headlight teaser...sorry audi!

[GryStrm]

aww i sawy... but i just bought stock in the altima coupe headlight housing company!.....lol...dont fret too much i dont think alot of people will stomach the daunting task...except for dangeris maybe...the others might wait to see the outcome!...

[spockrock]

Gry you have royally screwed me. I have a broken passenger enclosure and now you have just told everyone to buy housings...

its gonna be a while i guess before i get mine replaced....

http://cgi.ebay.ca/2008-NISSAN...wItem

It has the HID kit, if you need a front left headlight you can find it on ebay for 175. They are asking 200 bucks for the HID stuff >___< retarded.

[GryStrm]

.... you can open the test light up with no problem and F**K up your good ones.

ah...but at least ull know what to look for...see we are all used to playing with metal...if a blot is stuck...work it harder...use a breaker bar..an air wrench...if it dont fit...bend it slightly

with hot plastic...its totally different, theres a super fine line between making something work or making something garbage..and theres no goin back..unless u have worked with plible plastic before...u wont have a "feel" for it..u have to understand that the glue used on our lights has a higher melt point than the acutal plastic...i took a flame to a piece of it...and it still held up before it started to liquify,,,so u have to use some force on the glue to break it...if u hold the lamp wrong...ull bend the plasctic parts...which is why in my "tutorial" in the other forum thread i suggest holding the housing against you as you work it (of course with a thick long sleeved sweat shirt)your spreading out your hold force over a bigger area...not concentrating it on a small point as you would just pressing with you hands...think of the hammer nail concept....if i hit u with a hammer...ill bruise you....same force with a nail...ill go through ur skin...and im not suggesting to run out and plop 170 a light on "practice" ones..find a crap one..one that may be missing a bolt tab...or has a scratch...get it for like 40-50 bucks....and learn with it...my 40$ investment has taught me worlds about how the light is constructed

..did u know the small light obstructor in front of the low beam housing is metal and that it can be un screwed and removed...allowing for the possible bolt on of a projector??......did u know the chrome paint on the edge is conductive and if u dont wire accordingly you can short out your led?..which is why those thin stick on light strips might cause issue..

...it has let me play with color scheme and showed me the best placement for lights..and how to run power to em...all the time not worrying about gettin it back on the car...

so im MY opinion...i dont see the waste of money...its an investment..nor time...which ull save in the end...RnD is about figuring stuff out before Production...not during.

when i get to my "final" set i wont be wasting time playing with the "let's see if" factor...ill just be building!

that's just my 2.50 cents worth....

[GryStrm]

lol yeah thats a tad too much to play with!

[spockrock]

Thanks for heads up on the paint being conductive!!

I think I am going to slowly get a set of used lights, and also grab a banged up head light from a 350z and use its projector housings.

I wonder if I could get these to fit

but I think these would fit better
Modified by spockrock at 8:09 AM 6/26/2008

[GryStrm]

i dont see why not...just always be conscious of the material you use to make modifcations..ie..plexi will melt so if ur making part out of it..be wary of the fact it may melt...take a heat gun to it to see how itll react..this is one of the reasons i have my leds to the front leading edge. led dont do well under high heat....so i have em far from the bulbs..and towards the clear housing where the rushing air will cool em a bit under operation of the HID's i have as my main lights...although at this point i am planning on having the leds as day time or runalone lights....they still need to be kinda far from the hot hid or halogen lamps...

[dangeris]

..... plus is it illegal in california to put the LEDs in your light?

Then I guess the Audi RS8 is banned from being sold on Cali since its whole headlight assembly is done with LEDs

[ddlawnguy]

hey whatever at least somebody has attempted!! hey what year is the white stang in the pics with the skinnys up front?

[GryStrm]

lol...is a 90 gt...my broinlaws...she aint street legal anymore...its a track car..