NA lighting
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NA lighting
I miss the headlights on my NA for late night/early morning pad bedding and testing. I'm not willing to hack the barn door lights back in. I'm looking for a solution for the NA that is:
- cheap
- reasonably effective and won't blind other drivers
- easily reversible to remove extra weight
The best solution for the track is probably a LED light bar like what 949 has, but that's out of the budget and would probably need to be mounted to the hood or front bumper to be effective. I was thinking of hacking up the ebay depo turn signals to fit something. My fabrication skills are lacking so I'm afraid that's going to fail. Didn't some company used to make a bolt in part? Any ideas?
- cheap
- reasonably effective and won't blind other drivers
- easily reversible to remove extra weight
The best solution for the track is probably a LED light bar like what 949 has, but that's out of the budget and would probably need to be mounted to the hood or front bumper to be effective. I was thinking of hacking up the ebay depo turn signals to fit something. My fabrication skills are lacking so I'm afraid that's going to fail. Didn't some company used to make a bolt in part? Any ideas?
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Ya, after searching around for something that bolts in I saw the hella ff50s. I think those should work as long as they don't blind oncoming traffic. Most of where I'm going has street lights and I just need something to light up the road directly ahead.
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I'm running this:
LED, HID, and Halogen Lighting | Off Road, Mining, Marine, Agriculture, Defense, Industrial, Commercial, Automotive,
and this....
2" SOLSTICE SOLO SINGLE 10-WATT LED POD 45/15 ELLIPTICAL BEAM
one on each side but it's not running yet so I can't provide output pics
LED, HID, and Halogen Lighting | Off Road, Mining, Marine, Agriculture, Defense, Industrial, Commercial, Automotive,
and this....
2" SOLSTICE SOLO SINGLE 10-WATT LED POD 45/15 ELLIPTICAL BEAM
one on each side but it's not running yet so I can't provide output pics
#6
Any LED setup will blind the **** out of oncoming traffic.
If you want something tiny that provides decent light, blazer projector fogs with HIDs in them.
New Pair 2 1 4' Projector Fog Lights Conversion Van | eBay
+ a morimoto or DDM hid kit =
If you want something tiny that provides decent light, blazer projector fogs with HIDs in them.
New Pair 2 1 4' Projector Fog Lights Conversion Van | eBay
+ a morimoto or DDM hid kit =
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I put some hella ff50 driving lights pretty far back in the turn signal holes. $100 from Amazon. Probably can get them cheaper than that. I haven't had a chance to try it outside yet, but they look like they'll work for late night/early morning testing without blinding people. The light gets reflected everywhere in the housing. I wouldn't mount these any further forward without building something to cutoff the glare.
#9
I have these 60mm projectors shining through where the giant turn signals are normally located. There is enough room for two lamps on each side, one low beam and one high beam, which is what I have. The lights are mounted to the front part of the sheet metal on a custom bracket, which means the front bumper has to come off to completely remove the lights. That said, the lamps are adjustable and serviceable all from the under the hood - no problems changing out bulbs, adjusting the height, etc.
This allowed complete removal of all the stock headlight junk and the stock headlight lids (heavy). Formed aluminum headlight lids permanently attached to the hood = win.
DOT quality light output and cut-off.
Susquehanna MotorSports - Auto Performance Product
This allowed complete removal of all the stock headlight junk and the stock headlight lids (heavy). Formed aluminum headlight lids permanently attached to the hood = win.
DOT quality light output and cut-off.
Susquehanna MotorSports - Auto Performance Product
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Here are a few pics of my set up. All in it's 17 lbs lighter than the NA headlight assembly and works better than the stock lights. It's a projector made for a Bi Xenon light which has been ever so slightly modified to accept a H1 Halogen blub. The entire set up was less than $250 if I remember correctly.
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Here are a few pics of my set up. All in it's 17 lbs lighter than the NA headlight assembly and works better than the stock lights. It's a projector made for a Bi Xenon light which has been ever so slightly modified to accept a H1 Halogen blub. The entire set up was less than $250 if I remember correctly.