Ok, now that we have the ballasts mounted its time to put the headlight assemblies back in the car.
Here is the drivers side:
...and here's the passenger side:
Once these were back in place, (not aligned yet), I was anxious to check the clearance with the ballasts. WHEW! It's closer than I anticipated, but still almost 1 inch to spare at the closest point! I'm happy these ballasts are so thin, or I'd be relocating them right now...
I don't have the headlight motors hooked up, but I wanted to check that I have all the HID wiring working...just a quick test....
GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!!
A brilliant flash and these things lit up like an arc welder!! Yep, they do seem to be working. Turn them off quickly since they're in the down position, and let's finish this up...
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Synthesis Member
Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
I don't have the headlight motors hooked up, but I wanted to check that I have all the HID wiring working...just a quick test....
GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!!
A brilliant flash and these things lit up like an arc welder!! Yep, they do seem to be working. Turn them off quickly since they're in the down position, and let's finish this up...
Won't hurt them to be in the down position and powered on.
All the wiring is now hooked up, tied down and secured and the lights are just magnificent. These pics don't do justice to them of course, (camera flash, shop lights, etc.), but they're plenty bright and the 6000K, ("diamond white"), color looks to be just what I wanted.
Oops! Did a little something "extra" show up in that last photo?
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I'll have to adjust the headlight support frames and align them to the doors next, then we can work on aligning the lights properly. If all goes well and my time allows, I should have that underway tomorrow and I'll have more photos up. These HID lights are fantastic. They really help give the Fiero more of an "exotic car" look.
Oops AGAIN! Did something else "extra" just sneak into this??!! What the hell is going on here???
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I'd be interested in how you wired these up or a little sneak peak into what Oslo has for some new products (from how it sounds)
BINGO! You "hit it in one" there doublec4! You're looking at the prototypes for the newest TLG products. I'll have to ask that you wait for Oslo to post details, but I can tell you that this is an easy addition to make and it works great.
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doublec4 Member
Posts: 8289 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2003
I'd be very interested in these LED set ups. I think I would try and mount the LEDs in the turn signal housing under the turn siginal though.. if it would fit.
I'd be very interested in these LED set ups. I think I would try and mount the LEDs in the turn signal housing under the turn siginal though.. if it would fit.
Looks great!!
Under the turn signal?...why of course you'll be able to do that!! In fact, you could even put them under *and* above if you really want to...
... I STRONGLY recommend that anyone contemplating this conversion to your F1F quad lights also do the conversion to your headlight circuit to allow the low beams to stay on with the high beams. ... The thread and diagrams of how to do this are posted somewhere here on the forum and I'll reference a link to it once I find it again. If anyone has it handy, please feel free to post it...
Just to wind up a few final thoughts before I get into aligning and adjusting the lights.
You can store your old halogen bulbs in the protective covers that the HID bulbs were packaged in. You now have spares for your high beams!
...and find a use for that nifty, and now empty, aluminum case that the HID kit arrived in It might make a nice little onboard tool box for the car or a neat CD storage case. I'll have to come up with some ideas for it.
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doublec4 Member
Posts: 8289 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2003
nice work on the side marker lights. i've been wanting to do that mod for a while but need to figure out the wiring and mounting. any tips you want to provide.
You know, I'm happy that there seems to be so much interest in the marker / turn signal lights. When I developed them, I was afraid they would look like commercial truck clearance lights on the car. (no, they're not made from truck or trailer lights...) Once I had them installed and working it was immediately apparent how much better they look with the molding / belt line of the Fiero than the OEM single bulb markers. It always seemed odd to me to have those nice long amber and red lenses and then stick that puny little dim 194 bulb smack in the center of them, but then that was the 80's .....
Some of the things I've been doing to my Fiero are simple things that *I* like to think that the GM designers would have done to the car if the technology was available and economically feasible for the car 25 years ago. I think that the basic body lines and styling of the car hold up well even today, but some simple things like the LED DRLs and LED marker / turn signals can really help "modernize" the look of the car.
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Posts: 8289 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2003
You know, I'm happy that there seems to be so much interest in the marker / turn signal lights. When I developed them, I was afraid they would look like commercial truck clearance lights on the car. (no, they're not made from truck or trailer lights...) Once I had them installed and working it was immediately apparent how much better they look with the molding / belt line of the Fiero than the OEM single bulb markers. It always seemed odd to me to have those nice long amber and red lenses with the puny little dim 194 bulb smack in the center of them, but then that was the 80's .....
Some of the things I've been doing to my Fiero are simple things that *I* like to think that the GM designers would have done to the car if the technology was available and economically feasible for the car 25 years ago. I think that the basic body lines and styling of the car hold up well even today, but some simple things like the LED DRLs and LED marker / turn signals can really help "modernize" the look of the car.
Good call, I like the direction the car is headed in. I wish there was a feasible LED tail light option for the notchback.
Those side markers are awesome though!
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Posts: 3819 From: woodstock,Ga.,USA Registered: Jan 2008
Sort of gives it an "Audi R8" kind of look don't you think?
Can you actually see the LED's installed from up there? May I ask why you opted to installing up instead of below the signal light housing? Just curious. I thought about doing the same thing but have not found LED's that I like yet. Which LED's did you end up using. It does look pretty nice.
Can you actually see the LED's installed from up there? May I ask why you opted to installing up instead of below the signal light housing? Just curious. I thought about doing the same thing but have not found LED's that I like yet. Which LED's did you end up using. It does look pretty nice.
I installed them above because I was worried that they would interfere with good visibility of the amber turn signals as seem from head-on. After testing, I discovered there was no need to worry. The OEM turn signals are plently visible and not obscured by the LEDs I have also installed them at the botom of the lens and they work just fine there as well. I ended up at the top purely out of personal preference. I just think it's neat the way they reflect off my paint in the recesses and are still semi-hidden. They also make the recesses glow with that distinctive LED white light. You can sort of see the recess "glowing" in this photo, but it's much more visible in the dark: You will be able to install these above or below, or *both*, it's up to you. The kit to do this is already available from TLG-Auto.com
Note: I have new, high gloss, orange pearl paint on my car so the LEDs obviously refelect better than they will on old dull paint and probably differently than they will over non-metallic or pearl paints. They're bright enough that they should work well on any Fiero and not so bright that they are a distraction or hazzard to oncoming drivers at night. I actually wired mine in with the LED DRLs and have them all on a single switch so I can have them on or off as I please.
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kooljess Member
Posts: 1135 From: FIEROS WEST USA Registered: Jul 2004
They will be available very soon. We're trying to figure out if this mod will work with notchback side markers, and also if it matters if are using repro sides or OEM.
Wrong linkey. I could not find the LED turn signals?
