05 Camry SE Black Headlight HOUSING Questions!!

[sphereman]

hello all.

i just bought a 05 Camry LE and wanted to put those nice looking SE black housing headlights.

Where can i buy those at a good price??
also, how hard would it be to swap them?? does bumper need to be taken off or something??

any input is appreciated. thanks!!!

[johnnyzee]

cheapest way is to take yours, open 'em up, and paint the housing. otherwise the dealer is your alternative.

[sphereman]

thanks but i thought dealer price would be too high.

how easy is it to swap them??
thanks

[white3ch0c0late]

All you have to do is replace the headlight assembly if you were to purchase whole black housing headlight assemblies from somewhere. I don't believe that you can buy the black housing alone.

In order to replace the headlights, you will need to remove the bumper.

As far as painting the housing (if you decide to do it yourself), you need to remove the bumper to get the lamps out anyway, so that you can bake them, seperate them, paint the housing, re-seal, and put them back in the car. Only problem with opening up the headlights and painting the housing yourself is that if you don't properly seal the two halves again, when it rains, you'll find your headlights fogging up because of the moisture leak.

Your SAFEST bet would be to buy a set off of eBay or through the dealership (but the dealership will rape you in the ass as far as price.)

[youngstylez]

check ebay every now and then for the se headlights but prices will still be high. best way is to black house them your self.. i have done so.. and i have taken pictures if you need some reference.. here is the link..
http://members.asianavenue.com/youngstylezxx
takes about.. 2-3 days for the best quality.. mainly for the paint to dry.