Normally I save my updates for Sunday night when I capture the entire weekend's worth of wrenching, but I was happy with the result today so I thought I'd share.
I finally got the headlights mounted in my car. What a job this was. I went through two full sets of these aftermarket BMW lights. Absolutely ruined every extra light in one way or another. Two sets of Firebird mounting brackets, and one Firebird headlight bucket (technically still usable, just lightweight now, ha ha)
I've included two pics of the before/ after of the plastic frame modification, as well as the modified mounting bracket in case anyone else is interested in trying this type of modification or just curious to see what it took. Tomorrow I'll work on wiring this and taking better pics of the car without the silly washer fluid bucket and blanket on the engine..
If anyone is curious- installing the projectors on the inside would have required rebuilding the bumper mounting brackets, at least with these lights. Also, keeping them on the outside retains the original lighting sequence.
Didn't finish the lighting wiring today, as I forgot that I needed to find out if the Ron Francis wiring system I have would provide sufficient power for these lights (I'm doubting it) or if I need to set up relays with power from the battery. So I reinstalled my horns, finished wiring the inside for now (the parking brake light isn't hooked up) and will call them tomorrow.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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