(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

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Reply #135 – May 25, 2012, 06:35:03 PM

Some of just the lenses. Because they are handmade each one is slightly different. This one has a little bit of dust in it and I rubbed the sides of the lense with the dremel when I was cutting it out, apparently I'm still learning the process. :hick:

The lenses fit very snugly around the outside of the housing instead of in the slots like the factory. This allows for plenty of surface area to get a good seal on.

Two of the corners on the housing need to be slightly shaved for best fitment. Those two corners need to be shaved less than 1/16", here is pictures of the two shaved corners.

You are basically just rounding these two corners.

Trying to take pictures of a clear lense is an interesting task to accomplish! :p

There is many more pictures in the album, I didn't want to flood this page with more than I already have!
http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee367/T-BirdX3/Thunderbirds/New%20Headlights/

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Reply #136 – May 25, 2012, 11:03:53 PM

So are you going to do the signal lenses as well?

fwiw, I blew a headlight the other night and the thought that came to me was, oh what the hell I melted my housing I might as well chop it up and do the projector swap. And then I remembered the $400 price tag. I guess I'll just go throw another $20 bulb in there for now:toilet:

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Reply #137 – May 25, 2012, 11:29:51 PM

LOL so far i haven't been able to get the marker lights apart without destroying them. I tried heating them like the headlights but ended melting the housing before the lense finally came loose! As of right now I only have a couple extra marker lights and not interested in destroying them just yet! lol

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Reply #138 – May 25, 2012, 11:40:02 PM

I was just about to offer you mine b/c I've had them off, but then I remembered they're completely different lol

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Reply #139 – May 25, 2012, 11:42:43 PM

Ha thanks for the offer though!

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Reply #140 – June 26, 2012, 11:36:17 PM

TbirdX3 where did you get the plastic? Would plexiglass from Home Depot work? and what is the thickness of the plastic. Thanks

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Reply #141 – June 27, 2012, 03:47:16 AM

To me it looks like it was vacuum formed. Pelxiglass generally yellows and cracks under heat and pressure. I haven't dabbled too much with plastic forming, but my dad makes pen 15pit covers for his model airplanes out of 2 liter botttles. Obviously you would want something thicker for lenses.

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Reply #142 – June 27, 2012, 03:55:59 AM

http://www.saablink.net/forum/customizing-your-ng900-old-9-3/54770.htm

Here is a link that has kinda a how to on how to do it.

They say acrylic is easier to work with then plexiglass.

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Reply #143 – June 27, 2012, 08:08:26 AM

I used .08in acrylic, Home Depot and Lowe's both have it.

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Reply #144 – July 18, 2012, 04:14:35 PM

Just a quick update:

Have been using this set up for a couple months now and they still work awesome. Also just spent a little over a week at the beach, which meant my car was parked out in the sun in 105 degree temperatures for hours at a time, the lenses and entire seemed to easily survive that heat.

Have a great day! :D

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Reply #145 – October 27, 2012, 05:08:51 PM

Do you know if anyone makes a good projector housing for the four eye thunderbirds? I tried using one of the cheap housings with an HID kit, and the results were not that great. Any information you could provide would be appreciated.

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Reply #146 – October 28, 2012, 08:55:09 AM

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=227
http://www.jcwhitney.com/headlight-conversion-kit/c2824j1s17.jcwx

The first link is to the projector kit you want, its BI-Xenon, which means it's a lo and hi beam. In theory you wouldn't need the inner 2 headlights anymore, you could however use them to house some 3000k hid fog lamps.

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Reply #147 – October 28, 2012, 09:32:42 AM

Cool, are any of the headlight shells in JC Whitney clear so that they do not difuse the projectors?

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Reply #148 – October 28, 2012, 09:54:03 AM

You'll have to shop that out for yourself. I've seen many many h4 conversion housings that are clear lensed. I don't know specifically what headlights a 4 eye takes, so I didn't shop it down to that level.

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Reply #149 – October 28, 2012, 10:06:22 AM

Got it, just hoping somoneout there might have already done the leg work. I will take a look around. Appreciate the assistance.