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Thanks for the update!
Balsa wood i know is GREAT for designing stuff, very easy to use and manipulate etc. Use it for architecture. That balsa foam should work really well, although i find it kinda funny since foam to me is well...foam.
Balsa wood i know is GREAT for designing stuff, very easy to use and manipulate etc. Use it for architecture. That balsa foam should work really well, although i find it kinda funny since foam to me is well...foam.
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Originally Posted by rx7twinturboboy
That balsa foam should work really well, although i find it kinda funny since foam to me is well...foam.
Thanks for keeping us posted. I am also very interested in how this turns out. I am pretty much in the same place as you. Never really saw a headlight kit that I was crazy about and gave good light.
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Originally Posted by Iceman1979
The one thing I don't like (just my dislike, not saying its crap) is the fact that you have to glue it down. I like the way the raceonuse cwest replica is molds its clear cover.
Good luck...
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Originally Posted by rx7bomex
are the lens covers curved or flat
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Thanks everyone for the kind words.
I'm planning on ordering the balsa foam today and this weekend I'm planning on test fitting the lights in my car so I can see how far back I'm going to have to set them.
Still can't find my 6mp camera so I guess I'm just going to have to use my 4mp camera.
I'll try to get some pics up tonight
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I'm planning on ordering the balsa foam today and this weekend I'm planning on test fitting the lights in my car so I can see how far back I'm going to have to set them.
Still can't find my 6mp camera so I guess I'm just going to have to use my 4mp camera.
I'll try to get some pics up tonight
Thanks
John
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Well, I didn't get to test fit my lights this past weekend. However I did get the balsafoam ordered.
I've been posting on another thread about this project and I was given an idea for my next headlight project after this one.
Look at the pics wptrx7 posted. The ones with the hella lamps on the stock popus with a metal bracket showing in the front.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...8&page=3&pp=15
I'd like to do something like that but make a carbon fiber or fiber glass cover that would flush around the lights and hide the bracket.
I just might have to do that too.
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John
I've been posting on another thread about this project and I was given an idea for my next headlight project after this one.
Look at the pics wptrx7 posted. The ones with the hella lamps on the stock popus with a metal bracket showing in the front.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...8&page=3&pp=15
I'd like to do something like that but make a carbon fiber or fiber glass cover that would flush around the lights and hide the bracket.
I just might have to do that too.
Thanks
John
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Originally Posted by jimlab
My kit is still "in production"... unfortunately, I don't have any way to speed up the process. I'm still waiting on the CAD guy to finish designing the pods and lenses and mill prototypes for trial fitting so we can get moving on the molds, etc.
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Originally Posted by Iceman1979
Just wanted to give you guys an update.
I have the Hella lights in now. I'll post some pics when I get home and find my camera.
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John
I have the Hella lights in now. I'll post some pics when I get home and find my camera.
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John
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Originally Posted by ptrhahn
"I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you."
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My headlight kit is (apparently) officially dead. I just found out this week that the person doing the CAD work on my kit was laid off several months ago and was not allowed to take any of the files that he was working on. He may get them back after they've been reviewed and been determined not to be company property, or he may not. At this point, things don't look good.
I'll quote Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer... "Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!"
We'll see if we can salvage the work, since he has some files at home.
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Originally Posted by Iceman1979
last one
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/50mm_modules.asp
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No, sure wasn't. Thanks for posting the link.
Originally Posted by jimlab
Were you aware that Hella has 50mm DOT-approved (halogen low beam only) projectors? The high beams only come in HID.
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/50mm_modules.asp
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/50mm_modules.asp
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Originally Posted by jimlab
Were you aware that Hella has 50mm DOT-approved (halogen low beam only) projectors? The high beams only come in HID.
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/50mm_modules.asp
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/50mm_modules.asp
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Originally Posted by wptrx7
I can see how this would be useful because of size, but how would light output be affected?
We planned on using a 50mm halogen low beam (I grabbed the first two that came into the US about a year ago, not that it's done much good since) in combination with a 90mm halogen high beam for the basic setup because that was A) the cheapest combination, B) DOT legal, and C) both could be upgraded to HID later, if desired.
Also the 50mm low beam and 90mm high beam are the shallowest lights front to back, potentially eliminating but definitely minimizing any cutting required. The small diameter of the low beam would also allow placing it outboard of the high beam and raising it to clear the bumper, providing the widest spread of light from the headlights you'd be using most often. I think it would also give the car a more modern (think C6, Modena, etc.), aesthetically pleasing appearance as well.
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Originally Posted by jimlab
Also the 50mm low beam and 90mm high beam are the shallowest lights front to back, potentially eliminating but definitely minimizing any cutting required. The small diameter of the low beam would also allow placing it outboard of the high beam and raising it to clear the bumper, providing the widest spread of light from the headlights you'd be using most often. I think it would also give the car a more modern (think C6, Modena, etc.), aesthetically pleasing appearance as well.
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Originally Posted by wptrx7
Something similar to this, but without the turnsignal: