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> My next project, Lighting up the night
twoskinuts
post Mar 9 2008, 12:32 AM
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All this creative talk got me in the mood to share. This is in the development stages yet but I got alot figured out on paper. An the lids I have hookup already to open this far with out changing the moving part of the motor is all done with the lid. Tell me what you think!!


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post Mar 9 2008, 12:37 AM
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I dig it.

I always thought that the lights were a weak styling point.
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post Mar 9 2008, 12:40 AM
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Reminds me of the early Miata light changes. Looks good.
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post Mar 9 2008, 12:48 AM
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that is pretty cool

another idea, something similar to the old datsun zed cars, where the headlight is in the back, and so you mold a piece metal to hold the lights, and it slopes back up with the hood (a way to sorta remove pop up light feature)

hmmm, i should see how that would look


thanks for inspiring another idea


anyways, good luck on the design work, i am curious to see how it develops
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post Mar 9 2008, 12:52 AM
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btw, looks like you might do an hd light for it


that would be pretty sick, and def work better than our standard halogen light
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post Mar 9 2008, 06:40 AM
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Keep in mind the age of the cars wiring. Depending on the type of lighting used, the voltage draw may cause wire heating. Make sure you have some sort of relays installed.
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post Mar 9 2008, 08:54 AM
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My intensions is to make it halogen right now to upgrade little down the road to HID just because of the cost of the HID systems that will fit in the headlight bucket for hi/lo beam setup is $2000 right now. The halogens I'm going to use are 55watt lo beam projector an a 65watt hi beam reflector setup so the original wiring should be ok at these wattages if not I have a extra fuse block in f.trunk aready if need be. Then upgrade to HID high beam and ending up with dual projectors! An a headlight mount hook to all the original mounting points & motor so if I want I can switch back to original no problem!!
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post Mar 9 2008, 09:32 AM
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Looks like a interesting idea. what front end treatment are you using?
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post Mar 9 2008, 09:38 AM
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I'd like to see a molden piece around the lamps, so it had a finished look. Something simple painted in black. That way it wouldn't stand out too much.
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post Mar 9 2008, 10:53 AM
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I like it...

If it only opens that far, there will be less drag and less blocked visiblility....

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post Mar 9 2008, 11:04 AM
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I love the idea.
What are the larger lights that you are using?
Can two of the larger lights fit in that space?
I have always thought that two lights, maximum size for
the space, like 4 inches, would look really cool.

I love the lower opening of the lights...cool.

Keep posting picks so I can copy your ideas...

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post Mar 9 2008, 11:36 AM
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I have access to a racecar shop we built dirt modified bodys out of sheet alum. so it will be wrapped in alum. prepaint black. No way I can test for drag but they ownly stick up about 4 inchs tops so definitely less to look at from the driver seat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The ones i'm looking at the lens is 3 1/2" but you can't get two of them in there the bucket to small!!
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post Mar 9 2008, 03:18 PM
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i wonder for the turnsignals if there is just a longer, 1 piece rectangular one to use instead

idk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

anyways, keep workin on the idea, i think it will add a new, more agressive look to the car with that light set up
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post Mar 10 2008, 01:20 PM
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There 911 turnsignals going in the f.bumper the ones that are in the pic. I hooked them up like that so I could drive the car this past summer!
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post Mar 10 2008, 01:30 PM
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Your work is very nice.I love the look of the headlights myself, but what you're doing is amazing. It's always fun to create something on a car that becomes your art. Keep it up and please keep showing it to us.
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post Mar 10 2008, 01:37 PM
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I had that same idea - So, you do all the work and then I will buy them from you....

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post Mar 10 2008, 02:46 PM
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Heck yeah! ANYTHING at all that you can do to see better at night - and be SEEN better at night is great.

I've always thought the headlights were a real weak point on 914's.
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post Mar 10 2008, 09:12 PM
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Looks nice. I always wondered what it might look like with plexiglass light covers over the headlight. Like the 924 carrera gts cars.

Something like this.
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post Mar 10 2008, 09:15 PM
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Dude im loving the pop up lights. that is freaking genuis. hey would you mind if i used it on my car? but i would leave the stock fenders on mine. i like the stock front blinkers.
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post Mar 10 2008, 09:17 PM
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that gts idea was sort of what i thought


keeps everything low, and the new fenders would probably make it look mean ass hell
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