Actually that is the beauty of this modification. The motor/arm/bucket geometry remains the same. What you are doing is cutting the bucket shorter and installing a smaller reflector housing. Behold ! ! Low Profile ! !
To clarify that point, think of it this way: the motor is still only moving the bucket the same distance, the bucket is just not as tall. Since the bucket is what pushes open the door, the net result is everything is "lower" in the upright position.
Ok, I'll go to my happy place and calm down. Ty, I got giddy. Im better now.
Its just that every time I see my factory airbrake headlights up I hate it! Your solution is great looking!
I will be patiently waiting, here, near the mailbox, or within eye sight. Patiently...
All kidding aside, take your time. No worries at all. Im in no super hurry as I have plenty of other things to mess with before I can install your beauties.
I guess that I should add, all sets are accounted for. I really do not plan on making these for the public. Legallities that I just cannot afford. But, I am more than willing to help in any way to help any member achieve this. It is a fairly involved process to get the angles and the look just right. I just would not make enough to cover costs. That is why I will easily offer my advice if anyone wants to tackle this on their own.
I have been wanting to do this to my headlights for years and this is the first one I have seen that I really like, I did not want round lights the lights you used are exactly what I was wanting to use. I tried the links in your first post and they no longer go to anything, do you know where to get these now?
Are you going to the 30th? I am going and I would love to see these headlights if your car will be there.
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I have been wanting to do this to my headlights for years and this is the first one I have seen that I really like, I did not want round lights the lights you used are exactly what I was wanting to use. I tried the links in your first post and they no longer go to anything, do you know where to get these now?
Are you going to the 30th? I am going and I would love to see these headlights if your car will be there.
Sorry Christine, lemme explain....Tony is AWOL. I think he went and got himself some fancy job or career or some un Fiero related thing . I been trying to reach TK with no luck. We were working on a trade deal and I haven't heard back in quite some time. So I PM'd Infinitewill to see if he has heard anything from TK.
Now before someone starts getting all crazy I understand how life is. Hectic! I was just hoping for an update is all
Well Tony, You have really done it with this. The only threads that seem to generate as much emotion are the intake and exhaust scenarios. Pretty and ingenious. Is there really a country called "Spokanistan?"
Well Tony, You have really done it with this. The only threads that seem to generate as much emotion are the intake and exhaust scenarios. Pretty and ingenious. Is there really a country called "Spokanistan?"
In this pic, you can see how I fabbed up aluminum plates about 3 1/2" tall by 1 1/2" wide. I put a concave on the inside to match the headlight housing. I JB welded one side, then flipped the light over, and did the other side the next day.
You can see headlight hardware nuts that I had mounted into the Fiero housing. The JB Weld was put on heavily, and for an application like this, it is bullet proof. The 4 adjustment screws hold the headlight in place in the Fiero mechanics. There are no springs in how I did this. I thought about how new cars do their lighting, and it is all with adjustment and pivot points. I really don't see rusted out springs anymore, and I just went with that notion of how I was going to do this project. To finish it off, I shot semi flat and calle dit a day.
I have been running these now for the past 6 years with no issues. I sealed the lenses again even though they came sealed. It was a cheap headlight assembly to begin with, and I did not want failure down the road.
A problem with my design is that you need a whole new assembly if the lens breaks. I guess my first step would be to just replace the lens?
The light output is really good. NOT like new car lighting though. Not as much cut off, and more light run out. I have been flashed, but less than 5 times in the years since creating. There are a ton of mountain roads here, and at night I see everything.
. I been trying to reach TK with no luck. We were working on a trade deal and I haven't heard back in quite some time. So I PM'd Infinitewill to see if he has heard anything from TK.
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