headlights

[Dave Adams]

when i get round to taking my car to bits this year (now the Quantum is on the road) I have been wondering what to do about the front end of the car, especially as the headlights are knackered and need replacing. To be honest i have seen very few cycle guard modifications that look good on Phaetons because of the shape and height of the bonnet and nose cone.

But i am thinking of cutting out the headlight pods completely and making the mud guard look as if they were never there. and buying some HID projector lamps and making some holders, either both sides of the nose cone or inside the grille area, hidden. OR making some eye shaped pods to sit on the mudguards for the smaller lamps, what do you lot think?

[Tom Ger_Phaeton S2]

Hi Dave.

nice work !!!!

The Grill is beautiful.

I see you have the head lights......

Through a small oblique angle of the headlamps inside, it looks even a bit aggressive.

I think you make a good Job as well.

 

Today I was going to the Techno Classica in Essen.  Ohhhh  I lost a lot of money.

Europa Parts a verry expensive.

Us Stand by the mess was without Duttons.... :-( ........1 Locost and 1 Merlin...  Dutton Cars die from....

 

show us the next steps from your project .....

 

nice greetings

 

Tom

 

 

[Dave Adams]

here is another update..... it's almost there, getting the bonnet level and the headlights equal and also level has been a real pain. here are two pics of the headlights with the indicators....they dont look too bad one the grille is silver one the grille is black......i prefer the black.

[Pete Clayton]

Looking good, could do with some clear indicator lenses now

[Dave Adams]

No the headlights are quite light really, my wing mirrors are just visible they are from a motorbike and look like F1 mirrors with a carbon effect and a glass area about 100mm X 40mm.

My Exhaust is loud, it is a silencer from a Massey Ferguson Tractor, i had to reduce the outlet pipe from 1 7/8" internal diameter to 1 1/4" to knock off the top end decibels as it used to made my ears sing, it's almost quiet at speed now (although no loss of performance)

As for hacking out the headlights my new ones have cost me £100,  (just under with postage) and the fibreglass about £20-£30, so if you have some lying about go for it.......

[Adrian Southgate]

Thats the ticket Dave, looks good.

Clear indicators but possibly something hi-tech like LED's in a small ring. They would have to be 15,000 to 20,000 MCD or above though, anything less will be invisible in daylight unless its frenched in to the body.

[32if6rv0cak3v]

Looking good. Very nice indeed.

[Dave Adams]

that is very nice...i thought long and hard about whether or not to also take off the indicators and mould them into the bumper or mount them either side of the headlights (ala motorbikes).  

trouble is i like both looks.

[Dave Price]

It's certainly looking very well.  Just wondering where the cables run to the headlights?  Are they well hidden?  Are they any surface cables visible?  Dave

[Dave Adams]

cables are visible to the rear of the headlights, i haven't decided where the cables will run or how i will hide them, but in to the side of the nose cone looks likely.

[Dave Adams]

its just about done, here it is and i am really pleased with how it's gone so far.

 

[32if6rv0cak3v]

Hear, hear......

 

It was a brave move to cut out the light pods in the first place, it looks really good now though.

I bet your dead chuffed with that, rightly so.

 

[Dave Adams]

what it really needs is a grille badge......i know some one who will cast some up in a pewter like material for a low cost in say a batch of 50 or so (more if required) all that is required is a model is made at actual size for him to use as a mould blank. I did something similar for the Citroen specials club back in the 1980's perhaps we can all work on something suitable  for everyone to be able to put on their grilles?

or we could get some metal badge blanks stamped up onto which we get Vinyl stickers made......just ideas, i am likely to go ahead with such an idea for my car anyway.