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After market headlights, final fitting to occur when the car gets painted |
Mike Bellis |
Apr 25 2010, 11:50 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
I saw a member from Purto Rico use these. I thought I would give it a try. They are for a Nissan 240SX. After 40 hours of cutting and fiberglass, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) they fit pretty well. I will fix the gaps and do some clean up after I strip the body for paint. Fender lines are not straight due to bondo. The slant angle is extreemly close to the 914. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Each lamp can be adjusted up/down and side to side.
Specs: H7 lamps, LED halo (white/blue color) comes with wire harness with relay for high beam (high beams illuminate all 4 lamps) If you want to do this too, I recommend a cardboard template of the stock lamp covers. There are no right angles on the 914 headlamps. the template will be smaller than the overall size of the 240sx assembly. find a good fit and cut larger than your marks. Trip and shape slowly. once you have your shape, reinforce the bottom with fiberglass (Kitty Hair and gel). I then mounted some L brackets to the factory mounting holes. I set some wet glass to the brackets and "glued" the assembly in place. Rivet nuts on the brackets make removing easy. Use large washers and open up the factory holes to make final adjustment easy. |
charliew |
Jan 21 2011, 09:51 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,363 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Crawford, TX. Member No.: 7,958 |
It will be interesting to see if I can cut them and still keep the faux cf edges pristene. If not they will get painted. I also have some water transfer tools to re-cover the cf if I have to but thats a lot of work. With those curves It will take more than one try to get it right I'm sure with water transfer.
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Mike Bellis |
Jan 21 2011, 09:57 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
It will be interesting to see if I can cut them and still keep the faux cf edges pristene. If not they will get painted. I also have some water transfer tools to re-cover the cf if I have to but thats a lot of work. With those curves It will take more than one try to get it right I'm sure with water transfer. You will end up cutting 1 inch from all 4 sides. None of the side angles match the 914 at all. Make an outside template of the factory hole and place over the Nissan housing. You will find the sweet spot to mark it. The outer edge of the eyelids will need to be trimmed to fit just right. Plan on painting. I used Kitty Hair and Gel fiberglas to build up the under side before I cut anything. Leave the front edge long until the other 3 sides are trimmed correctly. |
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