Simon
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 11:15 PM |
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Small production headlights - where
Chaps,
As I'm in the process of remodelling my bonnet, I'm thinking of doing away with traditional "7" type headlights and
incorporating some into the nosecone.
They need to be small (and prefer one light for main and one for dipped), and may be part of a unit (I saw a BMW Z4 and they look promising).
I've no probs dismantling the "unit", as constituent parts can have mountings moulded into the new bonnet.
Any other suggestions much appreesh
Cheers
Simon
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arrybradbury
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 11:32 PM |
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There were some nice pics on here the other day of s2 elise headlights in the nosecone of a 7. Not v.small but looked awesome!
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RazMan
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 08:08 AM |
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The favorite ones to use are the Hella range. 90mm iirc and they do dip & main (with the option of side lights)
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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iank
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 08:38 AM |
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SVC sell those, bottom of the page.
http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/SVCHEADLIGHTS.HTM
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 11:35 AM |
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Donkervoorrtisthisnamelongenough integrated S2 Elise lights into their car. Looked good.
I noticed that the VW Polo or maybe fox, the current model, has some nice and compact round lights. Or even the current model nissan micra, might be a
bit big, but there were plenty on ebay when I toyed with the idea a couple of weeks ago.
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russbost
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 01:05 PM |
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Your best bet to get an idea of what's around is to take a stroll around a large car park. A lot of modern cars have 2 individual units mounted
behind a clear glass (VW & Peugeot are ones I've noted), would imagine these could be dismantled to be remade into what you want.
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 02:13 PM |
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Are you SVAd?
Will you get the spacing needed for dip beam and the distance from the outside edge if you build them into the nosecone?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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emsfactory
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 02:29 PM |
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New vectras have the projector lamp things in them
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Simon
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 06:55 PM |
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Pete,
Yeah, SVA'd so no worries there
I will be widening the nose cone by about 5" a side to allow for air exit behind rad. I will incorporate position/ind/dip lights in the
"legal" position. The main beam will either be via "pop-up", but more like pop-out roughly where the mounting are currently or
possibly "semi-tunnelled" into the top of nose.
ATB
Simon
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