After market headlights, final fitting to occur when the car gets painted Options

[Mike Bellis]

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.

[Mike Bellis]

Very nice. The only thing I did different is the template. Mine was larger and sliped over the new light. I used 4 pieces of cardboard to make the outside template.

[matthepcat]

Yea that would have been a better method. I mostly depended on measurements off the template and used a strait edge.

Your are correct that there are NO perfect angles on this car, especially taking into account any bodywork in the headlight area & how the hood is mounted.

If your hood is very slightly mounted off center, one headlight area will be modified much differently from the other side.

Mike,

Did you glue the housing to the L-brackets?

Matt

Very nice. The only thing I did different is the template. Mine was larger and sliped over the new light. I used 4 pieces of cardboard to make the outside template.

[Mike Bellis]

Yea that would have been a better method. I mostly depended on measurements off the template and used a strait edge.

Your are correct that there are NO perfect angles on this car, especially taking into account any bodywork in the headlight area & how the hood is mounted.

If your hood is very slightly mounted off center, one headlight area will be modified much differently from the other side.

Mike,

Did you glue the housing to the L-brackets?

Matt

Very nice. The only thing I did different is the template. Mine was larger and sliped over the new light. I used 4 pieces of cardboard to make the outside template.

I build up the bottom surface with "Kitty Hair" Fiberglass. about 0.5-.75 inch. Bolt the L brackets to the car first. You should be able to set the lights loose on to the brackets. If everything lines up good, place some wet kitty hair on the top of the brackets. lower the light on to them. Wait until it dries and un bolt the L brakets. Remove the lights with attached L brackets and re-enforce the bottom area with more kitty hair. I also add 10-25% gel in my kitty hair to make it flow better. Rough up the bottom ABS before attaching kitty hair. this will help it adhere. Then sand and fill, sand and fill. when you get close to perfect, spot putty will be your friend. You may find the need to slightly twist the fixture to get it in and out wth the brackets installed. I used Rivet nuts on the L brackets and bolts in the factory pivot holes. Only 1 bolt inside the fender and 2 under the hood holds it perfect.