Moving Headlights
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Moving Headlights I was thinking about it with a couple friends, and was wondering whats some others opinions about moving the headlights to say, where the DRLs are located? Like putting projectors in the DRL housing? Only things I A. Wouldn't wanna screw up the great stock look B. Don't know if the lights would be high enough to be legal and be as efficient as the stocks and C. Haven't ever heard of it before this and would also need to do something with the DRLs. It could drop some dead weight from the pop up headlights, but anyone think its a good idea? I'm on the fence
it seems like someone else came up with a similar sounding idea here in this section within like the next 2-3 weeks. check the first 4-5 pages of the forum to see if you find it.
good intentions cause the pop up headlights are ugly as hell, plus they slow you down if your racing and it's dark out... but i think your right, i dont think they will be high enough to be good enough to see or high enough to be legal... let us know how it works out though!
You could do it, and drive around til a cop gives you a hard time. Leave the stock headlights intact and wired up for inspection. I would just go HIDs for your fogs if your just looking for brighter fogs though. I'm going that direction. Ill only put my headlights up when its pitch black out.
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Thanks for all the input guys. Gave me some motivation to try it out. I'm probably gonna pursue this idea, and if it doesn't work i'll just retrofit the projectors into the pop up housing. I have a feeling it's not going to be, but I can always keep the stock components and change it back. Like you guys said, i'll have to check the legality of it, as I live in VA and it seems anything not stock is illegal. I searched on it and couldn't find any laws stating its illegal, but i'll probably go and ask an inspector before I go starting it. No one else has non pop up's from what I know except for Breathless Performance, and I think they're non pop up's are ***
You mean this one?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
I probably won't start this project til like Feb., but i'll definatly post up once I start it
This is proabably what i'm going to do. I'd like to delete the pop up's completly if it's bright enough/high enough/legal enough and cops don't bug me, but we'll see. It's gonna take alot of fabrication to get it right. I'm thinkin of HID's for my fogs, but I have aftermarket pilots so i'll have to see if H3 HID bulbs will fit
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
good intentions cause the pop up headlights are ugly as hell, plus they slow you down if your racing and it's dark out... but i think your right, i dont think they will be high enough to be good enough to see or high enough to be legal... let us know how it works out though!
You could do it, and drive around til a cop gives you a hard time. Leave the stock headlights intact and wired up for inspection. I would just go HIDs for your fogs if your just looking for brighter fogs though. I'm going that direction. Ill only put my headlights up when its pitch black out.
Last edited by Birdcountry02; Nov 12, 2009 at 09:17 AM.
You mean this one?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
You mean this one?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...onversion.html
but wht you are trying to do kinda fits with this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eadlights.html
-and the same comments seem to arise with both your idea, and this persons, which is that they are a little low, and you MAY have problems with the police. i highly doubt that though, unless you are doing something else that getting you a lot of attention. if you think about it, sports car are all lower than our cars, so their headlights are naturally lower. i don't think youd have any problems with cops.
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no, but i didnt read all the way through what you were saying when i put that comment. i was thinking you were going for this: https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eadlights.html
but wht you are trying to do kinda fits with this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eadlights.html
-and the same comments seem to arise with both your idea, and this persons, which is that they are a little low, and you MAY have problems with the police. i highly doubt that though, unless you are doing something else that getting you a lot of attention. if you think about it, sports car are all lower than our cars, so their headlights are naturally lower. i don't think youd have any problems with cops.
but wht you are trying to do kinda fits with this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eadlights.html
-and the same comments seem to arise with both your idea, and this persons, which is that they are a little low, and you MAY have problems with the police. i highly doubt that though, unless you are doing something else that getting you a lot of attention. if you think about it, sports car are all lower than our cars, so their headlights are naturally lower. i don't think youd have any problems with cops.
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