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I hate you too!
Thanks! I may have some spares I'll let go after I finish...part of my plan this weekend is to do the final fit and finish on that air dam....it's been ready to pop in for a while, but I got some massaging to do on it to make it fit to the point where it looks like I know what I'm doing, lol!
Maybe? I just wanted a cover to clean the look up...and the letters are only 1.5" tall and will be right up against the radiator when its formed and installed so I don't think they'll have any negative effects....the other holes were all mandatory to fit it in there.
Maybe? I just wanted a cover to clean the look up...and the letters are only 1.5" tall and will be right up against the radiator when its formed and installed so I don't think they'll have any negative effects....the other holes were all mandatory to fit it in there.
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The rain subsided so I went out for some night time shots...
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Just finished up the drivers side headlight cover. My original plans were to use some 1/16" plexi from work, a jig saw (Skil Knife Edge Blade), and a heat gun...but as you will see, the plexi was just to brittle. The other day when I finished up my license plate frame, I had picked up two polycarbonate plate covers one of which I am using. A light bulb went off in my head just as the plexi started to crack and shatter, "**** it, I'm hackin up that other plate cover...its only a few bucks if it doesn't work!". Let me tell ya, that stuff is awsome and damn plyable. In a few pics I am bending the scrap to show you how far it can be bent, and it never did snap or crack for that matter. To go around the cover I just used some 1/8" vaccum hose....on to the pics, as usual there are a ton!
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Heat gun worked good! Figured I would try it even though the plexi was a no go!
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Actually they hold their shape with just the screws....I made them a little longer than they needed to be so when it was screwed in place, the extra material would make the center bow....the hose also helps since it is contacting both the top and bottom of the turn signal opening allowing me to kinda move it to where I want and not have it move on its own very easily.....I know, real scientific, lol, but it seems like it will work after getting it in there.
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oh the copying needs to begin! i cant wait to get going on this project. Still havent figured out how i am going to fab. the beam cut off plate or seal the unit... open for suggestions, lol.
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The only way I can think of now to seal your current headlights it by fitting them in some pvc or something....f-that, just wait until you can get the right ones, it'll be easier and you'll be much happier with the end result! I'm waiting for someone to under take this project....I can't be the only one with'em
Off to finish the passenger side and start fitting that damn dam!
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Well, once again, I didn't get to the damn dam because I was jones'n for a drive, but the headlights are pretty much done!! The only other thing I may screw with is mounting the ballasts better and trying to keep them water tight somehow....Here are the some final pics of how the headlights came out. I may add a few more once I pull the car out of the garage again where I can have some more room to get better pics, but I'm sure everyones getting tired of looking all the damn pics I've been posting, lol! The last two are of the heat shield I made up which is looking better the more I drive....last weekend I had finally gotten around to taking a die grinder to it and then clearing it using some high temp clear and yesterday I got some cool bronzing after a good and long heat cycle.
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**Just found the pic that started me on this project, figured I'd throw that up as well**
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**Edit - 5/30/09 As promised, a few more completed shots. Can't wait to fill those two damn holes with some sheet metal - starting to bother me!!**
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**Just found the pic that started me on this project, figured I'd throw that up as well**
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**Edit - 5/30/09 As promised, a few more completed shots. Can't wait to fill those two damn holes with some sheet metal - starting to bother me!!**
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#97
You cost me money with this thread. I really hate our barn doors. I've always wanted to do that headlight/turnsignal opening mod along with every third person here. I had bought some fog/driving combo lights from Hella's cheap division Optilux to do something like that Piaa 3000 mod but never installed them. The $50 optilux and even the $300 Piaa's aren't a legal headlamp. Your using the projectors should be a perfectly legal mod! I have some $180 used bi-xenon projectors, bulbs, ballasts coming off ebay now because of you. Yet another project I will never actually complete. Damn.
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Doing the HIDs will actually be illegal on any car that isn't HID from factory.
Plus dismantling it removes it from the entire DOT approved setup :P
On that note though... I'm doing the same project at some point. Have had 2 sets of FX35 headlights waiting for me to dismantle them for like a month now. Just have to get unlazy.
Plus dismantling it removes it from the entire DOT approved setup :P
On that note though... I'm doing the same project at some point. Have had 2 sets of FX35 headlights waiting for me to dismantle them for like a month now. Just have to get unlazy.
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You cost me money with this thread. I really hate our barn doors. I've always wanted to do that headlight/turnsignal opening mod along with every third person here. I had bought some fog/driving combo lights from Hella's cheap division Optilux to do something like that Piaa 3000 mod but never installed them. The $50 optilux and even the $300 Piaa's aren't a legal headlamp. Your using the projectors should be a perfectly legal mod! I have some $180 used bi-xenon projectors, bulbs, ballasts coming off ebay now because of you. Yet another project I will never actually complete. Damn.
Doing the HIDs will actually be illegal on any car that isn't HID from factory.
Plus dismantling it removes it from the entire DOT approved setup :P
On that note though... I'm doing the same project at some point. Have had 2 sets of FX35 headlights waiting for me to dismantle them for like a month now. Just have to get unlazy.
Plus dismantling it removes it from the entire DOT approved setup :P
On that note though... I'm doing the same project at some point. Have had 2 sets of FX35 headlights waiting for me to dismantle them for like a month now. Just have to get unlazy.