I HAve been tryingto find a fairly in expensive mod to the headlight to get rid of the big ugly single light that Ponitac blessed us with. I finally found this that can be modded to work on the retractors that we have.
The unit is plastic and I cut it and a headlight bucket to make the the unit fit like this
And a comparision of one old and one new.
Now all I have to do is finish the other side. More pictures to follow. Let me know what you all think.
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
I found the projectors on Ebay they are from a mid 90's Mazda RX7 I paid 170.00 for the set that included wiring harness's and the units also has Angle Eye's on them. I will post more pictures as I get them finished.
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
I think that looks really good! You should definitely document a build up on those. Looks like you found a nice inexpensive alternative for the look a lot of people are going for! People would start calling it the "Fieroking" headlights just like people refer to a certain front lip as the skitime chin spoiler.
speaking of norm, he's the one who bought that set on ebay. Fieroking, would you be interested in building a set? I have wanted slim pop-ups since I got the car, and now with the turbo engine getting ready to run, I don't really have the time to make them. PM me with a price, let me know.
JustinW
------------------ '88 Fiero Formula 4-spd- Edit again- bigger turbo install done, Haltech on hold, GM ECM via Darth..... here comes 300HP 2.8L
Hello, Thats funny youre right I did buy a set that I would like to try to use as the Hella lights that I use now cost me $400.00 now these look close. thanks Norm
------------------ Norm Vandermee
[This message has been edited by normsf (edited 02-25-2006).]
Yeah, but they are screwing you on the shipping. $35 seems alittle excessive.
Hell, dell charges $90 for shipping that im sure if you could look it up costs ~20. Its just another way of making profit by ripping people who would trust you to be honest.
Nah, it's the seller's way of trying to get a little less "ripped" by eBay. When eBay went up on the $ charged per auction, everybody raised thier shipping / "handling" fees and lowered the prices of thier auctions to match. eBay doesn't get a percentage of the shipping fee, which is why you can buy a cell phone battery for $.01 with $25 shipping. eBay gets a portion of the $.01, the seller keeps the $23.50 left over for the "handling" fee. Naturally there are some sellers that are trying to rip people on the shipping, but alot of it is because of eBay's fees. Almost forgot, nice mod! Looks like it came out well.
------------------ Bob Williams Multi-colored '86 Mutt, a work in progress! (3800SC running great! Fixed the bent roof, now I need an intercooler! Yeehaa!)
[This message has been edited by Riceburner98 (edited 02-25-2006).]
pretty much everyone now days rips you on shipping. i was charged $180 for my body kit to be shipped here. They happened to ship it through the company my mom works for and i found they only paid $70 for it to be shipped!
Hey everyone I just got the other light mounted. I took pictures as I went, I will post pictures tomorrow (just finished watching the closing cermonies of the Olmypic's),
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
As promised here are more pictures of how I built my new projector headlights.
1. This is the headlight bucket taken apart. I only used the main mount piece. If anyone need any ofthe other parts let me know.
2. This is the main mount after I cut away all the unneeded plastic
3.Test fitting the mount to the headlight unit
4. Mounted together
5. Looking from the top of the unitwith it cut to fit the opening in the hood
6. View from the left side
More in the next post
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
8. Both units mounted without the headlight covers on
9. All done (sort of)
To mount the first unit I spent 6 to 8 hours and 2 headlight buckets to get it to work. The second unit only took about 3 hours to get mounted. I still have to add more plastic and epoxy to stiffen the mounts ( for longevity) and pieces to the front to cover up opening caused by cutting away material (got to make them pretty). mount the wiring and hookup the Angle Eyes. And most importantly adjust the lights to point correctly.
Hope you all enjoyed this I LOVE MY NEW LIGHTS
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
I did not have to drill any holes in either part the mounting is all done with expoy.
I don't think that the light will ever wear through the plastic, the amount of movement is so small I really don't see it as a problem.
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE 2.8 - beater coupe- 86 SE 3.4 -in progress 3800 II SC - 88 Formula GT 4.9 5 speed beast Enough parts outside for another one -And a 3.4 push rod for sale in the mall Go and look-
JUST BEAUTIFUL ! I'm wondering how the "halo"s will work. Will you re-wire the headlights to come up with the parking lights and have both headlights in "halo" with the parking lights OR have only the "halo"ed high-beam when the low beams are on ?
I hated to buy these from the eBay place you used Bcause they hit me an extra $11.34 sales tax, but couldn't find them anywhere else. The $136 Buy It Now price turned into $185 Mighty Quick
Thanks for following through on this - many have made promises, but you're the ONLY one who did it and posted the details. EVERYONE GIVE THIS MAN A PLUS !
Edit: Yellowstone also posted details of his but I think the price to complete would have been a LOT higher. Thanx Yellowstone too
[This message has been edited by PaulJK (edited 03-01-2006).]
Hmm, they look like they could fit Norm's front end with a little modification...
