday to get my taillights done FYI.

i saw another video they were using easy off and it work

 

[Dad]

ahah thanks, I saw your post and registered to the forum XD, you were my first ahaha , I did the same method with the tail lights and added lastfit led

Dickie socks mandatory for this mod?

 

[PLG]

Dickie socks mandatory for this mod?

ahah

 

[fluiddynamics]

I'm planning to do this - 1 question... what about blacking out the turn signal reflector? I put the Lasfit bulbs in there and they are CRAZY bright, so I don't know that I need the reflector to project the light out - I'd really like to have that blacked/grayed out as well.

UPDATE: I live in CA (crazy restrictions here) and I was able to order the 25% ZEP on Amazon - I did have to buy a 5 gal bottle, but seems like guys are using multiple gallons of this anyway - and I have more than 1 to do....

 

[luciusxlt]

I'm planning to do this - 1 question... what about blacking out the turn signal reflector? I put the Lasfit bulbs in there and they are CRAZY bright, so I don't know that I need the reflector to project the light out - I'd really like to have that blacked/grayed out as well.

UPDATE: I live in CA (crazy restrictions here) and I was able to order the 25% ZEP on Amazon - I did have to buy a 5 gal bottle, but seems like guys are using multiple gallons of this anyway - and I have more than 1 to do....

i did the rear light last weekend it work great i used this zep cleaner and degreaser it took the chrome in seconds. i tried opening the headlights did not go well i am trying it again next weekend.

i think you can open the headlight put black construction paper on the turn signal reflector and try the lasfit if its bright enough black it out .

 

[Gilbillygucci]

I'm planning to do this - 1 question... what about blacking out the turn signal reflector? I put the Lasfit bulbs in there and they are CRAZY bright, so I don't know that I need the reflector to project the light out - I'd really like to have that blacked/grayed out as well.

UPDATE: I live in CA (crazy restrictions here) and I was able to order the 25% ZEP on Amazon - I did have to buy a 5 gal bottle, but seems like guys are using multiple gallons of this anyway - and I have more than 1 to do....

For the turn signals, I ended up using Matte Headlight Vinyl to darken my signals(Matte tint matched the black texture on my XL Grill). My lasfit LEDS where hella bright, they were lighting up the next block over. It also gave me that C shaped look that I wanted for my headlights.

 

[fluiddynamics]

For the turn signals, I ended up using Matte Headlight Vinyl to darken my signals(Matte tint matched the black texture on my XL Grill). My lasfit LEDS where hella bright, they were lighting up the next block over. It also gave me that C shaped look that I wanted for my headlights.

I had vinyl on there, but didn't like the way it laid with the light.... I'm thinking I'll probably mask off and paint it when I have the entire assembly out and apart (unless I can figure out how to black out just the reflector for the turn signals)

 

[luciusxlt]

I'm planning to do this - 1 question... what about blacking out the turn signal reflector? I put the Lasfit bulbs in there and they are CRAZY bright, so I don't know that I need the reflector to project the light out - I'd really like to have that blacked/grayed out as well.

UPDATE: I live in CA (crazy restrictions here) and I was able to order the 25% ZEP on Amazon - I did have to buy a 5 gal bottle, but seems like guys are using multiple gallons of this anyway - and I have more than 1 to do....

if you are doing the front turn signal the zep will take the chrome off but the plastic turns white not black you will need to use high-temperature paint to paint it black i just did it to mine this week

 

[MikeyG]

Can someone who has done their taillights give me a full run down on how you did them? I saw a video on YouTube of someone that did this to their maverick but they didn’t show exactly how they did it. They had a few plastic bins filled with zep but I’m not sure if they just put the taillights in the zep filled containers and left them in there or just dunked the taillights in to fill up the inside of them them then took them out and let them sit out side of the container for a certain amount of time then poured the zep back into the container. Do you have to mix the zep with water?

 

[luciusxlt]

Can someone who has done their taillights give me a full run down on how you did them? I saw a video on YouTube of someone that did this to their maverick but they didn’t show exactly how they did it. They had a few plastic bins filled with zep but I’m not sure if they just put the taillights in the zep filled containers and left them in there or just dunked the taillights in to fill up the inside of them them then took them out and let them sit out side of the container for a certain amount of time then poured the zep back into the container. Do you have to mix the zep with water?

hi, take them off the car disconnect the cables and take the bulbs out of the tail lights. and just pour the Zep in them move them around until all the chrome is off put water in until all the zep is out and left to dry thats it i will recommend to buy lasfit bulb for turn signal reverse and break so they are bright.

i did not mix the zep please use a container so you can leave it in for a couple of minutes mine took like less than 5 minutes

 

[MikeyG]

hi, take them off the car disconnect the cables and take the bulbs out of the tail lights. and just pour the Zep in them move them around until all the chrome is off put water in until all the zep is out and left to dry thats it i will recommend to buy lasfit bulb for turn signal reverse and break so they are bright.

i did not mix the zep please use a container so you can leave it in for a couple of minutes mine took like less than 5 minutes

Ok thank you! Did you use the zep that said 25% stronger on the bottle?

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