No more pop up lights or FTP's !!! Check out these custom headlights baby!!
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No more pop up lights or FTP's !!! Check out these custom headlights baby!!
I made these into a CorkSport Border II replica front bumper by cutting out the FTP sections and making a slight recessed lip for the plexiglass to sit down into, keeping the glass flush with the bumper surface rather than on top of it. The top/air vent section is made from the original metal popup headlight lids that I cut, bent and molded onto some fiberglass housings that I made.
After that I took some Audi A4 HID headlights that my freind who works at a body shop gave me. removed the light modules and inserted them into my housings. They are attached to some aluminum brackets with 3 screws each and have springs so that I can adjust them 3 ways like stock headlights. The high beams (round ones) were the HID ones and since I don't have the money for that kind of setup I dremeled them to accept H7 bulbs. All 4 bulbs are 5200k/100watts of course.
The covers are plexiglass that I painted the edges of to hide the gaskets and they are attached with some panhead hex screws that go into aluminum brackets molded inside the fiberglass housings. They are pretty strong, the plexiglass is not heat molded yet, but is simply pulled down by the screws only.
Another advantage to this is that with all the extra motors, brackets, arms, etc. that I removed the car probably weights about 10-15 lbs. less overall.
What do you think? I have another set of RE Aemimya copies that I had 90% finished that would have used some 3"round H3 fog lamps as lights, but when I seen these Audi lights I started a new set to use them instead.
Please don't flame the rough edges, this is just the first day I ever had them on the car, they are not perfect yet and I am planning on doing some finishing touches. I also plan on molding in some round foglights into the front bumper.
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im not sure man.. looks good cuz its different.... but i think it looks bad/rough... looks better than flip ups... but i dunno man..
remember now im a moron so dont take it too bad.
jaared
remember now im a moron so dont take it too bad.
jaared
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WOW i want
are you going to sell these things? How much to make me a set?
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I thought about that but to be honest it was a PIA to make these and if I did it again I would have to find a way to make a mold totally out of fiberglass to do it. Plus the Audi light modules were a one time deal, they cost about $1000 EACH! My freind said that the insurance company changes them if the brackets are broken and that is all that was wrong with these, they were like 99% fine before I cut them apart for my project.
Thank God for insurance, I told him to save me any cool looking lights he replaces in the future.
John
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Originally posted by Jaared
im not sure man.. looks good cuz its different.... but i think it looks bad/rough... looks better than flip ups... but i dunno man..
remember now im a moron so dont take it too bad.
jaared
im not sure man.. looks good cuz its different.... but i think it looks bad/rough... looks better than flip ups... but i dunno man..
remember now im a moron so dont take it too bad.
jaared
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P.S. the camera flash reveals a lot, if you see them live you cannot see the mounting screws or any of the stuff inside the housing very well except the chrome lights, in the day time or at night.
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Originally posted by 1987RX7guy
Well could you maek them with some other lights?
Well could you maek them with some other lights?
John
Believe it or not this was mainly for the fun of doing it. And having a one of a kind car.
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This is the first type that is almost an exact copy of the RE Aemimya type that uses H3 foglights, it is also made totally of fiberglass material over some cardboard and plastic pipes.
The smooth molded style of these were twice as hard to make as the ones above.
John
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looks great. Do you happen to have any pictures of the lights in action? I'd love to see how they look and see if they as functional as I hope them to be. Great work!
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Originally posted by ilike2eatricers
looks great. Do you happen to have any pictures of the lights in action? I'd love to see how they look and see if they as functional as I hope them to be. Great work!
looks great. Do you happen to have any pictures of the lights in action? I'd love to see how they look and see if they as functional as I hope them to be. Great work!
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Originally posted by SlidinRX7
DAMN! I wish I had a friend that could get a hold of Audi lights. I must say that is some nice fabrication. Makes me want to try something like that now.
DAMN! I wish I had a friend that could get a hold of Audi lights. I must say that is some nice fabrication. Makes me want to try something like that now.
Good luck!,
John
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Originally posted by drago86
That looks badass. hmmm,...88IntegraLS's front bumper, and your lights would look soooo slick.
That looks badass. hmmm,...88IntegraLS's front bumper, and your lights would look soooo slick.
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Nice job!! I'm sure if you fab'd all this up you can come up with some kind of cover inside to hide the screws etc... completely. Even some sheetmetal cut and painted flat black with some allen screws or something would look really trick. It's always cool to see some ingenuity and the ***** to rip apart some of their car post pics when its painted!!!!!
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Originally posted by jon88se
Nice job!! I'm sure if you fab'd all this up you can come up with some kind of cover inside to hide the screws etc... completely. Even some sheetmetal cut and painted flat black with some allen screws or something would look really trick. It's always cool to see some ingenuity and the ***** to rip apart some of their car post pics when its painted!!!!!
Nice job!! I'm sure if you fab'd all this up you can come up with some kind of cover inside to hide the screws etc... completely. Even some sheetmetal cut and painted flat black with some allen screws or something would look really trick. It's always cool to see some ingenuity and the ***** to rip apart some of their car post pics when its painted!!!!!
John
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