Been working on FieroKing's headlight mod and it is coming along quite well.
This is the progress so far.

Today I spent the afternoon running a dedicated 12v line from the battery to power them via a relay.
Hopefully I will get them hooked up tonight.

That looks so much better than the stock bug eye. Are those your buckest or the ones from Europe? Very nice.

Pat

very not bad. I'm not a fan of the flip up lights so I went to kris munsons style lights but they look great on your car.

They are originally off of an RX-7. I got them off of Ebay for about $150.
It is not a project for the squeemish. It requires a ton of preceise cutting and drilling to their original frames.
Plus you have to cut up the existing Fiero headlight buckets.

I tried some different things and managed to find a way of bolting them instead of using epoxy. Much more solid.

To be safe, I got a second pair of old buckets from Synthesis so I wouldn't permanently do damage to my original ones.
This way I ca return her to stock form with very little work.

Very nice look. Well worth the effort.

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Tom Corey
Melbourne, FL
87 Green T-Top GT 5Spd SBC ZZ3 V8 - NOS

quote Originally posted by Ayrow: They are originally off of an RX-7. I got them off of Ebay for about $150. It is not a project for the squeemish. It requires a ton of preceise cutting and drilling to their original frames. Plus you have to cut up the existing Fiero headlight buckets. I tried some different things and managed to find a way of bolting them instead of using epoxy. Much more solid. To be safe, I got a second pair of old buckets from Synthesis so I wouldn't permanently do damage to my original ones. This way I ca return her to stock form with very little work.

You did get them then. I was about to email and ask if you got em. Those don't look bad at all.

VERY well done. i think that's the best headlight mod you can do for the money - i wish i had the skills

what about on a rainy day? don't the motors and relays get wet or the front compartment?

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quote Originally posted by chrismclubm: what about on a rainy day? don't the motors and relays get wet or the front compartment?

The motors are already exposed to moisture, so it does not matter. The relays may be a problem if they are not weather sealed relays.
The front compartment just gets wet no matter what.

quote Originally posted by Synthesis: You did get them then. I was about to email and ask if you got em. Those don't look bad at all.

Yes, I got them. Sorry I didn't email you to let you know. I figured I surprise you with a build thread.
;-)

Thanks again, Chris.

Well, they're pretty much done. I still have to aim them, but I honestly couldn't be happier with the way that they turned out.
This was a ton of work, no doubt, but a lot of fun to complete.
The best part, at least for me, is I didn't have to modify anything on the car itself (maybe a small amount of wiring). Returning it to stock, for whatever reason, will be easy.

Thanks again to Sythesis for the headlight buckets.

they look really nice, I just wish pontiac would have thought about this look. What did you cut on the original buckets?

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Thank for the sig. Bobadoofunk
1984 Fiero Sport Coupe
1990 Buick Reatta
2002 Chevy Impala base

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Isn't there a similar swap with HID Xenons (DOT approved) out there somewhere? I though I just saw it somewhere.

I spent last night aiming these damn things. What a PITA.
However, once completed, they throw a ton of light out. Probably close to twice what the stock bulbs were able to attain. The best part is when you turn the brights on (!!!).
Before, with the stock bulbs, using the brights was a joke. Even the Silverstars I had in there weren't all that great.
Now, it's a whole different story. I encourage anyone who has the patience and abilty to do this mod.

I'll try to post some photos of it once the weather stays warm so I can motivate myself to go shoot at night.

Glad to see that my light mod is being used by other. Mine have been working great since I installed them.

Joe Sokol

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85 SE Daily driver with a 3.4 DOHC build underway
88 Formula/GT 4.9 Allante Intake (My Baby)

I will testify that Fieroking's RX-7 headlights look great. Just a really slick setup.

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