Headlights in turn buckets, I got my lights and fit them in! Options

[Krieger]

Yes I have done a search. The neo 914's hellas are about $700. I do not plan on driving this car at night and I have removed the factory headlight buckets . I would like some light to come on when I flip the switch so they appear legal.

[Borderline]

I've been using my light wt driving lights to replace the standard headlights. It gets me to the autocross in the early morning hours and so far I haven't really needed them at night. FWIW

[Krieger]

Thats good, but you still have the standard headlights if the police give you a hard time.

[Mike Bellis]

I used some cheap ebay driving lights to mock up mine. They worked so good, I kept them in.
Anything you do will be full custom. The key is having a parobolic lens. Many cheap ones have poor polishing and look spotty at night.

BTW, I drove in the SF Bay Area for years with only the stock driving lights. My pop ups were broken. Never got pulled over.

Not exactly in the turn signal. That route looks most difficult. These are Nissan 240sx, cut down and fiberglassed. The small round lens on the inside is the HID low beam. It would fit in the turn signal area. It would take some master metalwork to really look good "frenched". A clear/smoked flat plastic lens could be fabricated and this could sit on a bracket in the fender well.

Edit: The "halo" LED surround is actually the halogen lamp on the left, sectioned and applied to the driving light.

[Krieger]

Thanks Mike. So Nissan 240 sx low beams will fit. Our turn buckets are 2 3/8" at their widest. I don't mind cutting.

[Krieger]

I think I have something that will fit with minimal work... I think. PIAA 492 004XT Series Xtreme White Round Silver Driving Lamp. What do you guys think?

[Krieger]

Oh yea, new $127 on Amazon.

[Rand]

If you just want something that looks like passable light in that space, go LED. Bright enough nowadays, no heat problems, and cheaper.
If you want REAL light, don't fuck with the turn signals. Larger lenses and reflectors make a million times more light.

[Mike Bellis]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-55W-H3-Univers...#ht_3914wt_1249

This is what I used...

[Krieger]

Mike those will fit with some big cutting. They get a lot wider going back. The price they list does not include ballasts or bulbs. I still like the PIAA I found, but I am going to look at leds and see if I can get ones to fit. Iirc polycorbonate has a high melting point? Higher than H3s??? Thanks for your help Mike.

[Mike Bellis]

Mike those will fit with some big cutting. They get a lot wider going back. The price they list does not include ballasts or bulbs. I still like the PIAA I found, but I am going to look at leds and see if I can get ones to fit. Iirc polycorbonate has a high melting point? Higher than H3s??? Thanks for your help Mike.

They come with H3 lamps. There is a guy in San Jose that sells HID kits cheap; Around $40 pair. Good quality and he's on Ebay. Just narrow the search to san jose to find him. These lights are all metal and glass. No plastic.

[Krieger]

So this may be a dumb question. These Piaa lights are tinted blue. I know that I've seen cars on the road with blue lights. Will the fact that they are blue draw attention from law enforcement? During the day?

[mikey63]

I'd say that you would be safe running those lights especially in our area.

Mike

[Krieger]

Hey Mike! Ha, legal in Sonoma county, but not CA?
Are you coming to the swap on Saturday?

[mikey63]

Hey Andy,
I'll be there!!

[Krieger]

Cool Mike! I spoke with the PIAA guys today. The lenses on the lights pictured above are clear. The blueish bulb makes the lens appear blue in the photo.

[Krieger]

oops double post

[Krieger]

I got my light and trimmed the plastic housing on my belt sander. I also took off the mounting brackets.

[Black22]

Where's the pic of the light IN the turn bucket?

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[Krieger]

I ground off 6 protrusions (they look like tits on new tires but of course they were metal) on the inside of the turn bucket so their was more room. Otherwise these lights fit snug in the turn buckets with no other grinding! I drilled a hole in the back of the buckets the same od as the hole in the back of the new lights. I am reusing the rubber grommet that I took off the new lights.